June 22, 2020
President Donald Trump has opened a new front in his fight against mail-in voting. He made unsubstantiated assertions that foreign countries will print up millions of bogus ballots to rig the results.
The claims not only ignore safeguards that states have implemented to prevent against widespread fraud but they also risk undermining Americans’ faith in the election.
The rhetoric comes as states scramble to adjust voting processes because of the coronavirus pandemic. It represents a two-track approach of trying to both block mail-in balloting in advance and setting the stage for challenging the results once it’s over.