Coming clean: 1 in 5 admits 2020 election fraud

[Cow Poke]

Coming clean: 1 in 5 admits 2020 election fraud

by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist
December 12, 2023 10:25 AM - Latest

About 20% of 2020 voters now claim they took advantage of election laws that loosened up because of the coronavirus crisis to commit fraud, including filling out ballots for others, according to a shocking report being unveiled Tuesday.

Some admitted they voted in states they don’t live in, and others said they let somebody else fill out their mail-in ballots, neither of which is allowed.

“For the past three years, Americans have repeatedly been told that the 2020 election was the most secure in history. But if this poll’s findings are reflective of reality, the exact opposite is true. This conclusion isn’t based on conspiracy theories or suspect evidence, but rather from the responses made directly by the voters themselves,” said Justin Haskins, director of the Heartland Institute’s Socialism Research Center.

“The 2020 election was unlike any other in history as tens of millions of Americans voted by mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, many experts warned that massive mail-in voting could result in widespread voter fraud. Unfortunately, these concerns were prophetic, as the results of this poll clearly show that a large number of voters did indeed fraudulently cast ballots in the 2020 election,” Heartland Editorial Director Chris Talgo added.

The public policy nonprofit group shared its new Heartland Institute/Rasmussen Reports survey revealing the possible fraud in the 2020 election with Secrets.

In 2020, as the COVID crisis grew, several states loosened election laws to allow mail-in voting, vote bundling, absentee voting, and other changes to let those concerned about getting the virus stay away from the polls.

The changes were sold as positive moves to make voting easier but have since raised red flags. Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have claimed that Democrats took advantage of the laws to make Joe Biden president fraudulently.

Other surveys have shown that sizable groups of voters agree the election was plagued with fraud, but this is the first in which voters told a pollster they were involved.

Among the findings shared with Secrets:

• Twenty-one percent of likely voters who voted by absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election say they filled out a ballot, in part or in full, on behalf of a friend or family member, such as a spouse or child, while 78% say they didn’t.
• Thirty percent voted by absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election.
• Nineteen percent of those who cast mail-in votes say a friend or family member filled out their ballot, in part or in full.
• Seventeen percent of mail-in voters said they cast a ballot in a state where they were no longer permanent residents.
• Among all voters, mail and in-person, 11% said a friend, family member, co-worker, or other acquaintance has admitted to them they filled out a ballot on behalf of another person in 2020.

EDIT - fixing broken link in story.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Coming clean: 1 in 5 admits 2020 election fraud

by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist
December 12, 2023 10:25 AM - Latest

About 20% of 2020 voters now claim they took advantage of election laws that loosened up because of the coronavirus crisis to commit fraud, including filling out ballots for others, according to a shocking report being unveiled Tuesday.

Some admitted they voted in states they don’t live in, and others said they let somebody else fill out their mail-in ballots, neither of which is allowed.

“For the past three years, Americans have repeatedly been told that the 2020 election was the most secure in history. But if this poll’s findings are reflective of reality, the exact opposite is true. This conclusion isn’t based on conspiracy theories or suspect evidence, but rather from the responses made directly by the voters themselves,” said Justin Haskins, director of the Heartland Institute’s Socialism Research Center.

“The 2020 election was unlike any other in history as tens of millions of Americans voted by mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, many experts warned that massive mail-in voting could result in widespread voter fraud. Unfortunately, these concerns were prophetic, as the results of this poll clearly show that a large number of voters did indeed fraudulently cast ballots in the 2020 election,” Heartland Editorial Director Chris Talgo added.

The public policy nonprofit group shared its new Heartland Institute/Rasmussen Reports survey revealing the possible fraud in the 2020 election with Secrets.

In 2020, as the COVID crisis grew, several states loosened election laws to allow mail-in voting, vote bundling, absentee voting, and other changes to let those concerned about getting the virus stay away from the polls.

The changes were sold as positive moves to make voting easier but have since raised red flags. Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have claimed that Democrats took advantage of the laws to make Joe Biden president fraudulently.

Other surveys have shown that sizable groups of voters agree the election was plagued with fraud, but this is the first in which voters told a pollster they were involved.

