Donald Trump, who has long suggested without evidence there is voter fraud in the United States, explicitly accused Democrats in Nevada in engaging in the practice on Saturday. You think this is a free and easy election?”'Trump Place' polling site irks New York City voters Read moreThe remarks marked most specific allegations of voter fraud that Trump has made. The Republican nominee has warned in recent weeks of fraud in cities like “Philadelphia, Chicago and St Louis”, and insisted on Twitter “there is large-scale voter fraud in the United States”. Trump had long warned vaguely of voter fraud, in particular invoking a Republican dogwhistle about African-American voters in Philadelphia by warning about fraud in “certain areas in Pennsylvania”. The statement is a reference to a particular conspiracy theory that Mitt Romney was somehow the victim of voter fraud in 2012.

Source: The Guardian November 06, 2016 04:07 UTC