I was thinking about the controversy over the recent presidential election about alleged voter fraud. It seems pretty unlikely that people, in numbers large enough to sway the election, double-voted: consider maintaining residency in multiple states, somehow avoiding active voter list maintenance, and, at the end of the day, possibly committing a felony all for the nebulous benefit of adding one vote among thousands for your preferred candidate. The value proposition just doesn't work out (Besides it's hard enough to get people to vote *once* in this country).
That said, it's not clear to me that there aren't gaps that could allow for voting twice in a federal election (see links below). It would be good for states to plug those holes if they haven't and make it very clear how they're doing it. Though it wouldn't shut-up people who are willfully ignorant from claiming widespread voter fraud, it might at least lessen the noise from the intellectually lazy.
https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/double-voting.aspx
https://www.krem.com/article/news/verify/verify-voting-in-two-states-illegal/293-463f11bb-7ec9-4344-b2c0-cd7bcfe1561b
@SecondJon I've only heard it in reference to Nevada. The people alleging fraud only looked at voter lists and identified people they thought we're ineligible to vote because they had out-of-state residences, but that ignores how voter eligibility actually works.
@2ck I've heard they released the kraken. Haven't watched the press conference past more than a few minutes, but it seems they're alleging a coordinated effort across states to ban observers and manipulate the vote.
@SecondJon the kraken?
@2ck I haven't seen claims of fraud due to voters maintaining residency in multiple states to vote twice. If that is the claim, I'll be skeptical with you.