"An Individual American Is More Likely to Get Struck by Lightning Than to Commit In-Person Voter Fraud"

"Trump may have brought the Republican Party into a new era, but such attitudes long predate Trump. For decades, complaints about 'voter fraud' have been a core component of Republican right-wing folklore—and one of their most useful election-year tools, particularly in places where winning the white vote isn't enough to win elections."

At Talking Points Memo, Rick Perlstein and Livia Gershon discuss the history of "voter fraud" accusations.