Voter Fraud Simply Isn't a Serious Problem
Trump’s warnings aside, the evidence suggests — and experts agree — that illegal voting is extremely rare.
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President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims about voter fraud had been largely debunked long ago. But if there were any lingering doubts, they should now be put to rest.
For years, Benjamin Ginsberg has been a go-to Republican election lawyer. By all accounts, he’s well respected on both sides. But Democrats certainly considered him a fierce competitor who was willing to push hard for his party even when, as they saw it, that meant disenfranchising legitimate voters. As political scientist Michael McDonald says, Ginsberg “would know best if widespread vote fraud existed since he led Republican Party efforts to find it for decades.”