Two-thirds of Americans say voting by mail would increase voter fraud, poll finds
By: Carrie Sheffield Last (Just The News)
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Findings include 48% of Democrats who say nixing in-person voting for the mailbox would trigger fraud.
Nearly two-thirds of American voters say the country moving entirely to mail-in voting would likely increase voter fraud, according to the latest Just the News Daily Poll with Scott Rasmussen.
Sixty-two percent (62%) of voters believe that having everyone vote by mail is likely to increase voter fraud, while just 29% disagree. The totals include 39% who believe an increase in fraud is Very Likely and just 15% who say it is Not at All Likely.
Rasmussen noted what he called "a massive partisan divide" - 81% of Republicans believe voting by mail would lead to more fraud. Democrats are evenly divided (48% say it's likely, 45% disagree). Among Independent voters, 59% believe it would probably lead to an increase in voter fraud while 27% disagree.
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"These findings are certainly influenced by each party's narrative of voter fraud," Rasmussen said. "Republicans tend to believe that many people vote who are not eligible to vote. Voting by mail makes it impossible to check voter IDs and take other steps to ensure that the ballots were actually cast by an eligible voters.
"Democrats on the other hand tend to believe that the bigger problem is that eligible voters are denied their right to cast a ballot through voter suppression tactics. They see voting by mail as encouraging voter participation and are suspicious of anyone who opposes that goal."
Just the News has reported on how Democrats appear united in their push to use "social distancing" around coronavirus to move the country toward November mail-in voting, expanded voting dates or possibly even "drive-thru voting."
Republicans suspect Democrats could be exploiting a health crisis for partisan gain. Some fear a rapid move to alter the General Election system could result in the type of chaos seen at the Iowa Democratic Caucus in February.
"Still, despite concerns about voter fraud, Americans are open to the idea if better alternatives are not presented," Rasmussen said. "Some public polls have shown an overwhelming preference for mail voting as opposed to the traditional approach of standing in long lines at crowded facilities. However, our poll last week showed that just as many are supportive of states establishing new in-person voting procedures that include appropriate social distancing protocols."
Respondents were asked: "Suppose that for November's presidential election, in-person voting was eliminated, and everyone would vote by mail. How likely is it that voting by mail would lead to an increase in voter fraud?" They replied as below:
- 39% Very likely
- 23% Somewhat likely
- 14% Not very likely
- 15% Not at all likely
- 9% Not sure
The national survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted April 23-25, 2020 by Rasmussen, a polling veteran. Margin of sampling error: +/- 2.8% for full sample.
To see the full demographic cross-tabulations for this polling question, click below:
File 04-30-2020 JTN-Rasmussen.pdf
To see the methodology and sample demographics for this polling question, click below:
File JTN Poll Sample + Methodology April 23-25, 2020.pdf
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Democrat leaders want it because Joe Biden's enthusiasm level is so low:
They may not get up and go out and vote for him, but just bring them a ballot!
Not if they have to buy a Stamp.
I don't think voting by mail is the answer. There is to much monkey business that can go on. You are allowed one vote and if one fake vote passes that negates a legitimate one that is a awful thing. Look at Jill Steins recount in Michigan. As soon as they started showing corruption in Detroit they shut it down. Terrible thing.
WA. has been voting by mail for decades. No problems at all.
would be too easy to throw real votes out and replace them
Nope. They require a signature that matches the voter registration, so that will not work.
"...states establishing new in-person voting procedures that include appropriate social distancing protocols.""
Ain't hard - one out, one in, six feet, take a wipe for the screen and the doorknob on the way out. Then throw the wipe on the ground.
LOL. Let's poll Americans to see how many think Tamiflu will work against COVID-19. We have mechanisms for determining the answer to mail fraud likelihood and Tamiflu v. COVID-19. These mechanisms are called studies. In the case of voter fraud by any means in the US, Trump's own commission found virtually nothing, and he disbanded it. In the case of Tamiflu, trials are underway. In these cases, anyone with sense doesn't give a shit what polls find.
For me, Tamiflu never worked for me. Even aspirin worked better.
How did they study something that doesn't exist - universal mail voting? Is your point to let it out of the bottle, like COVID, and see what happens?
The total number of voters who voted early, absentee or by mail more than doubled from 24.9 million in 2004 to 57.2 million in 2016, representing an increase from one in five of all ballots cast to two in five of all ballots cast.
The number of U.S. citizens voting early more than doubled from nearly 10.2 million early ballots cast in 2004 to 24.1 million early ballots cast in 2016.
So we can subtract 24.1 from 57.2 giving us 33.1 million people voting through the mail in 2016. So we have info on the case where a quarter of the people did it in the last presidential election. Pretty easy to extrapolate from there.
The major problem pointed to by your link is vote not being counted. Fraud is presented as largely theoretical, and neither GWB's multi-year search for voter fraud nor Trump's turned up anything significant. If you're worried about your vote not being counted, vote in person. I vote in person for that reason, however, I realize that this is not practical for many people, and they should have the mail in option.
I have lived in my current county for more than 25 years, I have never encountered any significant delay in voting here. Never more than a 10 minute wait. If there was a significant delay, I, like Trump, would be mailing in my vote.
It should be easy to vote from home, but it should, of course, be secure from fraud.