Loved that article. One piece of feedback is that voter fraud claims aren't new. Theyve been coming from politicians for over a hundred years. I remember reading an archived news article from early 1900s about a politician claiming he lost due to fraud.
I think the reason it's so big now is the ease of sharing that opinion, and the circumstantial "evidence" on social media.
This is a really interesting insight. We imagine that claims of fraud (and frankly, sore losers) go back as far as gerrymandering does—to the earliest days of the Republic! Social media has definitely exacerbated such claims.
Our leaders are lying and breaking down trust, without it bothering them! Here's the link to the article of Rep. Jefferson Barton lying in the committee hearing about 300 dead people voting in Utah (fully de-bunked). Thankfully, his law didn't pass, but too many people believe claims of fraud and go along with policies that restrict voting. (ie, Mike Lee and the Save Act - all based on fear-mongering, not evidence.)
“We do know that 300 dead people voted,” the sponsor [Jefferson Barton] told committee members, and “One county actually admitted to me that they found three people who voted seven times before they received citizenship.” When The Tribune asked if he could share the source of the information and data behind his claims, Burton declined to disclose where the information came from, but told a reporter he would share documents related to the figures Thursday. As of Thursday afternoon, Burton had not yet shared those details. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/02/27/new-bill-utah-legislature-will/
Well said. I'm always happy to see efforts to bring us together instead of divide us.
It’s always really bothered me that election official, including Republican election officials, received death threats
We find it really troubling, and call on our leaders to denounce such violence and the rhetoric that leads to it.
Loved that article. One piece of feedback is that voter fraud claims aren't new. Theyve been coming from politicians for over a hundred years. I remember reading an archived news article from early 1900s about a politician claiming he lost due to fraud.
I think the reason it's so big now is the ease of sharing that opinion, and the circumstantial "evidence" on social media.
This is a really interesting insight. We imagine that claims of fraud (and frankly, sore losers) go back as far as gerrymandering does—to the earliest days of the Republic! Social media has definitely exacerbated such claims.
This is a great article. Thank you!
Our leaders are lying and breaking down trust, without it bothering them! Here's the link to the article of Rep. Jefferson Barton lying in the committee hearing about 300 dead people voting in Utah (fully de-bunked). Thankfully, his law didn't pass, but too many people believe claims of fraud and go along with policies that restrict voting. (ie, Mike Lee and the Save Act - all based on fear-mongering, not evidence.)
“We do know that 300 dead people voted,” the sponsor [Jefferson Barton] told committee members, and “One county actually admitted to me that they found three people who voted seven times before they received citizenship.” When The Tribune asked if he could share the source of the information and data behind his claims, Burton declined to disclose where the information came from, but told a reporter he would share documents related to the figures Thursday. As of Thursday afternoon, Burton had not yet shared those details. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/02/27/new-bill-utah-legislature-will/
Really troubling that some Utah leaders prefer to peddle theories instead of grapple with evidence that they seem to really want to be true.