Election officials in states across the country are pushing back against allegations of widespread voter fraud this week as President Trump has baselessly claimed the race, which President-elect Joe Biden is projected to have won, is being stolen from him by way of illegal actions.
The New York Times said it reached out to top election officials across the country this week to ask if they had evidence or suspicions of voter fraud. The paper, which said it heard back from 45 states, said none of them “reported any major voting issues.”
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon (D) told the paper he doesn’t “know of a single case where someone argued that a vote counted when it shouldn’t have or didn’t count when it should.”
“There was no fraud,” he added.
A spokesperson for Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab (R) told the paper the state “did not experience any widespread, systematic issues with voter fraud, intimidation, irregularities or voting problems.”
“We are very pleased with how the election has gone up to this point,” the representative continued.
Michigan Secretary of State of Jocelyn Benson’s (D) office told the paper the state, where Trump’s campaign had sued to halt the counting of absentee ballot votes last week, hasn’t “seen any evidence of fraud or foul play in the actual administration of the election.”
“What we have seen is that it was smooth, transparent, secure and accurate,” the office added.
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JUST IN: Election officials in states across the country report no evidence of widespread voter fraud: report https://t.co/bLntEfXnPR pic.twitter.com/Ep5LDfdyVO
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