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Why the conservative myth of “voter fraud” is a voter suppression tactic

Vote-by-mail will become more important than ever in the upcoming November elections as COVID-19 continues to spread across the U.S. But President Trump has repeatedly attacked proposals to expand mail-in ballots, touting a supposed risk of voter fraud. “There is this assumption by President Trump — and some other Republicans make this assumption as well — that if more people vote, they’re more likely to lose,” says New York Times Magazine staff writer Emily Bazelon. “Voting by mail does not actually have a partisan effect — it is neutral. It does not help Democrats or Republicans; it does boost turnout.” Bazelon connects this to a long historical legacy of voter suppression tactics by conservatives such as poll taxes and literacy tests for African Americans in the 1960s.

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