How Trump’s ‘Voter Fraud’ Lie Is Disenfranchising Americans

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View in browser|nytimes.com Continue reading the main story October 2, 2020 Over five months, our reporter Jim Rutenberg reviewed thousands of pages of court records, and interviewed more than 100 people — lawyers, activists and current and former government officials. What he found was an extensive effort to gain partisan advantage by aggressively promoting the false claim that voter fraud is a pervasive problem. Our five-month investigation uncovers how the false claim around the nonexistent problem of “voter fraud” is being used by Republicans to disenfranchise Americans before the 2020 election. Read it here. Concept by Tracy Ma How Trump’s ‘Voter Fraud’ Lie Is Disenfranchising Americans The president is harnessing the power of the government, from the Department of Homeland Security to the Postal Service, to disrupt the election. Read the magazine’s five-month investigation. By Jim Rutenberg Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT MORE FROM THE MAGAZINE Anthony Geathers for The New York Times   Feature What I Learned Inside the N.B.A. Bubble Against all odds, it really was a refuge of competence, normalcy and transcendent play. But the outside world has a way of sneaking in. By Sam Anderson Eduardo L. Rivera for The New York Times   Feature Elderly and Homeless: America’s Next Housing Crisis Over the next decade, the number of elderly homeless Americans is projected to triple — and that was before Covid-19 hit. In Phoenix, the crisis has already arrived. By Fernanda Santos Joshua Rashaad McFadden for The New York Times   Feature Steven Mnuchin’s Deal Staved Off Catastrophe. Can He Make Another One? Even many Trump critics credit his Treasury secretary with rescuing the economy from the pandemic. Will the White House and Congress keep him from doing it again? By Jason Zengerle Stay in touch: Follow us on Twitter (@NYTmag) or check us out on Instagram. Appreciated this email? Forward it to a friend and help us grow. Loved a story? Hated it? Write us a letter at magazine@nytimes.com. Did a friend forward this to you? Sign up here to get the magazine newsletter. Listen to narrated versions of our articles every week. Download Audm for iPhone or Android. Continue reading the main story Need help? Review our newsletter help page or contact us for assistance. You received this email because you signed up for The New York Times Magazine from The New York Times. To stop receiving these emails, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences. Subscribe to The TimesGet The New York Times app Connect with us on: Change Your EmailPrivacy PolicyContact UsCalifornia Notices The New York Times Company. 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018