New state voter fraud units finding few cases from midterms

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New state voter fraud units finding few cases from midterms WASHINGTON (AP) — State-level law enforcement units created after the 2020 presidential election to investigate voter fraud are looking into scattered complaints more than two weeks after the midterms but have provided no indication of systemic problems.Midterms free of feared chaos as voting experts look to 2024 UN rights body deplores Iran crackdown, establishes probe New Hampshire secretary of state faces challenger next month Ohio GOP aims to change voting laws during lameduck session An Associated Press investigation found there was no widespread fraud in Georgia or the five other battleground states where Trump disputed his 2020 loss, and so far there is no indication of that in this year’s elections.State Rep. Jasmine Clark, a Democrat who opposed the additional authority for the bureau, said the lack of investigations validates the criticism that the law was unnecessary.But she said just the prospect of a GBI investigation could intimidate people who want to serve as poll workers or take on some other role in the voting process.Andrea Mercado, executive director of Florida Rising, an independent political activist organization focused on economic and racial justice in the state, said the disproportionate targeting of such would-be voters was sending a “chilling message to all returning citizens who want to register to vote.” She said her group found that many of them were confused about the requirements."

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