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Election fraud rare in US elections, despite persistent claims otherwise

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American election fraud, in fact, is “miniscule,” says Elaine Kamarck , a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution .

In Pennsylvania , for example, just 39 cases of voter fraud were identified — 0.000039% of the more than 100 million ballots cast in those elections.

Federal law requires states to maintain voter rolls that are regularly updated.

“We cannot overstate the role of conspiracy theories in all of this,” said Wendy Via , president of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE ), during a pre-election webinar Tuesday .

“Some of the same language that we’re seeing on the fringe sites is also showing up in the mainstream political discourse, which is extremely troubling, Via said.