00:00Mail-in ballots are corrupt. Mail-in ballots, you can never have a real democracy with mail-in ballots.
00:08Every state in the U.S. has some sort of mail-in voting for federal elections.
00:12Some politicians and leaders, including President Trump, have shared concerns and claims that mail-in ballots lead to voter fraud.
00:18But advocates say they're essential to ensure every voice is heard.
00:22Without mail-in ballots, it is the most vulnerable folks in our community who aren't able to drive to the polling location
00:30that still have a constitutional right to vote and should have voting accessible to them
00:36just as any other voter who has different privileges and is able to cast a ballot in person.
00:40According to the Census Bureau, in the 2024 election, Americans cast more than 154 million ballots.
00:5229% of those came through the mail.
00:55More than 36% of voters 65 and older used mail-in ballots that year.
00:59Nearly half of Asian voters cast ballots by mail, followed by Hispanic and white voters.
01:04People with bachelor's degrees or higher were more likely to vote by mail,
01:08as were families in the highest income bracket tracked.
01:11In general, mail ballots are important to protecting people's constitutional right to vote and to equitably access that right.
01:21That includes people living with disabilities, who historically have slightly lower voter turnouts than those without.
01:27In 2024, of the nearly 33 million voting-aged citizens living with disabilities,
01:3361% said they voted in the general election.
01:36Though the census didn't report whether that was in person or by mail.
01:40Looking at previous elections, however, we know that those living with disabilities are far more likely to vote by mail than those without,
01:47according to analysis by the Election Assistance Commission and Rutgers University.
01:51For voters living with disabilities who voted in person, one in five reported having difficulty doing so.
01:58There are many reasons someone may choose to vote by mail, from disabilities, to convenience, to even living abroad.
02:04That's protected under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.
02:09It applies to members of the military, their families, and U.S. citizens living abroad.
02:15Speaking of laws, there are quite a few that cover mail-in ballots and states' rights to run federal elections as they see fit.
02:22That's actually in the Constitution, Article 1, Section 4, a.k.a. the Elections Clause.
02:28This is why the rules for how you can vote differ from state to state.
02:32State officials decide who can vote via mail or absentee.
02:35They set deadlines and what, if anything, voters need to submit before heading to the mailbox.
02:41But one thing they all have in common is systems to prevent voter fraud.
02:45And we, as a Republican Party, are going to do everything possible that we get rid of mail-in ballots.
02:51We're going to start with an executive order that's being written right now by the best lawyers in the country
02:56to end mail-in ballots because they're corrupt, massive fraud all over the place.
03:02So, let's talk about fraud. We're going to compare two sets of data.
03:06The Heritage Foundation's election fraud map and the American Presidency Project's documentation of the number of ballots cast in presidential elections.
03:14The Heritage Foundation used media coverage to identify 1,600 cases of voter fraud and misconduct since 1982, most resulting in criminal convictions.
03:25According to the American Presidency Project's numbers, voters have cast more than 1.3 billion ballots in all presidential elections since 1984.
03:36Okay, so the Heritage Foundation goes back to 82 and includes midterms, while the Presidency Project goes back to 84 and is only the generals.
03:45Yes, that is not an exact comparison, but if we take the 1,600 documented cases of voter fraud and misconduct
03:53and compare that to the 1.3 billion votes we know have been cast, and it would be much more with midterms,
04:00that's a tiny fraction of a percent of ballots cast that may have been fraudulent.
04:05For more unbiased straight facts on issues impacting voters in elections, like the contentious redistricting debates,
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