{"id":2476438,"date":"2025-08-19T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-mail-voting-is-secure-days-after-mi-ballot-box-is-stuffed\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T17:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:07:23","slug":"media-say-mail-voting-is-secure-days-after-mi-ballot-box-is-stuffed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-mail-voting-is-secure-days-after-mi-ballot-box-is-stuffed\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Say Mail Voting Is Secure Days After MI Ballot Box Is Stuffed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-say-mail-voting-is-secure-days-after-mi-ballot-box-is-stuffed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2476438&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s announcement to eliminate mail-in ballots, wich sparked backlash from Democrats and media figures who claim that mail-in voting is secure and voter fraud is rare or nonexistent. Despite these assurances, the article highlights multiple instances across various states where mail-in and absentee ballots were linked to fraudulent activities.Examples include a Connecticut mayoral primary overturned due to ballot stuffing, surveillance footage in Hamtramck, Michigan showing alleged ballot box stuffing involving a city councilman, and cases in Pennsylvania, wisconsin, Alabama, and Texas involving fake ballots, fraudulent absentee ballots, and related crimes. The article argues that these cases demonstrate vulnerabilities in mail-in voting and questions why those advocating for democracy oppose measures aimed at ensuring election integrity.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9mXyyb0c0Yk\">WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7\/Youtube <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/19\/media-insist-mail-voting-is-secure-days-after-mi-councilman-investigated-for-stuffing-ballot-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Media%20Insist%20Mail%20Voting%20Is%20Secure%20Days%20After%20MI%20Councilman%20Investigated%20For%20Stuffing%20Ballot%20Boxes&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/19\/media-insist-mail-voting-is-secure-days-after-mi-councilman-investigated-for-stuffing-ballot-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Media%20Insist%20Mail%20Voting%20Is%20Secure%20Days%20After%20MI%20Councilman%20Investigated%20For%20Stuffing%20Ballot%20Boxes&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/19\/media-insist-mail-voting-is-secure-days-after-mi-councilman-investigated-for-stuffing-ballot-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/19\/media-insist-mail-voting-is-secure-days-after-mi-councilman-investigated-for-stuffing-ballot-boxes\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Media%20Insist%20Mail%20Voting%20Is%20Secure%20Days%20After%20MI%20Councilman%20Investigated%20For%20Stuffing%20Ballot%20Boxes&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/19\/media-insist-mail-voting-is-secure-days-after-mi-councilman-investigated-for-stuffing-ballot-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/115049485680941254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> on Monday that he would work to &ldquo;get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS.&rdquo; Democrats and their media allies reflexively attacked the president, insisting that mail-in voting is secure &mdash; as if repeating it often enough makes it true.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/theblaze\/status\/1957808115891474477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> on CNN that &ldquo;Mail ballots are secure.&rdquo; ABC News&rsquo; Hannah Demissie <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-lead-movement-end-mail-voting\/story?id=124737903&amp;cid=social_twitter_abcn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismissed<\/a> Trump&rsquo;s claims as &ldquo;without &hellip; evidence&rdquo; before later conceding fraud does occur, but that it&rsquo;s &ldquo;rare&rdquo; (as if any amount of voter fraud should be tolerated). ABC7 Eyewitness News <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ABC7\/status\/1957503267493056947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Trump &ldquo;falsely&rdquo; claimed mail-in ballots &ldquo;lead to voter fraud.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1996217169\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MSNBC&rsquo;s Nicolle Wallace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/top-stories\/latest\/fact-check-trump-mail-in-voting-fraud-rcna225850\">said<\/a> Trump&rsquo;s comments are &ldquo;completely false&rdquo; and claimed there is &ldquo;zero evidence&rdquo; to support his voter fraud claims in U.S. elections. <\/p>\n<p>Self-described independent journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TerryMoran\/status\/1957499001185472714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terry Moran<\/a> said there is &ldquo;zero proof&rdquo; for Trump&rsquo;s claims about fraud. &ldquo;There is no voter fraud of any consequence anywhere in the US,&rdquo; Moran claimed.