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Watch: How US mail-in ballots are secured and counted for the midterm election

BBC News •
October 31, 2026 • 09:16 AM
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BBC Verify goes to an election centre to get a behind-the-scenes look at how mail-in ballots for the US midterm elections are processed.

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Ahead of the US midterm elections on 3 November, President Trump continues to make unsubstantiated claims that mail-in voting leads to widespread fraud.

US states have different voting rules and regulations - but every state allows some postal voting, a method the president says he has used in the past.

BBC Verify visited an election centre in Maryland to get a behind-the-scenes look at how mail-in ballots are processed and counted.

Produced by Mabel Pickering. Graphics by Sally Nicholls.

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