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Why Elections Are Hard to Rig | Burlington News
Forget federal agencies—America’s election security isn’t in Washington, it’s in the thousands of local jurisdictions where volunteers and clerks run polls under state rules. This messy, decentralized system is actually a fortress against fraud: rigging a presidential election would require pulling off a near-impossible heist across hundreds of counties, with officials from both parties looking the other way—and that’s not happening. Even when fraud does occur, safeguards like ID checks and signature verification catch it. A 2021 AP review found fewer than 500 disputed cases nationwide—none…
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