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Experts and fact-checkers have continued to assure American voters that voting by mail is a safe and secure option, especially in the middle of a pandemic. While the rules varied from state to state, millions of people cast legal votes by mail in the weeks leading up to the November 3rd election.

Experts and fact-checkers have continued to assure American voters that voting by mail is a safe and secure option, especially in the middle of a pandemic. While the rules varied from state to state, millions of people cast legal votes by mail in the weeks leading up to the November 3rd election.

  1. 5 Nov 2020

    Trump has for weeks argued without evidence that mail voting is prone to fraud, a claim which election officials have repeatedly debunked.​

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  2. 6 Nov 2020

    There is no evidence that mail voting has led to systematic abuse or fraud.

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  3. 4 Nov 2020

    You may hear a lot about alleged “fraud” in the coming hours and days. A reminder: ▪️There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud ▪️The risk is 0.00004% to 0.0009% ▪️The risk does not increase with mail-in voting (Source: )

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  4. 9 Oct 2020

    The first point of clarity, despite the president's efforts to cast vote-by-mail as riddled with fraud, is that it's a safe and secure option.

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  5. 20 Oct 2020

    Reporters analyzed the Heritage Foundation’s Election Fraud database, finding that it presents misleading and incomplete information, and absentee ballot fraud is not a 2020 election threat.

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  6. 20 Oct 2020

    Several anti-counterfeiting methods in election and postal offices combine to “make it hard for one person to vote fraudulently, and even more difficult to commit voter fraud on a scale capable of swinging election outcomes:”

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  7. 8 Aug 2020

    A political scientist sets the record straight on mail-in voting: 1. Voter fraud is rare overall, and rarer by mail 2. Vote by mail does not give a partisan advantage 3. The public can learn to trust mail-in voting

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  8. 11 Sep 2020

    A Trump campaign lawsuit states mail-in ballot dropboxes are illegal and could lead to voter tampering and fraud. But several Republican county officials disagree. Daniel Bush reports.

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  9. 7 Sep 2020

    The Trump campaign’s 524-page response to a discovery demand turned up precisely zero instances of mail-in vote fraud.

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  10. 9 Oct 2020

    Allegations of voter fraud make for dramatic headlines, but most of these claims have been proven to be unfounded, or isolated in nature. However, hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots are expected to be rejected this year. How to get it right:

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  11. 20 Oct 2020

    An ongoing investigation by USA TODAY Network reporters, School, Columbia Journalism Investigations and examines allegations of voter disenfranchisement and how the pandemic could impact turnout.

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  12. 12 Oct 2020

    The most common reasons for ballot rejection include signatures not matching and missed deadlines. Some rules may seem silly, or unnecessary, but it is important to abide by them.

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  13. 24 Aug 2020

    Fraud is almost nonexistent with mail in ballots because you need not only the ballot but lots of personal information to forge a vote: - Date of birth. - DL or SS # - Official address. - Full name. - Plus signature. If missing, the ballot can be rejected. And is.

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  14. 1 Sep 2020

    Because I've been asked about this so much, here is a graph that shows the relationship b/t rejected mail ballots (as % returned for counting) against the % of all ballots cast by mail. 2018.

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  15. 21 Oct 2020

    You've sent in your ✉️ ballot...now what happens? See the full answer to this question and many others in our FAQs ➡️

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  16. 22 Oct 2020

    Want to know if your has been received and/or counted? Head to , put in your address, then click !

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  17. 25 Oct 2020

    If a mail-in ballot is rejected, will the voter be notified and have a chance to fix it? More questions and answers about the U.S. election:

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  18. 21 Aug 2020

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  19. 2 Sep 2020

    Today's required reading: the USPS Inspector General report on election and political mail during the spring primaries.

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  20. 16 Sep 2020

    A University of Wisconsin political scientist studied a decade of absentee & mail-in voting in Montana. Almost 7.1 million ballots cast from 2006-2016. One confirmed case of illegal voting.

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  21. 25 Aug 2020

    Prof. Charles Stewart III speaks with Audie Cornish of about the security of absentee and mail-in voting. Stewart notes that states that have offered mail-in voting for years have not had issues with widespread voter fraud.

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  22. 15 Sep 2020

    Voter fraud is practically nonexistent. So why do we hear so much about it? Learn more from and the Informed Citizens Guide:

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  23. 28 Aug 2020

    Read our research on voting by mail and absentee voting »

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  24. 29 Sep 2020

    Experts confirm that US elections are secure from voter fraud and that most interference comes in the form of misinformation campaigns.

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