Absentee voting methods are safe and legal, according to fact-checkers
Claims of widespread voter fraud around mail-in voting and other forms of absentee balloting are unfounded, according to Reuters, The Associated Press and election security experts.
What you need to know
- Routine methods and the decentralized nature of US elections make it very hard to interfere with mailed ballots, The Associated Press reports
- An expert on security from Columbia University says increased security measures have brought the "integrity of mail-in ballots to levels very close to those of in-person ballots, while also considerably increasing availability"
- Claims that mail-in voting has caused widespread voter fraud in the past are unsubstantiated, Reuters reports
http://twitter.com/APFactCheck/status/1518347745140092928?s=20&t=gzuifCwWQ-fAqj8lbF3WNw
Claims of widespread voter fraud around mail-in voting and other forms of absentee balloting are unfounded, according to Reuters, The Associated Press and election security experts.
What you need to know
- Routine methods and the decentralized nature of US elections make it very hard to interfere with mailed ballots, The Associated Press reports
- An expert on security from Columbia University says increased security measures have brought the "integrity of mail-in ballots to levels very close to those of in-person ballots, while also considerably increasing availability"
- Claims that mail-in voting has caused widespread voter fraud in the past are unsubstantiated, Reuters reports
http://twitter.com/APFactCheck/status/1518347745140092928?s=20&t=gzuifCwWQ-fAqj8lbF3WNw