Among the findings shared with Secrets:

• Twenty-one percent of likely voters who voted by absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election say they filled out a ballot, in part or in full, on behalf of a friend or family member, such as a spouse or child, while 78% say they didn’t.
• Thirty percent voted by absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election.
• Nineteen percent of those who cast mail-in votes say a friend or family member filled out their ballot, in part or in full.
• Seventeen percent of mail-in voters said they cast a ballot in a state where they were no longer permanent residents.
• Among all voters, mail and in-person, 11% said a friend, family member, co-worker, or other acquaintance has admitted to them they filled out a ballot on behalf of another person in 2020.

Curious. On the site and in your OP when the second link in this:

The public policy nonprofit group shared its new Heartland Institute/Rasmussen Reports survey revealing the possible fraud in the 2020 election with Secrets.

is clicked - I get this:

Page not found

The requested page could not be found.


The possible reasons for this are:

• The page name was misspelled. Try changing the URL.
• The page does not exist on this site.

[Cow Poke]

Curious. On the site and in your OP when the second link in this:

The public policy nonprofit group shared its new Heartland Institute/Rasmussen Reports survey revealing the possible fraud in the 2020 election with Secrets.

is clicked - I get this:

Page not found

The requested page could not be found.


The possible reasons for this are:

• The page name was misspelled. Try changing the URL.
• The page does not exist on this site.

That happens - could be not available in your country? Are you browsing incognito, maybe?
NOPE - happens to me, too... lemme check that out.
Try this link, and I'll fix it in the OP....

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub..._2020_election

[Sparko]

If anything many people would not admit to cheating to some stranger on the telephone, so the number is probably actually higher.

[Sparko]

Curious. On the site and in your OP when the second link in this:

The public policy nonprofit group shared its new Heartland Institute/Rasmussen Reports survey revealing the possible fraud in the 2020 election with Secrets.

is clicked - I get this:

Page not found

The requested page could not be found.


The possible reasons for this are:

• The page name was misspelled. Try changing the URL.
• The page does not exist on this site.

Looks like they changed the url. Here is the working link:

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub..._2020_election


Also here is a link to the actual poll questions and answers:

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub..._december_2023

[rogue06]

Coming clean: 1 in 5 admits 2020 election fraud

by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist
December 12, 2023 10:25 AM - Latest

About 20% of 2020 voters now claim they took advantage of election laws that loosened up because of the coronavirus crisis to commit fraud, including filling out ballots for others, according to a shocking report being unveiled Tuesday.

Some admitted they voted in states they don’t live in, and others said they let somebody else fill out their mail-in ballots, neither of which is allowed.

“For the past three years, Americans have repeatedly been told that the 2020 election was the most secure in history. But if this poll’s findings are reflective of reality, the exact opposite is true. This conclusion isn’t based on conspiracy theories or suspect evidence, but rather from the responses made directly by the voters themselves,” said Justin Haskins, director of the Heartland Institute’s Socialism Research Center.

“The 2020 election was unlike any other in history as tens of millions of Americans voted by mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, many experts warned that massive mail-in voting could result in widespread voter fraud. Unfortunately, these concerns were prophetic, as the results of this poll clearly show that a large number of voters did indeed fraudulently cast ballots in the 2020 election,” Heartland Editorial Director Chris Talgo added.

The public policy nonprofit group shared its new Heartland Institute/Rasmussen Reports survey revealing the possible fraud in the 2020 election with Secrets.

In 2020, as the COVID crisis grew, several states loosened election laws to allow mail-in voting, vote bundling, absentee voting, and other changes to let those concerned about getting the virus stay away from the polls.

The changes were sold as positive moves to make voting easier but have since raised red flags. Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have claimed that Democrats took advantage of the laws to make Joe Biden president fraudulently.

Other surveys have shown that sizable groups of voters agree the election was plagued with fraud, but this is the first in which voters told a pollster they were involved.

Among the findings shared with Secrets:

• Twenty-one percent of likely voters who voted by absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election say they filled out a ballot, in part or in full, on behalf of a friend or family member, such as a spouse or child, while 78% say they didn’t.
• Thirty percent voted by absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election.
• Nineteen percent of those who cast mail-in votes say a friend or family member filled out their ballot, in part or in full.
• Seventeen percent of mail-in voters said they cast a ballot in a state where they were no longer permanent residents.
• Among all voters, mail and in-person, 11% said a friend, family member, co-worker, or other acquaintance has admitted to them they filled out a ballot on behalf of another person in 2020.

