The slow-motion 2020 election disaster states are scrambling to prevent, explained

[Nevilledog]

https://www.vox.com/2020/7/31/21340039/november-election-coronavirus-trump-biden

President Donald Trump escalated his false claims about vote-by-mail in the November 3 election on Thursday, going so far as to suggest that the election be delayed outright.

Trump has been attacking vote-by-mail for months, suggesting a well-established method of voting used for years by Democratic and Republican voters alike is “fraudulent” and “inaccurate.” Rather than focusing on the federal government’s dismal response to the Covid-19 pandemic or the stagnant American economy, Trump is questioning the outcome of an election that hasn’t happened yet.

While he does not have the authority to actually cancel or delay the election (Congress has more authority in this matter than the president does, as Vox’s Ian Millhiser explained), he still wields enormous power. As the incumbent president, he has influence over federal coronavirus aid to help state officials prepare for unprecedented election circumstances, and oversees federal agencies like the US Postal Service, on which many Americans will rely to deliver their absentee ballots. Perhaps most importantly, Trump appears committed to sowing doubt about the election’s integrity months before it happens — which could influence the behavior of his supporters and foster doubt about the election’s outcome.

“He has more influence than any other political figure in the world over the US election; there’s no other way to put it,” Stanford Law School professor Nate Persily told Vox in a recent interview.

Trump’s tweets are one thing, but state officials are staring down myriad other issues in the runup to November — when they’ll have to both try to coronavirus-proof their in-person elections and offer a vote-by-mail option.

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[cayugafalls]

1. As trump ramps up his bullshit rhetoric and the media plays it over and over

expect it to only add to the fear and disenfranchisement by the people. That is the reason he keeps spouting his bullshit, to keep people from voting because the election is going to be rigged so why vote? It is his plan to make people question the results.

Expect him to keep it up, that is what he does. He will continue to lie and lie about rigged elections and mail in voting.

Lie often enough and people will believe the lie.

[magicarpet]

3. Cast doubt,... then fabricate a new trDumpie reality.