In calling for a “thorough investigation” into “election fraud,” Republican Sen. Rand Paul distorted the facts about a Wisconsin policy that was introduced by Republicans and put in place before the 2016 general election.
Issues: absentee ballots
Trump Misinformation on Georgia Ballot Rejections
Trump’s False Statement About Counting Ballots in Pennsylvania
Trump’s Bad Advice for Mail-In Voters
Voting by Mail in the Swing States
The President’s Trumped-Up Claims of Voter Fraud
Trump’s Absentee vs. Mail-In Ballot Spin
President Donald Trump continues to draw false distinctions between mail-in and absentee ballots, claiming the former are rife with voter fraud while the latter — which he has used as president — require a voter to go through “a very strict process, the equivalent of going to a voting machine, or maybe even sometimes better.”