“Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud.”
Donald Trump
president. various remarks. Claim dated 31 Jul 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
There is no difference between absentee voting and voting by mail. All mail ballots, regardless of how they're requested, are treated the same once they’re cast. They all require verification before being counted.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (president) made this claim around 31 July 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 July 2020. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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