'Absolutely No Voter Fraud' In Union County Election, Clerk Says

UNION COUNTY, NJ — As President Donald Trump and some Republican lawmakers continue to make unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the recent election, Union County reports no evidence of this.

"I saw absolutely no voter fraud," Union County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi said. "I have served as Clerk for 25 years and have never seen any evidence of this."

In Union County, Rajoppi said county employees worked in two different shifts to send out more than 355,000 vote-by-mail ballots to registered voters leading up to the election.

"We have 7 different kinds of ballots and we were very careful with sending them out," Rajoppi said.

Rajoppi said although there was no voter fraud she seen some abnormalities particularly with SVR (statewide voter registration system).

In some cases, voters would go to the Motor Vehicle Commission to register to vote and may have changed their name slightly, such as adding in a middle initial when there wasn't one before. This would add that person as a new voter.

However, Rajoppi said the majority of these people called the county to report they received two ballots and it was then corrected.

Residents who have moved or died and did not notify the county were also an issue. In those cases, a family member would tell the county of the death of their loved one or if they moved they would update their mailing address.

Rajoppi clarified that these issues are not considered voter fraud.

As of Friday, 217,616 ballots have been counted. Rajoppi estimated 40,000 were left to be counted as of Thursday morning, which she expects to be completed by Friday afternoon.

On Monday the provisional ballots are expected to be counted. Rajoppi said she plans to have the votes certified next Friday, on Nov. 20.

>>Trump Team Files Lawsuit To Block PA Election Results

Trump's campaign filed an election lawsuit Monday, which aims to stop the Pennsylvania Department of State from certifying the final election results. It is one of numerous cases brought forth by the Trump campaign around the country seeking to cast doubt on the validity of the 2020 election.

On Thursday night, the Cleveland, Ohio-based firm Porter Wright Morris and Arthur who were representing the Trump campaign have withdrawn themselves from the suit. Read More: Law Firm Representing Trump In PA Election Lawsuit Withdraws

No hearing date has yet been scheduled for the case. Other lawyers attached to the case will take over representation of the Trump campaign.

The 85-page filing asserts, without evidence, that mail-in balloting was not held to the same security standards as in-person voting, and that the state broke the law in other Election Day proceedings. Details here.

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