Could the controversy over mail-in ballots lead to a disputed election?

This appeared in The Millennial Source

In late July, President Donald Trump suggested in a tweet that the November election should be delayed due to the prospect of mail-in voting fraud.

Specifically, Trump wrote that the 2020 election in the United States could be the most “ inaccurate and fraudulent “ in history and that it could be a “great embarrassment to the USA” if widespread mail-in voting is allowed amid the pandemic.

In an interview published in early August, Trump clarified his thinking on the matter, claiming that mail-in ballots would be difficult to accurately count and that fraud would be easier to commit.

“They’re gonna send tens of millions of ballots … all over the place. Who’s gonna get them? There is no way you can go through a mail-in vote without massive cheating,” he argued.

According to a fact-check on Trump’s claims, there is no evidence that mail-in voting is marred by widespread fraud. Ballots are reportedly designed with security in mind, something akin to the safeguards put in place on printed money. Signatures would have to be faked to match those on voter roll files.

“Ballots are built unique for each election,” said Jennifer Morrell, a US elections consultant.