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Ron Wyden: “Not only is the Senator right, but Senator Smith, in particular, deserves great credit because in a very close election…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2002
Not only is the Senator right, but Senator Smith, in particular, deserves great credit because in a very close election, he made no assertions that there was any fraud in the election. My question is, Is the Senator from Nevada aware of any evidence of any studies or analyses indicating that these vote-by-mail elections are tainted by fraud? I am not aware of any. Senator Smith deserves a lot of credit because he could have raised that issue in our election, and he declined to do it. Is the Senator aware of any evidence of fraud in these races?
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Discussing the integrity of vote-by-mail elections and acknowledging Senator Smith's conduct during a close election.

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