On the Fact that the New York Times Back In 2012 Wrote a Story with this as its Heading - "Error and Fraud at Issue as Absentee-Voting Rises" (and as Far as I Know, They Haven't Scrubbed it Yet)

So a relatively small percentage of absentee ballots was a big problem just eight years ago but 80,000,000 mail-in ballots with questionable chain-of-command today isn't. Seems like a hard sell, no?