2020 U.S. elections: Donald Trump’s speech verified

President Trump spoke early Friday about the US election recount and made a series of allegations of fraud for which he provided no evidence.

We have verified some of your claims.

Trump has posted more than 70 tweets casting doubt on voting by mail, referring to voter fraud or “rigged” elections since April.

But there is no evidence that the system is corrupt.

Voter fraud is very rare in the United States – the rate is less than 0.0009%, according to a 2017 study by the Brennan Center for Justice. There is also no evidence to suggest that it was a major problem in these elections.

The president himself has voted by mail in the past. He lived out of his registered state, Florida, and applied for a vote by mail.

This is known as an absentee ballot, which Trump has said he favors because he believes it has better safeguards.

But it has made a distinction from other forms of voting by mail, such as when states automatically send ballots to all registered voters.

Oregon and Utah have done it successfully in previous elections.

Registered voters in nine states (plus Washington DC) were automatically mailed ballots without having to ask for them. Five of these states introduced this measure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

But eight of the nine states – Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah, Washington, California, New Jersey and Vermont – are not currently in dispute.

All forms of vote-by-mail have safeguards, such as authorities verifying that ballots come from a voter’s registered address and requiring signatures on envelopes.

Voting by mail is not new, it has been used in many elections.

President Trump repeatedly criticized plans to expand mail-order voting, saying, without real evidence, it was open to “tremendous fraud.”

He urged Republican voters to come forward that day, rather than using mail-in ballots.

There is evidence from the vote count that this is what happened: Democratic voters favored voting by mail, and Republicans voted that day in person.

The recount is not over, but in Pennsylvania, one estimate is that of the more than 2.5 million mail-in votes received, nearly three times as many came from registered Democrats than Republicans.

The pipeline burst at State Farm Arena and affected a room where absentee ballots were tabulated.

Here is the press release released by the stadium staff.

That is not true “in all cases”.

In Georgia, which has yet to be decided, the governor and both houses of the legislature are controlled by the Republicans.

The Secretary of State, who is in charge of administering the elections, is Brad Raffensperger, who is a Republican.

Here’s a tweet from 2018 where Donald Trump endorses him.

To take another example, Nevada has a Republican secretary of state who oversees its election.

President Trump is talking about election watchers. These are people within the polling stations who observe the vote count, with the aim of ensuring transparency.

These are allowed in most states, but must be registered before Election Day, usually affiliated with a party or candidate, although the rules vary from state to state.

President Trump has disagreed with the perception of lack of access for Republican observers in certain Democratic-led cities, such as Philadelphia and Detroit.

But election observers were allowed to observe the count in both cities.

The number of poll watchers allowed in a counting facility varies by size. These limits are set before Election Day.

In some areas, numbers were restricted, in part to limit capacity due to the coronavirus. Limits are also set to avoid bullying.

In Detroit, more than 130 observers representing both Democrats and Republicans were allowed into the convention site.

City Clerk Janice Winfrey said she was not aware that Republican observers were being removed.

In Philadelphia, there was a viral video showing a certified voting observer being turned away from an electoral college, but as we reported, this was due to confusion over the rules and was then allowed to enter.

Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar has said: “All candidates and political parties can have an authorized representative in the room who watches the process. Some jurisdictions, including Philadelphia, are also broadcasting live, so you can literally see your counting process. “