As he seeks to revive his embattled candidacy, Donald J. Trump has seized on a new argument to rally his supporters and to explain away a possible defeat in November: that Democrats are preparing to exploit weak voter identification laws to win a “stolen election” through fraudulent voting. …
Election law officials have expressed concerns that Mr. Trump’s incendiary words will create a self-fulfilling prophecy, all but ensuring there will be claims of fraud from his poll watchers and a delegitimization of the election results should Mrs. Clinton win. CONT.
Maggie Haberman & Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times