Republican accusations of voter fraud, as in St. Louis, have frequently been directed at minority groups in cities such as Philadelphia and Chicago. It said there was no evidence of noncitizen voter registration or voting, and no evidence of voter fraud due to out-of-date records or deceased people still on voting rolls. “And so voter fraud became an excuse for making it harder to register and to vote.”And as the notion of pervasive fraud gained political value, keeping it in the public eye became smart politics as well. “Leaders of the other party are against efforts to crack down on voter fraud,” Gov. “The fact is that voter fraud is rampant.”Few Confirmed CasesAmong many Republicans, fraud’s ubiquity remains evident.

Source: New York Times October 21, 2016 21:14 UTC