The president lays the groundwork for a nationwide voter intimidation program

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller argued Sunday that President Trump was the victim of voter fraud in the election. “Voter fraud,” Miller insisted, “is a serious problem in this country.” This statement is untrue. He also said that “the White House has provided enormous evidence” of this fraud. This is also untrue.

The president himself has repeatedly made unsubstantiated claims, from last week’s allegation that then-Sen. Kelly Ayotte lost her race in New Hampshire because thousands of voters were bused in from Massachusetts to his fact-free insistence that he lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes because of 3 million to 5 million votes cast by “illegals.” And when he called for a “major investigation,” he was hardly opaque about his aims, with his press secretary, Sean Spicer, saying that the probe would be focused on “urban areas,” the same areas Trump told his supporters to “watch” on Election Day.

Let’s dispense with the easy part. This issue has been studied, and every credible academic review has concluded that widespread voter fraud does not happen in this country. There are isolated incidents, such as the Iowa woman accused of voting twice for Trump. But there is no evidence that millions, thousands or even hundreds of instances of in-person voter fraud occur in the United States. One of the most reliable studies found only 31 instances of fraud in more than 1 billion votes cast over nearly 15 years. A person is more likely to be struck by lightning than commit voter fraud.

Although “voter fraud” has long been on the list of myths perpetuated by state-level Republican leaders to justify onerous voter ID laws, even Republican members of Congress have refused to endorse the president’s views about widespread voter fraud. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said that no federal dollars should be used to support the president’s search for voter fraud. Ayotte rejected Trump’s account of her defeat.

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[pangaia]

1. This is one reason getting rid of fuckwad is only part of the problem.

The cancer inhabits the entire administration and republicans in congress, and half the supreme court...

Edited: Plus umteen state and local governments...

[manicraven]

2. Agreed that this is BS, but colluding with Russia sure "is a serious problem" for this country.

We're not going to be distracted by trump and his incompetent regime!

[world wide wally]

3. One step away from a nationwide ban on voting

That would guarantee to eliminate voter fraud

[Doreen]

4. I do not think they would go that far.

What I see is income level voting, something like you have to make 250,000 a year in order to vote. That would be per person not family income. If the spouse makes less they do not get to vote. I also see the voting age being changed to 21 or more likely older such as 25-30. This would effect women because I do not really see an income equality working with this administration and companies could make sure that women never get paid enough to vote ( there could be very few women who would be allowed to vote. ) Another possibility is a rule that you must have at least a BA to vote but it would probably be a higher degree expected.