Barr Floats Foreign Mail-Vote Fraud That Experts Call Impossible

  • Attorney general says foreign country may counterfeit ballots
  • Comments echo a conspiracy theory being promoted by Russia
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Attorney General William Barr has repeatedly floated a conspiracy theory that other countries may distribute counterfeit mail-in ballots to sway the November election. That’s virtually impossible, according to election officials, ballot-printing companies and political scientists.

Yet it’s a persistent argument from Barr, and it echoes Russian claims designed to undermine trust in the U.S. presidential election.