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PBS: Why Americans are worried about voter fraud but have faith in their own elections
Matt Loffman of PBS News reports that while voters are concerned with voter fraud, most Americans have confidence in their local governments to administer elections.
Most Americans are confident their local government will run fair and accurate elections in November, even as a majority express concerns about the potential for voter fraud or foreign interference, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.
More than three-quarters of Americans – including the vast majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents – say they are very confident or confident in the process next month, while 24 percent are not confident in state and local governments to run fair elections.
Although multiple reports from election officials and media organizations have shown voter fraud is incredibly rare, former President Donald Trump’s warnings about cheating in the upcoming election have become pervasive among his supporters.
In this latest poll, 88 percent of likely Trump voters are worried that people who are ineligible to vote will cast ballots or that people will vote more than once. Fifty-eight percent of Americans – and fewer than a third of people who support Vice President Kamala Harris – share those concerns.