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AP-NORC Poll: Half of Trump backers don't trust vote count
Associated Press ^ | Oct 1, 2016 2:02 AM EDT | Jonathan Lemire and Emily Swanson

Posted on 10/01/2016 7:46:06 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Amid Donald Trump’s unprecedented assertion that the general election “is going to be rigged,” many Americans who are drawn to the Republican nominee’s campaign have major doubts about the accuracy of the vote count.

Only about a third of Republicans say they have a great deal or quite a bit of confidence that votes in this year’s election will be counted fairly, according to a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Half the people who have a favorable opinion of the Republican nominee say they have little to no confidence in the integrity of the vote count, the poll finds. […]

Such fears of voter fraud are unfounded: There is no evidence it is a widespread a problem in the United States. A study conducted by a Loyola Law School professor found that out of 1 billion votes cast in all American elections between 2000 and 2014, there were only 31 known cases of impersonation fraud. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: apnorcpoll; electionfraud; trump; voterfraud
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To: bunster
I suspect the Dems are the ones hacking the state voter registration rolls. They need that information to request absentee ballots or early voting as part of their extensive voter fraud operation.

Young Virginia Democrat Registers 19 Dead People to Vote for Hillary

41 posted on 10/01/2016 9:52:50 AM PDT by kabar
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To: bigbob

I was a democrat longer than many freepers have been alive... I can assure you - democrats DO voter fraud. Polls come and go - and are meaningless the next day. But voter fraud damages the country for decades... YOU know that right?


42 posted on 10/01/2016 10:33:16 AM PDT by GOPJ (If Lester Holt's too stupid to ask follow-ups without an ear piece he should be disqualified.)
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To: Olog-hai
Such fears of voter fraud are unfounded: There is no evidence it is a widespread a problem in the United States.

doh! Okaaaaaayyyy!!

43 posted on 10/01/2016 10:36:10 AM PDT by uncitizen (JFK: The first victim of the New World Order)
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