"They sent two in a Democrat area. They sent out a thousand ballots. Everybody got two ballots. This is going to be a fraud like you've never seen."
It's tough to know which "area" Trump was referring to here, but election officials recognize that a small number of voters may attempt to vote twice in any election, either because of clerical errors, earnest confusion on the part of the voter, or, yes, malign intent. Therefore, each state has systems in place to monitor for double voting and reconcile any irregularities.
"We might not know [the winner] for months because these ballots are going to be all over. Take a look at what happened in Manhattan. Take a look at what happened in New Jersey. Take a look at what happened in Virginia and other places."
The examples Trump cites took weeks, not months, to resolve. And while it's almost certainly true that it will take much longer than usual to get accurate results from every state due to increased mail-in voting, "that doesn’t mean anything nefarious is going on," the Brennan Center's Norden says. "It just means election officials are doing exactly what they’re supposed to do."
"They're not losing 2 percent, 1 percent [of ballots], which by the way is too much. An election could be won or lost with that. They're losing 30 and 40 percent. It's a fraud, and it's a shame."
Set aside that "losing" implies misplacing, and allow for the more generous interpretation that Trump means those ballots weren't counted. Nationwide, it's true that mail ballots are typically rejected at higher rates than those cast in person. If a ballot is filled out incorrectly, isn't signed, or is received too late, election officials will flag it (to r ..
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