While under the state’s stay-at-home orders, Louisiana lawmakers voted by mail against the state’s voters’ ability to vote by mail in upcoming elections.
Republicans in the state’s legislature objected to a plan that would allow absentee ballots for people who fear being exposed to the coronavirus, claiming that mail-in voting is ripe for voter fraud — despite voting for the legislation by mail.
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Voter fraud claims follow statements from other Republican leaders and Donald Trump, who has repeatedly and falsely claimed that mail-in ballots “substantially” increase the risk of voter fraud, saying that voters “cheat” and that the process is “dangerous”.
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He also has claimed that “thousands and thousands of people sitting in somebody’s living room” are “signing ballots all over the place” — despite no evidence supporting his conspiracy.
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