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Trump Claims About Election Rigging Stump Some State Officials, Lawmakers

Jeff Seldin

   WASHINGTON - Claims by President Donald Trump that the use of mail-in
   ballots for November's presidential election will result in "the
   mostriggedelection" in U.S.historyis puzzlingorganizations representing
   state election officials,as well as key lawmakers.

   Trump made the claims in a series of tweets Monday, alleging the use of
   mail-in ballotsin several states, some being printed in foreign
   countries,"WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!"

     RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY
     FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]June 22, 2020

     Because of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 2020 will be the most RIGGED Election in
     our nations history - unless this stupidity is ended. We voted
     during World War One & World War Two with no problem, but now they
     are using Covid in order to cheat by using Mail-Ins!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [2]June 22, 2020

     Barr: Mail-in Ballots 'Absolutely Opens the Floodgates to Fraud'
     [3]https://t.co/vd4AD3EPb0 via [4]@BreitbartNews. This will be the
     Election disaster of our time. Mail-In Ballots will lead to a RIGGED
     ELECTION!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [5]June 22, 2020

   But representatives for theNational Association of Secretaries of State
   (NASS)and theNational Association of State Election Directors(NASED)say
   if there is anything behind the allegations, the Trump administration
   has yet to share it with them.

   "We are not aware of any evidence supporting the claims made by
   President Trump," NASScommunicationsdirector Maria Benson told VOA via
   email."As always, we are open to learning more about
   theadministration's concerns.

   "Americans should have confidence that our elections are fairly
   administered and well-secured, with built-in structural safeguards to
   ensure accurate results," she said.

   Amy Cohen,NASED's executive director,told VOA, "Security is of the
   utmost importance to state election officials."

   Both organizations, which represent state-level election officials from
   both the Republican and Democratic parties,also pointed to a joint
   [6]statement from Maythatassuredvoters"all states have implemented a
   number of security measures in order to protect the integrity of the
   vote."

   A key lawmaker on the Senate Intelligence Committee, which has issued a
   series of reports on Russian interference during the 2016 presidential
   election, also pushed back against the president's election-rigging
   allegations.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1275024974579982336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1275062328971497472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   3. https://t.co/vd4AD3EPb0
   4. https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   5. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1275023295755190272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   6. https://www.nass.org/node/1864

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