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Re:Donald Trump is starting a messy fight with the entire in... by prepperpotts on Thursday May 28, 2020 @07:37PM (#23344429)
no one denies that voter fraud is possible. the more important question is whether voter fraud is a serious threat to the voting process, and there's no evidence of this.

collecting ballots from the mailboxes of dead people is not exactly a scalable enough way to rig an election for the democrats to warrant serious concern — especially considering how the hardest-struck communities vote democratic anyway. and besides, if you wanted to request a ballot for your sick roommate to perpetuate voter fraud, you could already pull that off in most states.

mail-in-ballot fraud concern-trolling is a long-established propaganda effort that doesn't have to be addressed on a case-by-case basis

Re:Donald Trump is starting a messy fight with the entire in... by downerending on Thursday May 28, 2020 @08:09PM (#23344715)
That's a point. But it might be that large-scale fraud hasn't really happened yet because the opportunity hasn't really happened yet.

We're starting to hear a few accounts of "ballot harvesting", and I suspect we'll go through several generations of fixes before this becomes as reliable as in-person voting.

(Personally, I don't really care. I give my ballot to my wife to vote anyway.)

Re:Donald Trump is starting a messy fight with the entire in... by mrnook on Friday May 29, 2020 @10:10AM (#23350136)
lol that's technically voter fraud too
Re:Donald Trump is starting a messy fight with the entire in... by fareesh on Friday May 29, 2020 @05:53AM (#23348121)
What is the number of fraudulent votes required to make it a serious threat? Hundreds? Thousands?

How would you know a priori if it is a serious threat without the final tally?

Gore v Bush 2000 had a very close total in Florida. Would it not be a serious threat in a similar situation?