Nigel Farage: No doubt there was ‘industrial scale’ ballot harvesting in US Election | Sky News Australia

 

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage says Democratic-run states worked hand in hand with the union movement to deliver ballot harvesting on an “industrial scale” in the US election.

“Ballot harvesting without a doubt went on in a very, very big way but the problem with that is, it is not illegal,” Mr Farage told Sky News.

The US election saw 100 million people vote before November six with postal voting featuring more so than in any election in history.

Many state governments sent out ballots to households without people requesting them, which has given rise to allegations of ballot harvesting which is where party officials gather postal votes and deliver them to voting locations.

Mr Farage said wherever there is large scale postal voting “you get fraud”.

He also pointed to the congressional and gubernatorial election results which saw down-ticket Republicans seemingly perform better than President Donald Trump.

“I saw on the road an enthusiasm for trump unlike anything I’ve ever seen all my life campaigning,” he said.

“To me, the most suspicious thing is the ballot dumps hours after the election’s closed.

“Was there fraud in this election? Yes. Is it possible to prove it in a court of law beyond doubt? I’m not sure.

“I think to me this is about ballot harvesting on an industrial scale taking place in big democratic cities and local administrations working hand in glove with trade unions to deliver this.

“I have no doubt this happened on a huge scale, but the problem is there is no law In America.”