Every election season in the US, some critics say that there has been voter fraud, and it will threaten the legitimacy of American democracy.
Critics say these claims are not backed up by any evidence.
But fraud does happen.
Amanda Murphy moved from California to Texas a year ago and voted in person for Trump in the 2020 election. However, when she checked voter records on the official voterstatus.gov website, she discovered that she had been registered as a “permanent vote-by-mail voter” in Orange County with a party preference of Democrat, she had been mailed a ballot.
The records also show that this mail-in-ballot had been received and accepted in Orange County, despite the fact that the woman had already moved to Texas.
The woman was surprised to learn that records also say she voted in 2016, when she didn’t vote at all.
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Every election season in the US, some critics say that there has been , and it willthe legitimacy of American democracy.
Critics say these are not backed up by any .
But does happen.
Amanda Murphy from California to Texas a year ago and voted for Trump in the 2020 election.
However, when she voter records on the official voterstatus.gov website, she that she had been registered as a “permanent voter” in Orange County with a party preference of Democrat, she had been a ballot.
The records also show that this had been received and in Orange County, the fact that the woman had already Texas.
The woman wasto learn that records also say she in 2016, when she didn’t at all.
VOCABULARY
accept [ək’sept] v. принимать
attorney general [ə’təːnɪ] [‘ʤen(ə)r(ə)l] генеральный прокурор
authorize [‘ɔːθ(ə)raɪz] v. уполномочивать, санкционировать
back up [ˈbæk,ʌp] v. подкреплять: to back up by evidence приводить доказательства
ballot [‘bælət] избирательный бюллетень; голосование
campaign [kæm’peɪn] кампания; избирательный штаб
claim [kleɪm] v заявлять, утверждать;
claim заявление, утверждение
despite [dɪ’spaɪt] несмотря на
election [ɪ’lekʃ(ə)n] выборы, избирательная кампания
evidence [‘evɪd(ə)ns] улика, подтверждение, доказательство
fraud [frɔːd] обман, мошенничество: voter fraud / vote fraud мошенничество на выборах, мошенничество с поданными голосами избирателей
however [hau’evə] однако
investigate [ɪn’vestɪgeɪt] v. расследовать
investigation [ɪnˌvestɪ’geɪʃ(ə)n] расследование
legitimacy [lɪ’ʤɪtəməsɪ] законность
mail [meɪl]v. отправлять по почте
mail почтовая корреспонденция;
mail-in-ballot отправленный по почте избирательный бюллетень
move [muːv] to move to переезжать (на новое место)
permanent [‘pɜːm(ə)nənt] постоянный
preference [‘pref(ə)r(ə)ns] предпочтение
record [‘rekɔːd] запись; to record [rɪ’kɔːd] записывать
threaten [‘θret(ə)n]v. угрожать; threat [θret] угроза, опасность
vote [vəut] v. голосовать
voter [‘vəutə] избиратель
voter records списки избирателей
EXAMPLES
There is evidence of voter fraud, says the Trump campaign.
There is no evidence of voter fraud, says the Biden campaign.
US attorney general orders ‘vote fraud’ investigation.
Voter fraud investigation has been authorized.
WHAT IS THE ENGLISH FOR
угрожать
принимать
заявлять, утверждать
генеральный прокурор
избирательный бюллетень
несмотря на
обман, мошенничество
законность
доказательство, подтверждение
GRAMMAR NOTE
Fraud does happen. Глагол does употреблён здесь для того, чтобы подчеркнуть: Нарушения в ходе избирательных кампаний действительно происходят. Это эмфаза, она выделяет и подчёркивает смысл высказывания.
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