Burden, on the stand for about two hours on the first day of a trial expected to last through the week, said he thought the elections law overhaul in 2013 and amended in 2015 would place a greater burden on black and Latino voters than whites and would do little to prevent fraud.
“If the rationale were to prevent voter fraud,” Burden said, “it would focus on absentee ballots. …The consensus is fraud is more common among mail ballots.”