Election officials in dozens of states representing both political parties said that there was no evidence that fraud or other irregularities played a role in the outcome of the presidential race, amounting to a forceful rebuke of President Trump’s portrait of a fraudulent election.
- Ohio: Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose told The New York Times, “There’s a great human capacity for inventing things that aren’t true about elections. The conspiracy theories and rumors and all those things run rampant. For some reason, elections breed that type of mythology.”
- Minnesota: Democratic Secretary of State Steve Simon-“I don’t know of a single case where someone argued that a vote counted when it shouldn’t have or didn’t count when it should. There was no fraud.”
- Kansas: Republican Secretary of State Scott Schwab “Kansas did not experience any widespread, systematic issues with voter fraud, intimidation, irregularities or voting problems.”
- The Times contacted officials in every state; 45 responded.
- None reported any major voting issues.
- Texas didn’t return their calls.
- Republican lieutenant governor in Texas, Dan Patrick, announced a $1 million fund to reward reports of voter fraud.
- Some states described small problems common to all elections such as: illegal or double voting, some technical glitches and some minor errors in math.
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