This year’s election has seen an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots, to the chagrin of the president. Since April, Trump has made dozens of unsubstantiated claims that mail-in ballots increase the likelihood of fraud. Has this ‘fake news’ had an effect? Derek Thomson from the FRANCE 24 Observers, says the constant barrage of disinformation from the White House about mail-in ballot fraud could erode people’s trust in the process.

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