Fact-Checking Republicans’ Misleading Claims About Problematic Elections
President Trump and Republican lawmakers have made misleading claims about voter fraud and mail-in ballots, despite evidence showing that such cases are extremely rare. The claims have been repeated in public remarks, executive orders, and lawsuits, and have been used to justify restrictions on voting and voter registration.
President Trump has promoted baseless claims about voter fraud to justify a federal takeover of the election system. He has attacked mail-in voting, making misleading comparisons to other countries' election systems. However, documented cases of fraud in mail-in voting are extremely rare, according to election officials and research. A 2025 analysis found that cases of fraud accounted for four out of 10 million mailed ballots. The Justice Department has repeated debunked claims about the 2020 election, and Trump's allies are pushing to pass a bill restricting voting and voter registration. The evidence does not support the claims of widespread voter fraud.
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