EDIT - fixing broken link in story.

Oh boy! That's a lot of people the left need to start accusing of being election deniers. Lessee... 155,507,476 votes cast for OMB and Old Joe. That's 31,101,495 more conspiracy theorists.

[Ronson]

Oh boy! That's a lot of people the left need to start accusing of being election deniers. Lessee... 155,507,476 votes cast for OMB and Old Joe. That's 31,101,495 more conspiracy theorists.

They should all be rounded up and put in prison along with the J6 insurrectionists!

OR ... just mark it down as something that requires remedy so it doesn't happen again.

[Mountain Man]

They should all be rounded up and put in prison along with the J6 insurrectionists!

OR ... just mark it down as something that requires remedy so it doesn't happen again.

The remedy is votes cast in person, with photo ID, on election day. No more of this mail in ballot or early voting nonsense.

[whag]

Coming clean: 1 in 5 admits 2020 election fraud

by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist
December 12, 2023 10:25 AM - Latest

About 20% of 2020 voters now claim they took advantage of election laws that loosened up because of the coronavirus crisis to commit fraud, including filling out ballots for others, according to a shocking report being unveiled Tuesday.

Some admitted they voted in states they don’t live in, and others said they let somebody else fill out their mail-in ballots, neither of which is allowed.

“For the past three years, Americans have repeatedly been told that the 2020 election was the most secure in history. But if this poll’s findings are reflective of reality, the exact opposite is true. This conclusion isn’t based on conspiracy theories or suspect evidence, but rather from the responses made directly by the voters themselves,” said Justin Haskins, director of the Heartland Institute’s Socialism Research Center.

“The 2020 election was unlike any other in history as tens of millions of Americans voted by mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, many experts warned that massive mail-in voting could result in widespread voter fraud. Unfortunately, these concerns were prophetic, as the results of this poll clearly show that a large number of voters did indeed fraudulently cast ballots in the 2020 election,” Heartland Editorial Director Chris Talgo added.

The public policy nonprofit group shared its new Heartland Institute/Rasmussen Reports survey revealing the possible fraud in the 2020 election with Secrets.

In 2020, as the COVID crisis grew, several states loosened election laws to allow mail-in voting, vote bundling, absentee voting, and other changes to let those concerned about getting the virus stay away from the polls.

The changes were sold as positive moves to make voting easier but have since raised red flags. Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have claimed that Democrats took advantage of the laws to make Joe Biden president fraudulently.

Other surveys have shown that sizable groups of voters agree the election was plagued with fraud, but this is the first in which voters told a pollster they were involved.

Among the findings shared with Secrets:

• Twenty-one percent of likely voters who voted by absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election say they filled out a ballot, in part or in full, on behalf of a friend or family member, such as a spouse or child, while 78% say they didn’t.
• Thirty percent voted by absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election.
• Nineteen percent of those who cast mail-in votes say a friend or family member filled out their ballot, in part or in full.
• Seventeen percent of mail-in voters said they cast a ballot in a state where they were no longer permanent residents.
• Among all voters, mail and in-person, 11% said a friend, family member, co-worker, or other acquaintance has admitted to them they filled out a ballot on behalf of another person in 2020.

EDIT - fixing broken link in story.

When I click the report, it says “Page not found.”

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

That happens - could be not available in your country? Are you browsing incognito, maybe?
NOPE - happens to me, too... lemme check that out.
Try this link, and I'll fix it in the OP....

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub..._2020_election

Looks like they changed the url. Here is the working link:

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub..._2020_election


Also here is a link to the actual poll questions and answers:

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub..._december_2023

Thank you.

[whag]

The remedy is votes cast in person, with photo ID, on election day. No more of this mail in ballot or early voting nonsense.

Mail-in voting is entirely legitimate and used by all political affiliations:

Two-thirds of Trump voters say they voted in person, compared with 42% of Biden voters. Nearly four-in-ten Trump voters (37%) say they voted in person on Election Day, while just 17% of Biden voters say they cast their ballot at a polling place on Nov. 3.

Trump voters are also slightly more likely than Biden voters to say they voted in person before Election Day. Three-in-ten Trump voters report voting this way, compared with 24% of Biden voters.

