Mail-in voting needs reform
Christopher Tremoglie
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Election security and a rigged election have been hotly debated topics since the 2020 presidential election in which President Joe Biden defeated former President Donald Trump. After the defeat, Trump would go on to claim the election was rigged with unverified accusations of rampant fraud.
To date, there has not been any legitimate evidence that supports such claims, and numerous lawsuits contending fraud have been unsuccessful. However, new information might suggest there is more than meets the eye involving fraud in the 2020 election.
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A recent survey from Rasmussen Reports revealed that “more than 20% of voters who used mail-in ballots in 2020 admit they participated in at least one form of election fraud.” This included 19% of respondents who said they voted with a mail-in ballot and told Rasmussen that a friend or family member “filled out their ballot, in part or in full, on their behalf.” A key finding, however, is that 17% of voters who used mail-in ballots in 2020 claimed that “they signed a ballot or ballot envelope on behalf of a friend or family member, with or without their permission.”
Another critical detail revealed in the survey was that of those who said they used mail-in ballots, significantly more respondents said they voted for Biden than Trump. According to Rasmussen, 36% of those who said they voted by absentee mail-in ballot in the 2020 election voted for Biden. Only 23% said they voted for Trump. Additionally, 38% of Democrats claimed they “voted by mail in 2020,” whereas only “24% of Republicans did.”
Other information is just as concerning. According to Rasmussen, 30% of respondents stated they voted by absentee or mail-in ballots during the 2020 election. Furthermore, “21% of likely U.S. voters who voted by absentee or mail-in ballots in the 2020 election” claimed they filled out a ballot “in part or in full, on behalf of a friend or family member, such as a spouse or child.” If the respondents were being honest, this could result in hundreds of thousands, if not millions of votes, that were illegal and should not have been counted.
“The results of this survey are nothing short of stunning,” said Justin Haskins, director of the Socialism Research Center at the Heartland Institute. “For the past three years, Americans have repeatedly been told that the 2020 election was the most secure in history. But if this poll’s findings are reflective of reality, the exact opposite is true. This conclusion isn’t based on conspiracy theories or suspect evidence, but rather from the responses made directly by the voters themselves.”
Consider the other findings from Rasmussen. Of the respondents who said they were mail-in voters in the 2020 election, 17% claimed they “cast a ballot in a state where they were no longer a permanent resident.”
The main question remaining would be how many of the people who did such illegal activities voted for Biden and how many voted for Trump. For what it’s worth, Rasmussen revealed that “nearly equal percentages of Democrats, Republicans, and unaffiliated voters admitted to fraudulent activities.”
Admittedly, I have never subscribed to the belief that a rigged election or widespread voter fraud determined the winner of the 2020 election. The accusations were chaotically presented and loosely organized, and they did not seem believable. And when attorney Sidney Powell failed to show her “Kraken,” it further cemented my beliefs that all the claims of fraud were a bunch of malarkey resulting from herd mentality. And despite insistence from friends and colleagues who supported Trump in the last election, I never succumbed to the pressure because no lawsuit was successful. Moreover, no one could tell me by how many votes Trump supposedly was victorious.
However, if the respondents in the aforementioned Rasmussen survey were being honest, then that could change things. It wouldn’t be advancing conspiracy theories but rather taking into account the (supposedly) truthful revelations of voters from the election.
“A democratic republic cannot survive if election laws allow voters to commit fraud easily, and that’s exactly what occurred during the 2020 election,” Haskins said. “Although some progress has been made in more than a dozen states since the conclusion of the 2020 election, much more work is needed in most regions of the United States. If America’s election laws do not improve soon, voters and politicians will continue to question the truthfulness and fairness of all future elections.”