Top election officials from two states told Congress on Friday they have seen little evidence of absentee ballot fraud in U.S. primary elections this year and do not expect it to be a big issue in the November general election.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed without evidence that a rise in mail-in voting will lead to a rise in fraud, though he has expressed more openness to absentee voting, which is the way he has cast ballots.
Michael Adams, secretary of state in solidly Republican Kentucky, said voting in his state’s June primary election likewise was clean of fraud. Benson said likewise her state had encountered some evidence of foreign attempts at election interference, but also did not offer details.
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