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Vote-By-Mail Champions Counter President Trump's Claims

Brian Bull
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KLCC

With vote-by-mail under attack by President Trump and his allies, Oregon politicians are discounting claims that it’s corrupt and vulnerable to fraud.

Speaking at a get-out-the-vote rally at the University of Oregon this morning, the Democratic candidate for Oregon Secretary of State, Shemia Fagan defended the practice.

“The conservative Heritage Foundation actually reviewed Oregon’s vote-by-mail over 20 years," Fagan said. "They looked at over 15 million ballots. And they found 14 instances of voter fraud.  That’s literally less than 1 in a million.”

Similar findings were found for Utah, Washington, Hawaii, and Colorado. Oregon began vote-by-mail in 1996, when Senator Ron Wyden was voted in to replace disgraced Senator Bob Packwood.

Copyright 2020, KLCC.

Brian Bull is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Oregon, and remains a contributor to the KLCC news department. He began working with KLCC in June 2016.   In his 27+ years as a public media journalist, he's worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (22 regional),  the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from  the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.
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