Trump casts doubt on election integrity as officials work to quell concerns

WASHINGTON (TNND) — In the final days of his third run for the highest office in the land, Donald Trump has been once again sowing doubt about the security of the election.

During a rally Sunday, the former president said, "In Lancaster, they found 2,600 ballots all done by the same hand in other words, the same exact penmanship.”

He was referring to an incident in Pennsylvania regarding fraudulent voter registration forms, not ballots, in which the District Attorney’s office said they found hundreds of fraudulent voter registration applications.

Monroe, York, and Berks County officials also confirmed they’re investigating potentially fraudulent registrations including issues with signatures and at least one deceased person listed on an application.

Election officials, including Republicans, have emphasized none of the investigations center on actual votes.

Still, it added to the slew of stories coming out about issues that have already occurred, including in swing states.

In the last month, ballots have been set on fire in states like Washington, Oregon and Arizona. Meanwhile,other states are facing questions about non-citizen voting.

In an interview Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation," Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., questioned reports of a non-citizen voting in Michigan.

"A Chinese national registered to vote and voted and now he's being charged for doing that. But guess what his ballot is going to count. We know at least one non-citizen ballot is going to count in Michigan because they don't know which ballot is and they can't retrieve it," he said.

Additionally, about 218,000 Arizona voters were recently discovered to have failed to provide proof of citizenship there.

State and local officials, including many Republicans, have been working overtime to assure voters of free and fair elections.

Maricopa County, Arizona Recorder Stephen Richer gave online demonstrations and tours in person and online,also adding surveillance cameras to allow people to monitor the tabulations center themselves.

"This is the server where all the results are held," he said.

In Georgia, Secretary of StateBrad Raffensperger has been speaking out regularly about the issue.

Here in Georgia, it is easy to vote and hard to cheat," he said Monday.

He also warned that the misinformation surrounding voter fraud could be playing into the hands of our adversaries

"There's a lot of bad people out there that just want us fighting amongst ourselves. We know who they are... Russia, China, Iran, there's a list of them."

The incidents, whether isolated or not, have gotten quite a bit of coverage this election. Still, a recent Pew Research poll found 73% of voters are somewhat or very confident the elections will be run well.