
Fact check: What Trump keeps getting wrong about ‘paper ballots’
CNN
After losing the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump has championed the baseless lie that the results were tainted by widespread fraud.
After losing the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump has championed the baseless lie that the results were tainted by widespread fraud. To fix this made-up problem, Trump has proposed a four-part solution: The US should switch exclusively to paper ballots, require proof of citizenship to register to vote, require voters to show ID at the polls, and eliminate mail-in voting by holding the entire election in-person on just one day. Policymakers can debate the merits of forcing voters to prove their citizenship and provide ID. And mail-in voting, widely used by both Democrats and Republicans, isn’t going anywhere. But Trump’s comments on “paper ballots” have puzzled voting experts and election officials – because almost all voters nationwide already use paper ballots. Facts First: Trump’s insistence that the US switch to “paper ballots” is nonsensical. More than 98% of voters live in jurisdictions that produce fully auditable paper trails, according to data from Verified Voting, which tracks election equipment in every county. Trump brings up his four-part proposal almost every time he speaks about election integrity. He has mentioned the “paper ballots” claim dozens of times this year alone.

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