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6 ways mail-in ballots are protected from fraud

  • Written by Charlotte Hill, Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
imageElection workers are part of the protections ensuring that mail-in ballots aren't fraudulent.Will Cioci/Wisconsin Watch via AP

Voter fraud is very rare, whether people vote in person or by mail. That much is clear from a large body of research.

One of us is a political scientist at the University of Washington, and the other is a former elections...

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