2016 Election Rigged

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Roc’elle Ray The 2016 election had America on the edge of their seats. But, the real scandal is the election may very well have been rigged. Donald Trump, one of the candidate’s in the election, claims that the 2016 election was rigged. This claim may very well be true. Three reasons why the election may be rigged are evidence of voter fraud, double voting, and the media working the election in their favor. On the other hand, there is no solid evidence the 2016 election was rigged. Monday, October 17, 2016 Trump tweeted, “Of course, there is a large scale of voter fraud before election day.” Voter fraud is an illegal interference with the process of an election. In Illinois, there was a case in which a woman voted for her dead husband. Auedry …show more content…

Double voting is when someone goes and votes twice during the election but in two different places. Double voting is great evidence that the election is being tampered with. According to Fox News, it was reported that 52-year-old Robert Monroe was sentenced to jail in 2012. He filled out an absentee ballot and the commenced to drive all the way too Lebanon, Indiana to fill out another ballot with a different license. Yes, both of his votes were not counted but it still occurred. Another case of double voting was reported by News 21, they stated “Texas law entirely, but under a temporary fix signed off on by a federal judge, the state's voters won't have to show ID” meaning people will not have to show ID when going to vote. This gives people the opportunity to double, maybe even triple vote. Individuals without ID’s are able to just go in and vote. People will go to great lengths just so a candidate will not win, even doing something that may very well be illegal. Double voting is definitely pure evidence that the election was …show more content…

By this, I mean the press doing anything they can to get voters to not vote for a candidate even putting out lies about them. According to, Foxnews.com, it states, “From Trump’s vantage point, the press is pounding him with past allegations of sexual misconduct from nine women, which he vehemently denies.” This means the press is hammering Trump with accusations of sexual misconduct which may not be true. This could have resulted in Trump losing votes and possibly being disqualified from the race. Also, from Foxnews.com, it says, “From the media’s vantage point, on-the-record allegations from the women accusing Trump are worthy of reporting, as they were in many cases during Bill Clinton’s sex scandals during the 1990s.” This quote means that even though Trump may or may not be guilty of these crimes it is necessary for them to report them. According to Newsbusters.org, they sate, “Donald Trump has received significantly more broadcast network news coverage than his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, but nearly all of that coverage (91%) has been hostile.” Donald Trump gets bashed more than Hillary does on all forms of media. This is evidence that the media definitely has something to do with the rigging of the

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