Ex-DHS Chief Dismisses Mail-In Vote Fraud Fear: Campaign Update

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November’s election should feature mail-in ballots, more curb-side voting, and other ways for Americans to “exercise their very important franchise” during a pandemic, said Michael Chertoff, secretary of Homeland Security in the George W. Bush administration.

“There’s never been a demonstration of widespread fraud or misbehavior in mail-in ballots,” Chertoff said on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” dismissing fears raised regularly by President Donald Trump and other Republicans.