Trump Misuses Carter's Report on Voting

0:00I'm Corey, and this is your Pulse of the World, Global News Today. The Trump Administration is citing a 20-year-old report co-chaired by former President Jimmy Carter to argue against mail-in and absentee ballots. They're pushing the Safe Guard American Voter Elegibility Act, which will require proof of citizenship and photo ID for voting before the midterms. President Trump and White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt claimed this week that Carter saw these ballots as prone to fraud and wanted them. Banned, the 2005 Commission on Federal Election Reform Report did note that absentee ballots could be the biggest source of potential voter. Fraud. But it never called for ending them. Instead, it suggested safeguards like limiting who handles ballots and better tracking to cut risks. Carter himself backed mail-in, voting right up to his death in 2024. His grandson Jason Carter says the former president used it and endorsed it publicly, including in 2020. Jason called the claims misleading, saying they heard trust in elections during this

1:01key year. Experts agree there's no proof of widespread fraud for mail-in ballots then or now. Use has grown from about 13% of votes in 2004 to nearly a third recently, with states adding tools like ballot tracking and fixes for errors. Meanwhile, Trump has voted by mail-in-four to himself and encouraged it there before. The White House stands by their take on the report, but fact checkers say it ignores the full context and Carter's later views. This episode is brought to you by our sponsor. See the episode description. You know what is better than earbuds and bed? No earbuds at all. S-O-L-I-SOLY-PILLO.com.