Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election were false, but elections across the country are undermined far more often than the former president’s left-liberal media opponents admit. Sometimes there is outright fraud, and more often there is human error. The problem can be compounded by bad policies that leave the system vulnerable to abuse.

Consider recent stories from five different states. In New York, the Appellate Division of the state’s Supreme Court this month affirmed a ruling striking down a New York City law that would have let more than 800,000 noncitizens vote in municipal elections. This ruling reflects common sense and New York’s Constitution. The state’s charter insists that the privilege of voting for civil offices belongs only to those whose full allegiance is to the polity those offices serve. To do otherwise would dilute the views of actual citizens, perhaps to their detriment.