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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,136 posts)
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 04:31 PM Jul 2020

Can Trump's anti-mail-voting crusade hurt him in key states?

Donald Trump's campaign and allies have blocked efforts to expand mail-in voting, forcing an awkward confrontation with top GOP election officials who are promoting the opposite in their states.

The rare dissonance between Trump and other Republican elected officials also reflects another reality the president will not concede: Many in his party believe expanding mail-in voting could ultimately help him.

Trump's campaign has intervened directly in Ohio, while allies have fired warning shots in Iowa and Georgia, aimed at blunting Republican secretaries of state in places that could be competitive in November.

“There is a dimension to legislatures underfunding or undercutting election officials that could ironically backfire and hurt Republicans,” said Michael McDonald, a University of Florida professor and director of the nonpartisan United States Election Project.

Action by these three secretaries of state, who are the top election officials in their states, was designed to make ballot access easier during the coronavirus pandemic. Trump has repeatedly made the unfounded claim that voting by mail could lead to fraud so extensive it could undermine the integrity of the presidential election.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/can-trump-s-anti-mail-voting-crusade-hurt-him-in-key-states/ar-BB16iNW0?li=BBnb4R7&ocid=DELLDHP

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Can Trump's anti-mail-voting crusade hurt him in key states? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
Without unencumbered voting available to all of us, we are losers in a violent war. Eliot Rosewater Jul 2020 #1
I watched some trump voters tearing up applications Andy823 Jul 2020 #2

Eliot Rosewater

(31,113 posts)
1. Without unencumbered voting available to all of us, we are losers in a violent war.
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 04:42 PM
Jul 2020

GOP and rump are PHYSICALLY attacking us in a million ways, the main one is this voting thing.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
2. I watched some trump voters tearing up applications
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 04:52 PM
Jul 2020

for mail in ballots, not sure which state it was, that had been sent to them by the state. If we are still in the middle of the pandemic, many of them may have to either go to the polling sites, or stay home. This could backfire big time on trump.

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