{"id":57740,"date":"2020-09-01T02:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mass-vote-by-mail-really-does-invite-fraud-we-need-to-guard-against-it\/"},"modified":"2020-09-01T02:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T23:22:00","slug":"mass-vote-by-mail-really-does-invite-fraud-we-need-to-guard-against-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mass-vote-by-mail-really-does-invite-fraud-we-need-to-guard-against-it\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mass vote-by-mail really does invite fraud \u2014 we need to guard against it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Mass vote-by-mail really does invite fraud \u2014 we need to guard against it<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        August 31, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 7:22pm           <\/p>\n<div>\n                        Voting fraud, especially via mail-in ballots, is a cinch to pull off, warns a top Democratic operative, who\u2019s done it repeatedly. Yet voting by mail will be a huge part of the November election. Which is why officials need to plug the holes now.<\/p>\n<p>Fixing ballots \u201cis a real thing\u201d and plenty common, says the insider in Jon Levine\u2019s eye-opener in Sunday\u2019s Post. States, he pleads, need to address major security gaps to protect the November election.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, as few as 500 or 1,000 votes can be enough \u201cto flip\u201d entire states, notes the source, who (as The Post confirmed) has worked in numerous legislative, mayoral and congressional races across the tri-state area. Among the scams he describes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Postmen or others simply discard ballot-stuffed envelopes from areas that lean heavily toward a candidate they oppose.<\/li>\n<li>\u200aOperatives offer to mail completed ballots for voters, then steam open the envelopes and switch in their own ballots.<\/li>\n<li>\u200aInsiders \u201chelp\u201d the elderly by filling out ballots for them. In some nursing homes, \u201cthe nurse is actually paid\u201d to do that.<\/li>\n<li>\u200aVoters are flat-out bribed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to the pandemic, 20 states (including New York) have changed their rules to make it far easier to vote by mail, The Washington Post reports. Even before that, 34 states let anyone vote absentee.<\/p>\n<p>So 83 percent of voters nationwide can vote by mail this fall; nearly 100 million will get <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications or ballots automatically, a massive opening for fraudsters.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the nation\u2019s about as split politically as ever: Last week, Pew reported \u201ca wider gap between Republicans\u2019 and Democrats\u2019 views\u201d of Donald Trump than for any other president \u201cin the modern era of polling.\u201d Each side fears the other won\u2019t accept a loss as legit \u2014 spelling national chaos.<\/p>\n<p>This makes steps to secure the voting absolutely vital: Add security features like watermarks to ballots; boost checks on fraud, and penalties on it.<\/p>\n<p>Ensure the duly elected candidate takes office \u2014 with voters confident cheating didn\u2019t determine the outcome.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/31\/mass-vote-by-mail-really-does-invite-fraud-we-must-guard-against-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Mass vote-by-mail really does invite fraud \u2014 we need to guard against it&#8221; August 31, 2020 | 7:22pm Voting fraud, especially via mail-in ballots, is a cinch to pull off, warns a top Democratic operative, who\u2019s done it repeatedly. Yet voting by mail will be a huge part of the November election. 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