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It’s been claimed that voting by mail leads to massive corruption and fraud. But what are the facts?
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U.S. citizens will vote by mail this year in record numbers. In the face of a global health emergency, election officials across the country from both parties are working heroically to ensure that voting by mail is accurate, accessible, safe & secure.
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There& #39;s simply no basis for the conspiracy theory that voting by mail causes fraud. None.

@CNN & @washingtonpost fact-checks show this. But many others have examined the issue and arrived at the same conclusion. Still others have provided some key context. Take a look!
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Here is @CNN& #39;s fact-check, cited by @Twitter: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/politics/mail-in-ballot-vote-by-mail-trump/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/2...
Here's the *real* reason Donald Trump is attacking mail-in ballots

On Tuesday morning, Donald Trump tweeted this:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/politics/mail-in-ballot-vote-by-mail-trump/index.html
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And here is @washingtonpost& #39;s fact-check, also cited by @Twitter: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/26/review-trumps-many-unsubstantiated-allegations-voter-fraud/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...
Analysis | A review of Trump’s many unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud

After crying wolf for four years, no wolves.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/26/review-trumps-many-unsubstantiated-allegations-voter-fraud/
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And here are a few more:

@CBSNews political reporter @Grace_Segers: https://twitter.com/Grace_Segers/status/1265264320860114946">https://twitter.com/Grace_Seg...
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@NBCNews: https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1249661161693462529">https://twitter.com/NBCNews/s...
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@MichaelSteele & @elilehrerdc for @WashTimes:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/24/conservatives-must-get-behind-vote-by-mail-options/">https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020...
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@atrupar for @voxdotcom: https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1265266762079186946">https://twitter.com/atrupar/s...
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@RSchallom for @FortuneMagazine: https://twitter.com/rschallom/status/1265261179347353600">https://twitter.com/rschallom...
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@byjlee fact-check for @snopes:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mail-in-ballot-voter-fraud/">https://www.snopes.com/fact-chec...
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@JBendery for @huffpost: https://twitter.com/jbendery/status/1265263129887457280">https://twitter.com/jbendery/...
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@ACLUofNE: https://twitter.com/ACLUofNE/status/1265262029159497730">https://twitter.com/ACLUofNE/...
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U.S. Election Assistance Commission White Paper: Deep Dive on Early, Absentee, and Mail Voting ( @EACGov):

https://www.eac.gov/documents/2017/10/17/eavs-deep-dive-early-absentee-and-mail-voting-data-statutory-overview">https://www.eac.gov/documents...
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@srl for @GuardianUS: https://twitter.com/srl/status/1265277183272062976">https://twitter.com/srl/statu...
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Thread from @BrennanCenter & @NYULaw Professor Michael Li ( @mcpli): https://twitter.com/mcpli/status/1264583397864808455">https://twitter.com/mcpli/sta...
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All types of voter fraud in U.S. elections are minuscule in comparison to the number of ballots cast, according to elections experts ( @BrennanCenter):

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/false-narrative-vote-mail-fraud">https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/...
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@Reuters poll finds that 72% of all U.S. adults, including 65% of Republicans, support a requirement for mail-in ballots to protect voters ( @Cmkahn):

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll/most-americans-unlike-trump-want-mail-in-ballots-for-november-if-coronavirus-threatens-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN21P3G0">https://www.reuters.com/article/u...
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@IssueOneReform Co-Chair @IOWamp (Former Rep. R-TN): https://twitter.com/IOWamp/status/1265608087265857536">https://twitter.com/IOWamp/st...
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In 2016, roughly 1 in 4 voters cast their votes via mail-in ballot ( @voteathome):

https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/ef45f5_81a3affd554e4b5b9b5852f8fb3c10fd.pdf">https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/ef45f...
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"Oregon has mailed out more than 100 million ballots since 2000, with about a dozen cases of proven fraud; a 0.000012 percent rate" ( @drvox for @voxdotcom):

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/23/17383400/vote-by-mail-home-california-alaska-nebraska">https://www.vox.com/policy-an...
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President disbanded his own commission charged with investigating voter fraud in 2018, without producing any systemic evidence of fraud. @miwine & @tackettdc for @NYTimes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/us/politics/trump-voter-fraud-commission.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/0...
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"Deeply conservative Utah has moved almost entirely to vote-by-mail in recent years" ( @aseitzwald & @sahilkapur for @NBCNews):

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/coronavirus-has-ignited-battle-over-voting-my-mail-here-s-n1178531">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/...
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President requests vote-by-mail ballot for Florida Republican presidential primary ( @mannahhorse for @pbpost):

