Trump is warning of election fraud, but GOP officials oversee process in most battleground states
WASHINGTON _ Donald Trump on Monday continued a potentially dangerous drumbeat _ questioning the integrity of the American election system.
These warnings are not new and not supported by evidence; they defy numerous studies that have found that voter fraud is minimal.
They also invite a question: If the election is rigged, who is doing the rigging?
Presidential elections are conducted on a state-by-state basis, not nationally. And in most of the states seen as presidential battlegrounds, the chief elections officers are Republicans _ most directly accountable to their state's voters.
In Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio and Utah, the chief elections officer of the state is a Republican, elected by voters of the state. Most are secretary of state; Utah's lieutenant governor oversees elections there.
_ Tribune Washington Bureau
