The 2020 presidential election saw more voters than ever before electing to mail in their ballots, according to FiveThirtyEight. The trend is expected to continue in the 2022 midterm elections.
An Oct. 23 Instagram post, however, claims the use of mail-in ballots is linked to election fraud. The post features a video of a woman claiming there are three things voters must do – one of which is to avoid mailing in their ballot.
"DO NOT put your ballot in the mail! It gives an opportunity for bad actors to know how may (sic) fraudulent ballots they need to produce, reads part of the post's caption, going on to mention a widely debunked documentary. "2000 mules anyone?"
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The post generated nearly 300 likes in less than a week.
But the claim is baseless.
Election security experts told USA TODAY that no one can tell from looking at a mail-in ballot who someone has voted for. There are multiple security measures in place around mail-in voting to ensure that ballots are properly delivered to election offices and that fraudulent ballots are not counted at the polls.
"The logistical issues of manufacturing that many ballots and distributing them in a way that would go unnoticed just boggles the mind," Charles Stewart III, an election security expert at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told USA...
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