The Republican preoccupation with voter fraud didn’t start with Donald Trump.
It’s been a GOP concern for decades and led to a major scandal in the previous Republican administration that forced the resignation of the attorney general and several other top officials.
Allegations of voter fraud have also preoccupied GOP officials in several states, including Texas under Attorneys General Greg Abbott, now governor, and Ken Paxton.
Neither found anything beyond scattered cases of individuals seeking to vote illegally. But that hasn’t stopped their contentions that it is a major problem.
At least two past national GOP efforts against alleged voter fraud ended badly.