Former President Donald Trump and some other Republicans are twisting minor voting problems in U.S. midterm elections into conspiracy theories and false claims to sow doubt about Democratic victories.
Kari Lake, Arizona Republican candidate for governor, speaks to the media after voting on election day with son Leo, second from right, and daughter Ruby, right, in Phoenix, Nov. 8, 2022.
In 2020, conspiracies about a rigged election were fueled by bogus reports of suitcases stuffed with fraudulent ballots at a Georgia vote-counting operation and ‘’ballot mules’' loading up drop boxes with fraudulent ballots.The GOP has kept up the rhetoric since then and laid the groundwork for contesting this year’s midterm elections.
Trump and some of his supporters sought to amplify problems with vote-tabulation equipment in roughly 25% of polling places in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix and the majority of the state’s population. “Every national election you have problems like these somewhere,” said Lawrence Norden, senior director of the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. “The fact that we’re talking about them the next day speaks to the fact that there was an organized effort to weaponize these types of things.”
Detroit is a Democratic stronghold in a swing state, so turnout there can be key in election outcomes. On Tuesday, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer was re-elected as governor. Democrats also won races for attorney general and secretary of state, defeating Republicans who questioned the 2020 election results.
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