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catbyte

(34,393 posts)
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 01:26 PM Aug 2020

Oh, look. Trump reverses himself again.



Oh look, @realDonaldTrump reverses himself again, this time on vote by mail. He acknowledges it’s the same as absentee voting. And he acknowledges it’s safe and secure.

Donald J. Trump

Whether you call it Vote by Mail or Absentee Voting, in Florida the election system is Safe and Secure, Tried and True. Florida’s Voting system has been cleaned up (we defeated Democrats attempts at change), so in Florida I encourage all to request a Ballot & Vote by Mail! #MAGA
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Cosmocat

(14,564 posts)
6. They have an R governor and I assume SOS
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 02:51 PM
Aug 2020

and the florida R is weapons grade stupid and corrupt - can't just assume they don't have something in play here.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
7. He's okay with it, but only in Florida
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 03:06 PM
Aug 2020

While the citizens of Florida recklessly voted to restore voting rights to felons, the Republican-controlled legislature short-circuited that ballot measure by requiring those newly re-enfranchised voters to pay all their outstanding court costs and fees before being allowed to vote again. But it's a funny thing; the state can't tell someone what they owe. There is no centralized database that says, "You owe $1,234.56, and upon payment of that amount, your account with the state is cleared." No, a person has to check with the Department of Corrections, and the Department of Justice, and the Victims Restitution Office, and the Trial Court Division, and the Left-Handed Fiddlers' Association to be sure that all accounts are clear.

So, with the electorate suitably handicapped and the "wrong" voters excluded, Trump's okay with Florida's vote-by-mail system.

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