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President Obama wants you to know you're more likely to win the Powerball than witness voter fraud

October 20, 2016

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning bipartisan fact-checking group PolitiFact recently blasted Donald Trump's threats of widespread voter fraud as being "pants-on-fire" untrue, and President Obama tried to emphasize as much in Florida with a striking comparison. "You are much likelier to get struck by lightning than to have someone next to you commit voter fraud. You'd win the Powerball," Obama told the rally.

Obama: "You are much likelier to get struck by lightning than to have somebody next to you commit voter fraud" https://t.co/3mWxQknfWT
— CNN (@CNN) October 20, 2016

A Loyola Law School study found only 31 instances of voter fraud between 2000 and 2014. But if you still want to buy that Powerball ticket, go right ahead.