Voter fraud is barely non-existent in the United States.
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IHIP NewsAug 27, 2026
Multiple reliable sources (Reuters, AP, BBC, Brookings, NPR) find that documented voter fraud in the U.S. is exceedingly rare, which supports the core assertion. The sources say fraud does occasionally occur, so 'barely non-existent' is loose wording for 'extremely rare', but the casual phrasing does not change the verdict.
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… He has the lowest approval ratings of any president going into the midterms. Furthermore, Donald Trump, the guy who's still screaming, rambling like a nut job about Hannibal Lector in the 2020 election, despite all of the, um, research done, voter fraud is barely non-existent in this country, but the Republicans have chanted this mantra for decades because they know their ideas aren't popular. They're not popular at all, because look at what's going on with the Republican Party right now: they have everything Supreme Court, the oligarchs, the …
IHIP News · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters' fact check states that voter fraud in the U.S. is not widespread and is exceedingly infrequent due to established protective measures.[1]
Supports. An AP review of potential fraud cases in the six battleground states found fewer than 475 potentially fraudulent ballots, and AP concludes that voter fraud happens but is rare and caught by safeguards.[2]
Supports. BBC reports that studies suggest actual cases of voter fraud are extremely rare, including Brookings finding about four postal-vote fraud cases per 10 million postal votes.[3][4]
Supports. NPR quotes the Brennan Center saying voter fraud is 'infinitesimally rare' and that courts and government commissions have found the evidence is extremely rare.[5]
Context. Sources note that fraud does occur occasionally, so the claim's 'non-existent' wording overstates the record even though the central point that fraud is very rare holds.[2][3]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 1, 1 tier 2
- 1Fact Check: Re-examining how and why voter fraud is exceedingly rare in the U.S. ahead of the 2022 midtermsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Voter fraud in the US: It's rare, there are safeguards to ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 3How widespread is election fraud in the United States? Not verybrookings.edu · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 4Trump says US voter fraud is 'rampant' - evidence suggests ...bbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 5How we know voter fraud is very rare in U.S. electionsnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
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