Black voters were less likely to vote by absentee or mail-in ballot than white, Hispanic and Asian American voters. About four-in-ten Black voters (38%) say they voted by mail, compared with 45% of white voters, 51% of Hispanic voters and two-thirds of Asian American voters.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics...ience-in-2020/

Even if people such as this man take advantage of the system to vote for his dead wife, it’s still worth the convenience:

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man who had been charged in the presumed death of his missing wife has pleaded guilty to forgery for casting her 2020 election ballot for then-President Donald Trump.

Barry Morphew pleaded guilty Thursday and was fined and assessed court costs of $600, The Denver Post reported. He avoids jail time as part of a plea agreement.

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midt...3b36142300cdb7

Mail-in ballots, which take longer to count since they must be removed from envelopes and verified before they are counted. The GOP in swing states prohibited early processing of mail-in votes:

Swing state GOP lawmakers refused early vote processing, sowing current chaos

But Republican-led legislatures in states that are the center of chaos, including Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, refused to pass laws that would have allowed pre-canvassing mail ballots before Nov. 3.

Pre-canvassing, which currently takes place in 32 states under both Republican and Democratic control, does not include counting or tabulating votes but allows officials to check mail-in ballots for their eligibility and preparing them to be scanned, speeding up the process.

Trump’s complete ignorance of this fact led to his obstinate outrage.

[oxmixmudd]

Coming clean: 1 in 5 admits 2020 election fraud

by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist
December 12, 2023 10:25 AM - Latest

About 20% of 2020 voters now claim they took advantage of election laws that loosened up because of the coronavirus crisis to commit fraud, including filling out ballots for others, according to a shocking report being unveiled Tuesday.

Some admitted they voted in states they don’t live in, and others said they let somebody else fill out their mail-in ballots, neither of which is allowed.

“For the past three years, Americans have repeatedly been told that the 2020 election was the most secure in history. But if this poll’s findings are reflective of reality, the exact opposite is true. This conclusion isn’t based on conspiracy theories or suspect evidence, but rather from the responses made directly by the voters themselves,” said Justin Haskins, director of the Heartland Institute’s Socialism Research Center.

“The 2020 election was unlike any other in history as tens of millions of Americans voted by mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, many experts warned that massive mail-in voting could result in widespread voter fraud. Unfortunately, these concerns were prophetic, as the results of this poll clearly show that a large number of voters did indeed fraudulently cast ballots in the 2020 election,” Heartland Editorial Director Chris Talgo added.

The public policy nonprofit group shared its new Heartland Institute/Rasmussen Reports survey revealing the possible fraud in the 2020 election with Secrets.

In 2020, as the COVID crisis grew, several states loosened election laws to allow mail-in voting, vote bundling, absentee voting, and other changes to let those concerned about getting the virus stay away from the polls.

The changes were sold as positive moves to make voting easier but have since raised red flags. Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have claimed that Democrats took advantage of the laws to make Joe Biden president fraudulently.

Other surveys have shown that sizable groups of voters agree the election was plagued with fraud, but this is the first in which voters told a pollster they were involved.

Among the findings shared with Secrets:

• Twenty-one percent of likely voters who voted by absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election say they filled out a ballot, in part or in full, on behalf of a friend or family member, such as a spouse or child, while 78% say they didn’t.
• Thirty percent voted by absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election.
• Nineteen percent of those who cast mail-in votes say a friend or family member filled out their ballot, in part or in full.
• Seventeen percent of mail-in voters said they cast a ballot in a state where they were no longer permanent residents.
• Among all voters, mail and in-person, 11% said a friend, family member, co-worker, or other acquaintance has admitted to them they filled out a ballot on behalf of another person in 2020.

EDIT - fixing broken link in story.

Coming clean? I don't think so. "Hey honey, would you take my ballot over when you take yours" qualifies here. This looks more to me like bogus propaganda from election deniers than anything to be worried about, and especially anything that would lend support to 2020 election fraud claims.

[Cow Poke]

Coming clean? I don't think so. "Hey honey, would you take my ballot over when you take yours" qualifies here. This looks more to me like bogus propaganda from election deniers than anything to be worried about, and especially anything that would lend support to 2020 election fraud claims.

[whag]

Looks like they changed the url. Here is the working link:

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub..._2020_election

Did you click on it? It’s still not working.

[Cow Poke]

Did you click on it? It’s still not working.

The one that I fixed in the OP works - here