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- U.S. President Donald Trump has promoted unfounded voter fraud to justify a federal takeover of elections.
- His administration has made statements about mail-in voting and pushed legislation restricting voting, alleging noncitizen voting.
- A 2025 Brookings Institution analysis finds mail-in voting fraud is extremely rare: four cases per 10 million ballots.
- Over 30 countries allow postal voting, and 28 U.S. states permit mail voting; eight states plus D.C. conduct mail elections.
