A worker pushes a cart full of ballots this month at the L.A. County Ballot Processing Center in the City of Industry. President Donald Trump calls mail-in votes a fraud.
There’s been no shortage of musings over the past several weeks about how California conducts its elections. But now that the dust has settled, an important fact has emerged that people seem far less interested in: California had the second-highest voter turnout (40%) of any state that has held a primary so far this year.
The state with the highest turnout: Oregon (41%), which, like California, mails a ballot to every voter.
“Their elections are a fraud; their mail-in votes are a fraud,” President Donald Trump said on Fox News days after California’s June 2 primary. “You know, they don’t have voting booths. Everything’s by mail.”
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Identity theft is the “foundational” fraud upon which many other crimes are built. It involves the unauthorized acquisition and use of a person’s personal identifying information (PII), such as an ID number, Social Security number, or passport details.
- How it works: Fraudsters obtain PII through data breaches, mail theft, or “social engineering” (tricking people into revealing details). Once they have this data, they can open new bank accounts, apply for credit cards or loans, and even receive medical treatment under your name.
- Synthetic Identity Fraud: A sophisticated variation where criminals combine real and fabricated information to create a completely new, “synthetic” person. This is particularly difficult to detect because there is no single victim to report the suspicious activity initially.