Mar 09 Florida House approves creation of a police force to pursue voter fraud By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press Voter fraud is rare and generally detected. There is also widespread consensus among election officials and experts that there was no fraud that could have impacted results in the last presidential election. Continue reading
Jan 31 Georgia DA investigating Trump asks FBI for security help By Kate Brumback, Associated Press The request comes after the former president railed against prosecutors investigating him. Continue reading
Dec 29 ‘Slow-motion insurrection’: Democracy experts alarmed over GOP takeover of election machinery By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press As Republicans increasingly accept former President Donald Trump's version of the 2020 election, they're trying to take over election operations in pivotal states. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 6:02 Exhaustive fact check finds little evidence of voter fraud, but 2020’s ‘Big Lie’ lives on More than a year after President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump and his allies still insist without evidence that widespread voter fraud led to a stolen election. A new reporting project from the Associated Press… Continue watching
Dec 14 AP review finds far too little vote fraud to tip 2020 election to Trump By Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press A review by AP in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found fewer than 475 cases of potential voter fraud, a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election. Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch 9:16 Expert fears partisan actors may replace election workers who quit over threats By Stephanie Sy, Geoffrey Lou Guray It may be election day in 2021, but the attacks on the democratic process during the 2020 election had ripple effects that are still being felt. The latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll this week found that 81% of American adults believe… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 4:25 As Senate examines Trump’s bid to overturn 2020 loss, GOP voters still buy fraud claims By Amna Nawaz, Tess Conciatori, Geoffrey Lou Guray It’s been nearly a year since voters cast their ballots in the 2020 presidential election, but its results — and the violent aftermath — are still at the center of investigation and debate in Washington, D.C. Amna Nawaz reports. Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 8:10 How false fraud claims are eroding integrity of American election system By Judy Woodruff, Matt Loffman For a deeper look at the efforts to undermine election integrity in the United States — and what can be done to stop it — Judy Woodruff is joined by Rick Hasen, professor at the University of California Irvine, and… Continue watching
Jul 16 AP report: Few AZ voter fraud cases, discrediting Trump’s claims By Bob Christie, Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press While it's possible more cases could emerge, the numbers illustrate the implausibility of Trump's claims that fraud and irregularities in Arizona cost him the state's electorate votes. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 9:39 Wave of new voting laws raises questions about voter access and integrity Since the 2020 election, laws restricting voter access passed in 14 states across the U.S., all with Republican-controlled state legislatures. They've sparked outrage from voting rights groups and from two former co-chairs of the Presidential Election Commission. Democrat Bob Bauer,… Continue watching