Title: Studies Contradict Trump Claim That Voter Fraud Is 'Very, Very Common' | Fortune
Headings: Studies Contradict Trump Claim That Voter Fraud Is ‘Very, Very Common’
Studies Contradict Trump Claim That Voter Fraud Is ‘Very, Very Common’
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, in Green Bay, Wis. Photograph by Evan Vucci—AP

Content: It also found that more than 1.8 million dead people were listed as voters and that approximately 2.75 million people were registered in more than one state. But the report cited no evidence that those errors had contributed to any significant voter fraud. Instead, it pointed to estimates that at least 51 million U.S. citizens are eligible but not registered to vote. Trump also cited a controversial 2014 op-ed in The Washington Post by a group of professors at Old Dominion University promoting their research concluding that “enough” non-citizens have voted in recent elections that their participation could plausibly change the outcome of close elections. Among their claims: Because non-citizens tend to favor Democrats, their votes could have been responsible for President Barack Obama’s 2008 victory in North Carolina. There is no evidence the latter is the case—and the article spawned so much backlash over its methods and conclusions that the authors were prompted to issue a follow-up defense. John Oliver Addresses Donald Trump’s Claims of a ‘Rigged’ Election
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