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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fraud at the polls happens. The greatest concern should be around mail in ballots. That is by far the easiest way for voter fraud to occur.[/quote]

To fraudulently get a mail-in ballot vote in DC, someone would need to know my DC driver's license number or Social Security number, and also would need my birthdate.  That person would also need to register to vote in my name and have a mail-in ballot sent to a different address.  If I tried to register to vote myself, that would uncover the plot pretty quickly.  It also seems easy to spot red flags if dozens of mail-in ballots are being sent to the same home address or PO box.  Plus, I'll pretty sure the Republican and Democratic teams already do reviews of the voter registries in presidential elections, looking for fraud like that to disqualify voters in their opponent's location.

All-in-all, that seems like a ton of work - and a high risk of getting caught - for a very small number of votes.  I guess it might make sense for a dirty candidate to try something in a small local election with only a few thousand voters.  But given that a state like Virginia has well over 4 million votes in a typical presidential election, I don't see how there's much risk of voter registration fraud tipping the election.[/quote]

You mean they couldn't just take an unopened ballot out of the recycle bin and send it in already filled out?[/quote]

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