As Election Day voting was underway Tuesday, President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that California’s vote on new Democratic-backed congressional maps and the voting process itself was “rigged.”
The president has long been a vocal critic of mail-in voting, blaming it for his 2020 election loss and often tying mail-in ballots to unproven claims of voter fraud.
He’s threatened executive action banning mail-in voting, though the Constitution stipulates that states determine how they run elections, and the president has voted by mail himself in previous elections.
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A majority of Americans support allowing anyone to cast a mail-in ballot, according to an August survey by Pew, which also showed strong support for requiring government-issued photo identification at the polls. Voters in Maine this week rejected a measure that would have put stricter voter ID laws in place.
In response to a question from PBS News about whether the administration has any evidence of these claims, the White House provided a list of statements it says support the president’s concerns about fraudulent voting. But much of what the White House pointed to as evidence for these claims does not prove widespread voter fraud.
Here’s a closer look at each point shared by the White House with additional context provided by PBS News.
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