Similarly, 71 percent of Black voters say they prefer voting before Election Day, whereas 58 percent of White voters say the same. The poll finds a sharp increase in the percentage of voters who prefer to use an absentee ballot. Still, Trump’s unfounded claims that mail voting will lead to widespread fraud, along with the political storm that has engulfed the U.S. Postal Service, have helped fuel distrust about sending ballots via mail, the poll finds. I don’t think that’s fair.”In fact, states that have embraced universal mail voting have documented tiny rates of ballot fraud, data show.

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2020 14:08 UTC