What's Really Driving These Bogus Claims of Voter Fraud

Friday, February 06, 2026

This week, President Trump called on his party to nationalize American elections, an unconstitutional move ...

Posted by et_al at 02:33 PM | 18 COMMENTS | permalink

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com "Playing politics with the idea of fraudulent voters and stolen elections comes at a real cost to American confidence in our elections," Stephen Richer says in a guest essay. "It's an affront to our democracy and to all those who work to deliver free and fair elections."

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Feb 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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I generally loath opinion pieces. This one seems to bring data.

#1 | Posted by et_al at 2026-02-06 08:43 AM

The reason for these bogus claims of voter fraud is that Trump wants elections to go away.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-06 09:55 AM

While these rebuttals are correct, they are incomplete: Just because something isn't prosecuted doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

Trumper idiots have always relied on this God of the Gaps type argument to continue claiming widespread fraud is happening, we just don't know of it...

I think the author misses the mark a little bit, though, in not highlighting the even more important metric (which may not be known). Namely, it's how many votes were actually cast by these individuals compared to the aggregate total votes cast in those elections.

Taking Louisiana as an example because it has the highest numbers and fudging the math a bit for easy understanding (maybe not to Trumpers...), let's assume all 79 noncitizen voters (round up to 100 for ease) voted in every election over those "last several decades" while 50% of registered voters voted as well, which would be 1.5 million votes for every election over "several decades." Over two decades, that would be what, 10 elections? So you've got 1,000ish votes out of 15 millionish total votes...

There is zero possibility of these voters swaying an election in any state.

The constant talk of noncitizen voting is more likely about scoring political points and bolstering fund-raising.

Don't pull the punch-the talk of noncitizens voting is scapegoating migrants meant to undermine trust in our Constitutional Republic for the purposes of subverting it.

No, it's not fundraising or political points. It's the preferred route to destroy our country for the sake of a small handful of extremely rich people who want it all.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2026-02-06 11:23 AM

The only thing that is driving these claims are Pedo's tiny fragile ego.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-02-06 12:00 PM

THE ONLY FRAUD LIVES AT MAR-A-PEDO

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-06 12:14 PM

liars liars everywhere .....

yep I'm on the DR.

I'll make it simple for the nixons and JPW BOZOS of the world.

IAN ROBERTS

illegal alien
fake college degree
fake SS number
fake driver's license
illegally voted as registered voter in Maryland.

This is the illegal who scammed school board in Iowa.....

---I get that this fraud is a DR KIND OF GUY.... but imagine how many more criminals

like this sit in slums and get "harvested" to go vote.

SO play your little "Pissing contest" to see who can inflate/ create / punctuate and

FABRICATE the best little lies you can reach while the WORLD OF NORMALCY reads the

CNN poll........92% gop and 71% democrats support voter ID>

#6 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-02-06 03:05 PM

"What's Really Driving These Bogus Claims of Voter Fraud?" Mostly it's the indisputable evidence of massive voter fraud.

#7 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-02-06 03:12 PM

"Mostly it's the indisputable evidence of massive voter fraud."

Do we get to see the evidence? No?
Didn't think so.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-06 03:14 PM

Do we get to see the evidence? No?
Didn't think so.

#8 | Posted by snoofy

There is no justifiable reason for the actions of Fulton County," given what he and others have discovered. "Said another way," Moncla continues, "the steps taken by Fulton County were intentional and deliberate to conceal something."

Moncla's memo states that Fulton County's 2020 advance-voting tabulator records were incomplete, legally noncompliant, and indicative of intentional concealment, "prima facie fraudulent," And "they were also not signed," he adds. He further asserts that "all of the ballot images have been destroyed."

www.georgiarecord.com

#9 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-02-06 03:23 PM

Do we get to see the evidence? No?
Didn't think so.

#8 | Posted by snoofy

IAN ROBERTS

illegal alien
fake college degree
fake SS number
fake driver's license
illegally voted as registered voter in Maryland.

GOOGLE IT.........I F/G DARE YOU.

#10 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-02-06 03:28 PM

" Mostly it's the indisputable evidence of massive voter fraud."

#7 | Posted by visitor_ a

You little shiteaters have had 6 years to prove it, fucktard.

Go jump off a tall building.

#11 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-06 03:28 PM

You little shiteaters have had 6 years to prove it, fucktard.

Go jump off a tall building.

#11 | Posted by LegallyYourDead

I"m a magician........watch this....

media1.giphy.com

AND POOF.............legallySUXDIX has disappeared...

#12 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-02-06 03:39 PM

Visitor is delusional as usual.

He's actually one of the most massive frauds on these pages.

#13 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-06 03:47 PM

He's actually one of the most massive frauds on these pages.

#13 | Posted by Corky

thanks for bringing up the topic.

FRAUD IN MINNESOTA ISN"T "FRAUD"...it's just part of the DEMOCRAT SCAM / SCHEME /

MONEY LAUNDERING ...

---TO steal money from honest people and give it to dishonest people ...getting

their large cut of course.

ANOTHER DEMOCRAT........this time the wife of the Mayor of Baltimore.

HANA SCOTT wife of baltimore mayor Brandon Scott has been director of operations

for the "NON_PROFIT" Bmore.

she received over 100K in tax funded grants while being deemed as "delinquent" by

the Maryland Secretary of State for failing to comply with state guidelines.

#14 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-02-06 04:13 PM

#6 | Posted by shrimptacodan

You do realize that none of that incoherent babbling is relevant, right?

F*&^ you're stupid. Just STFU already.

#15 | Posted by jpw at 2026-02-06 04:34 PM

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Taxpayers Fund Mayor's Wife Charity in Baltimore

capwolf.com

#16 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-02-06 04:34 PM

You do realize that none of that incoherent babbling is relevant, right?

F*&^ you're stupid. Just STFU already.

#15 | Posted by jpw

incoherent to idiot morons like you maybe..

it's more proof that dems are frauds...liars and despicable human beings.

the topic is fraud....and no party is more fraudulent than god damn f/g democrat

scum sucking trash.

#17 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-02-06 04:36 PM

but imagine how many more criminals

like this sit in slums and get "harvested" to go vote.

#6 | Posted by shrimptacodan

Yeah you have to IMAGINE it because it isn't happening.

You aren't going to find many people willing to risk prison time just to cast one fraudulent vote.

#18 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-02-06 04:37 PM

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