As Trump ratchets up rigging claims, Mass. officials go on defense
In her 27 years running elections in New Bedford, Maria Tomasia says she can think of one voter who tried to game the system. A man posed as his father and cast a ballot because the polling location was closer to his work.
But as Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump ratchets up unsubstantiated claims that next month’s vote will be rigged, Tomasia and other state election officials are defending the integrity of the system that will pick the next president.
“It’s very disheartening,” Tomasia, chairwoman of New Bedford’s election commission, said Tuesday. “These issues always come up just before the election and there really is no evidence that this ever happens.”
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