Where were the millions of fraudulent voters last Tuesday?

There’s a chance someone you know became a millionaire because of the midterm elections. Not because they gambled on the results, or somehow benefitted from a candidate’s outcome — no, they could have just taken President Donald Trump’s offer of a one million dollar reward for reports of voter fraud that lead to a conviction. Such a large sum is a noble, if slightly cartoonish, way to catch voter fraud, but the push to cast doubt on election results seems to have a darker goal than preserving a free and fair democracy. I am ever grateful to our president for coming up with new and innovative ways to ensure the democratic process is upheld, but when it comes to elections, we should trust the institutions designed to protect them. Claims of American voter fraud crop up every election season, but have been especially relevant in the Trump era. When he lost the popular vote in the 2016 presidential election, Trump claimed it was because millions of people voted illegally.

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