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20200311/president-trump-requests-absentee-ballot">https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/2020...
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Fox News Anchor Chris Wallace: "I& #39;ve done some deep dive into it, there really is no record of massive fraud or even serious fraud from mail-in voting." "It& #39;s being carried out in Republican states, it& #39;s being carried out in Democratic states." https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1264896497268768768">https://twitter.com/kylegriff...
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From more than a billion votes cast between 2000 and 2012, there were only 491 cases of absentee-voter fraud ( @news21 Voting Rights Project):

https://votingrights.news21.com/article/about/ ">https://votingrights.news21.com/article/a...
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Parties are virtually equal in percentages of who votes by mail ( @cstewartiii for @caltech):

https://electionupdates.caltech.edu/2020/03/20/some-demographics-on-voting-by-mail/">https://electionupdates.caltech.edu/2020/03/2...
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@NBCNews White House Correspondent @GeoffRBennett: https://twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1265620820208029702">https://twitter.com/GeoffRBen...
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Author and @UCL Professor @brianklaas: https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/1265260640039587842">https://twitter.com/brianklaa...
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GOP state officials warming to vote-by-mail (NE, OH, WV, IA); Iowa Republican SoS Paul Pate: sowing “doubt about the integrity of the process is as dangerous as vote fraud" ( @NickRiccardi for @AP):

https://apnews.com/4cf54df2ab65b4f7d0ee6d4aed774428">https://apnews.com/4cf54df2a...
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Mistake, not fraud: "Fraud by individual voters is almost nonexistent; mistakes in a confusing system are the real issue" ( @Rutgers_Camden Professor Lorraine C. Minnite):Â

https://scholars.org/sites/scholars/files/ssn_key_findings_minnite_on_the_myth_of_voter_fraud.pdf">https://scholars.org/sites/sch...
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@BrennanCenter& #39;s "The Truth About Voter Fraud" found that even among the small number of reported incidents of & #39;fraud,& #39; most turn out to be traceable to other causes:

https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/analysis/Briefing_Memo_Debunking_Voter_Fraud_Myth.pdf">https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/def...
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@NaveedAJamali for @Newsweek: https://twitter.com/NaveedAJamali/status/1265426007692992512">https://twitter.com/NaveedAJa...
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@MarshallCohen for @CNN: https://twitter.com/MarshallCohen/status/1265428400656744454">https://twitter.com/MarshallC...
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@kirstenfrankly (Chief of Staff, UT GOP Lt. Gov. @SpencerJCox): "there is very little evidence of voter fraud within our mail-in system" ( @NBCNews):

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pushes-false-claims-about-mail-vote-fraud-here-are-n1180566">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/...
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GOP leaders have long urged their supporters to vote by mail. GOP governors are sounding the call for easy access to mail-in ballots ( @DoyleMcManus for @LATimes):

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-05-24/column-trump-doesnt-like-mail-in-voting-but-its-not-his-call">https://www.latimes.com/politics/...
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@MSNBC quoting Michigan @LtGovGilchrist: https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1265213623611383808">https://twitter.com/MSNBC/sta...
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@realDonaldTrump votes by mail ( @Yamiche for @PBS): https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1263198640044195840">https://twitter.com/Yamiche/s...
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@Heritage election fraud database reports just 143 convictions involving fraudulent use of absentee ballots over the past 20 years (approx. 0.00006% of total votes cast):

https://www.heritage.org/voterfraud ">https://www.heritage.org/voterfrau...
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@SenatorRomney says 90% of Utah Republicans vote by mail ( @BudrykZack for @thehill):

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/498916-romney-counters-trump-90-percent-of-very-republican-utah-votes-by-mail">https://thehill.com/homenews/...
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"There is no evidence that mail balloting results in rampant voter fraud" ( @AmberMcReynolds & @cstewartiii for @thehill):

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/494189-lets-put-the-vote-by-mail-fraud-myth-to-rest">https://thehill.com/opinion/c...
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Former Republican campaign strategist compares president to "the boy who cried wolf" in spreading panic and undermining faith in the electoral process, to the detriment of his own base. ( @grace_panetta for @businessinsider):

https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-crusade-against-vote-by-mail-could-backfire-on-republicans-2020-5">https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-cr...
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@KimWyman12, Republican @secstatewa, supports vote by mail. ( @llerer for @NYTimes):

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/us/politics/washington-where-everyone-votes-by-mail.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/1...
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Research on vote by mail shows neutral partisan effects. (May Wong, @SIEPR):

https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/new-research-voting-mail-shows-neutral-partisan-effects">https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/new-...
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"Trump casts doubt on mail voting. His campaign promotes it." ( @NickRiccardi for @AP):

https://apnews.com/6416231367cfa0bd213796149f3cee26">https://apnews.com/641623136...
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