<\/p>\n<p>But media mouthpieces should try telling that to voters in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/26\/connecticut-elections-chief-reports-suspicious-activity-in-do-over-race-after-judge-overturned-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bridgeport, Connecticut<\/a>, where the &ldquo;consequence&rdquo; of voter fraud was an election being overturned. Bridgeport Democrat Mayor Joe Ganim was losing to John Gomes during the September primary by hundreds of votes. But after absentee ballots came flooding in, he won by 251 votes. Footage later emerged that appeared to show two of Ganim&rsquo;s affiliates &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocker-amazons-a-hypocrite-on-mail-in-ballots\/\" title=\"Shocker\u2013Amazon\u2019s a Hypocrite on ...in ...\">stuffing ballot boxes<\/a>.&rdquo; The race was overturned, and a re-do was ordered (which was also plagued by allegations of voter fraud).<\/p>\n<p>Just this month in Hamtramck, Michigan, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/19\/drop-box-camera-catches-ballot-stuffing-in-fraud-plagued-michigan-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surveillance video<\/a> purportedly captured several people &mdash; allegedly including Abu Musa, an incumbent city councilman running for reelection &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-show-trials-begin\/\" title=\"The Show Trials Begin\">stuffing ballot drop boxes<\/a>. Video footage purportedly showed two men handling stacks of ballots and placing them into a Hamtramck drop box. A separate video reportedly showed a pickup truck arrive at the same drop box before the driver gets out and shoves stacks of ballots into the box. Michigan election <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/Laws\/MCL?objectName=MCL-168-764A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">law<\/a> only permits ballots to be dropped off by the voter himself, a member of the voter&rsquo;s immediate family, or someone living in the voter&rsquo;s home.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Musa won his reelection after receiving 1,129 votes, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15008401\/abu-musa-michigan-detroit-video-ballot-box-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>. According to the outlet, &ldquo;Of the total 1,129 votes received by Musa, 843 were cast by absentee ballot.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/07\/3-pennsylvania-officials-plead-guilty-to-election-fraud-and-2-are-still-in-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a>, three members of the Millbourne Council Board were <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/30\/three-pennsylvania-officials-who-cheated-in-election-get-prison-time-one-is-still-in-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentenced<\/a> to prison this summer for preparing fake ballots and stuffing ballot drop boxes. A similar case unfolded in Wisconsin, where hundreds of ballots were allegedly stuffed in a drop box in October 2024, The Federalist&rsquo;s Matt Kittle&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/02\/complaint-alleges-as-many-as-500-ballots-were-dumped-in-a-milwaukee-drop-box\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year an Alabama Democrat running for a county position was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/02\/alabama-democrat-arrested-for-allegedly-casting-7-fraudulent-absentee-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">charged<\/a> with seven felony counts of voter fraud after he allegedly voted &ldquo;for another voter or falsif[ied] an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >absentee ballot application<\/a> or verification document so as to vote absentee and\/or willfully aided any person unlawfully to vote an absentee ballot.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And just months later in December, a man in Texas was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/16\/texas-man-sentenced-to-jail-for-mail-in-ballot-scheme-you-know-the-thing-that-never-happens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentenced<\/a> to four years in prison for ballot fraud during the 2020 election. The individual forged mail-in ballot applications using residents&rsquo; names and then &ldquo;had the ballots sent to a Lewisville mail store where he leased a virtual mailbox using fake IDs,&rdquo; according to&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/dentonrc.com\/news\/crime\/denton-county-man-gets-4-year-sentence-for-ballot-fraud\/article_b73015c8-b9a8-11ef-b486-8bfc60c1c781.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Denton Record-Chronicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All of these examples prove what the left so desperately tries to deny: Mail-in ballots and other forms of absentee voting are uniquely vulnerable to abuse and fraud. And for a party that constantly screams about &ldquo;democracy&rdquo; and the importance of having your voice heard through a vote, it&rsquo;s odd that they&rsquo;d oppose a measure to ensure that elections are fair and have integrity.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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