Late Edition Today, partly cloudy, with rain start- ing in the afternoon, high 70. To- night, rain, some heavy, low 60. To- morrow, cloudy, some rain, high 62. Weather map appears on Page B11. VOL. CLXX . No. 58,874 © 2020 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020 $3.00 ELECTION OFFICIALS NATIONWIDE FIND NO FRAUD Justices Signal Fighting a False Claim Members of Both Parties Praise Process — The president and his allies have baselessly claimed that rampant voter fraud stole victory from him. Rejection of the President’s Narrative Likely Reprieve State officials say there were no irregularities that affected the outcome. This article is by Nick Corasaniti, said: “I don’t know of a single case For Health Act Reid J. Epstein and Jim Rutenberg. where someone argued that a vote KANSAS ‘Kansas did not experience any widespread, PHILADELPHIA — Election counted when it shouldn’t have or TRUMP +15 systematic issues with voter fraud, intimidation, officials in dozens of states repre- didn’t count when it should. There Two Conservatives Side senting both political parties said was no fraud.” irregularities or voting problems.’ that there was no evidence that “Kansas did not experience any With Liberal Faction The office of Secretary of State Scott Schwab, a Republican fraud or other irregularities widespread, systematic issues played a role in the outcome of the with voter fraud, intimidation, ir- presidential race, amounting to a regularities or voting problems,” a By ADAM LIPTAK forceful rebuke of President spokeswoman for Scott Schwab, the Republican secretary of state WASHINGTON — At least five Trump’s portrait of a fraudulent MICHIGAN in Kansas, said in an email Tues- Supreme Court justices, including ‘We have not seen any evidence of fraud or foul play in the election. BIDEN +3 day. “We are very pleased with two members of its conservative Over the last several days, the actual administration of the election. What we have seen how the election has gone up to majority, indicated on Tuesday president, members of his admin- this point.” that they would reject attempts by is that it was smooth, transparent, secure and accurate.’ istration, congressional Republi- The New York Times contacted Republicans and the Trump ad- cans and right wing allies have The office of Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat the offices of the top election offi- ministration to kill the Affordable put forth the false claim that the cials in every state on Monday Care Act. election was stolen from Mr. and Tuesday to ask whether they It was not clear whether the Trump and have refused to accept suspected or had evidence of ille- court would strike down a provi- results that showed Joseph R. Bi- gal voting. Officials in 45 states re- sion of the act that initially re- MINNESOTA den Jr. as the winner. sponded directly to The Times. quired most Americans to obtain BIDEN +7 ‘I don’t know of a single case where someone argued But top election officials across For four of the remaining states, insurance or pay a penalty, a re- the country said in interviews and that a vote counted when it shouldn’t have or didn’t The Times spoke to other state- quirement that was rendered statements that the process had count when it should. There was no fraud.’ been a remarkable success de- wide officials or found public com- toothless in 2017 after Congress ments from secretaries of state; zeroed out the penalty. But the Secretary of State Steve Simon, a Democrat spite record turnout and the com- plications of a dangerous pan- none reported any major voting bulk of the sprawling 2010 health issues. care law, President Barack Oba- demic. Statewide officials in Texas did ma’s defining domestic legacy, ap- “There’s a great human capaci- not respond to repeated inquiries. peared likely to survive its latest ty for inventing things that aren’t But a spokeswoman for the top encounter with the court. OHIO ‘There’s a great human capacity for inventing things true about elections,” said Frank TRUMP +8 LaRose, a Republican who serves elections official in Harris County, Chief Justice John G. Roberts as Ohio’s secretary of state. “The the largest county in Texas with a Jr. and Justice Brett M. Kava- that aren’t true about elections. The conspiracy theories conspiracy theories and rumors population greater than many naugh said striking down the so- and rumors and all those things run rampant.’ and all those things run rampant. states, said that there were only a called individual mandate did not Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican For some reason, elections breed few minor issues and that “we had require the rest of the law to be that type of mythology.” a very seamless election.” On struck down as well. Steve Simon, a Democrat who is Tuesday, the Republican lieuten- “Congress left the rest of the Minnesota’s secretary of state, Continued on Page A15 law intact when it lowered the penalty to zero,” Chief Justice ‘Many of the claims against the commonwealth have Roberts said. PENNSYLVANIA Justice Kavanaugh made a sim- BIDEN +0.67 already been dismissed, and repeating these false attacks ilar point. “It does seem fairly is reckless. No active lawsuit even alleges, and no evidence Trump Marshals Federal Power clear that the proper remedy would be to sever the mandate presented so far has shown, widespread problems.’ To Overturn His Election Defeat provision and leave the rest of the The office of Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a Democrat act in place — the provisions re- garding pre-existing conditions By PETER BAKER and the rest,” he said. and LARA JAKES The court’s three-member lib- eral wing — Justices Stephen G. WASHINGTON ‘It’s just throwing grass at the fence at this point. WASHINGTON — President Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and BIDEN +20 Trump, facing the prospect of Elena Kagan — also indicated See what sticks.’ leaving the White House in defeat in just 70 days, is harnessing the their support for the law. That sug- The office of Secretary of State Kim Wyman, a Republican gested there were at least five power of the federal government votes to uphold almost all of it. to resist the results of an election Three members of the court’s that he lost, something that no sit- conservative majority, Justices Results as of Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. Eastern. THE NEW YORK TIMES ting president has done in Ameri- Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito can history. Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch, seemed In the latest sign of defiance, the poised to vote to strike down the president’s senior cabinet secre- POOL PHOTO BY JACQUELYN MARTIN law. The court’s newest member, tary fueled concerns on Tuesday Secretary of State Mike Pom- Justice Amy Coney Barrett, was that Mr. Trump would resist hand- peo expects a Trump victory. harder to read, though she has El Paso Buckles Under Strain as Infections Soar ing over power to President-elect been publicly critical of earlier rul- Joseph R. Biden Jr. after legal the heads of three other agencies Continued on Page A16 1,076 as of Tuesday — and is more challenges to the vote. “There will By J. DAVID GOODMAN than doubling its supply of mobile be a smooth transition to a second while installing loyalists in key po- U.S. Hits Record High morgues, to 10 from four. Trump administration,” Secretary sitions at the National Security EL PASO — Coronavirus pa- for Hospitalizations The strain on the city, as it grap- of State Mike Pompeo said. Agency and the Pentagon. Allies tients filled beds on one floor. ples with the pandemic’s deadly Mr. Trump’s attorney general expect more to come, including Then two. Then the University third wave, is mirrored across the has at the same time authorized the possible dismissals of the di- Vatican Inquiry Medical Center, a teaching hospi- country. The number of Covid-19 investigations into supposed vote rectors of the F.B.I. and the C.I.A. tal in El Paso, set up tents to care enforce it. Then the state attorney hospitalizations in the United fraud, his general services admin- But the rest of the world in- for patients in a parking lot. A Says John Paul general weighed in — a lockdown States hit a record high of 61,964 istrator has refused to give Mr. Bi- creasingly moved to accept Mr. downtown convention center be- was unnecessary and illegal, he on Tuesday, surpassing the hor- den’s team access to transition of- Biden’s victory and prepared to came a field hospital. To free up said. rific early days of the spring in fices and resources guaranteed work with him despite Mr. Knew of Abuse even more space, the state began And the patients kept coming. New York and the summer in the under law and the White House is Trump’s refusal to acknowledge airlifting dozens of intensive care “We discharge one patient, and South and West. preparing a budget for next year the results. Speaking with journal- patients to other cities. Hospitalizations have more as if Mr. Trump will be around to By JASON HOROWITZ there are two that come in,” said ists, Mr. Biden called the presi- Local leaders clashed over Wanda Helgesen, executive direc- than doubled since September, ac- present it. dent’s actions since Election Day VATICAN CITY — A highly an- what to do to quell the spiraling tor of the local council on emer- cording to the Covid Tracking The president has also em- ticipated Vatican report found on “an embarrassment” that will not coronavirus crisis.