Trump is not just being an idiot when telling people to vote twice...

[Wounded Bear]

It is illegal to vote more than once, everywhere.

But Trump is not just being an idiot here. He's encouraging people to go stand in line and clog up the polls with people who can't legally vote in the hopes that he can block legitimate voters from getting to the polls easily. This means more artificially increased wait times intended to discourage voters.

Anything that suppresses the votes tends to favor Repubs.

[jmg257]

1. Why the hell would I mail in my vote if I am intending to go to the Polling place anyway?

He's AN IDIOT!!!

And anyone who mails in their vote and THEN goes to the polling place anyway - may not be that bright.

Well - they are trumpers...

[mitch96]

3. If his supporters get caught voting twice, it proof of election tampering.

He will then try to void the election saying there is election fraud.... THAT HE CAUSED!!!
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[jmg257]

10. Yep - it only takes 1 person to say he voted twice. nt

[Gothmog]

2. In 2016, I got a trump supporter arrested for trying to vote twice

I was in the voter protection war room and an election judge called me and asked if trying to vote twice was against the law. A trump supporter insisted that he had the right to vote twice. We had a room full of lawyers and fed the election judge with the provision of the Texas Election Code that made it a crime to vote twice. This idiot was arrested and this arrest made the Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/01/0-000002-percent-of-all-the-ballots-cast-in-the-2016-election-were-fraudulent/

A man in Texas who voted twice. Phillip Cook was arrested on Election Day after voting twice. He claimed to be an employee of Trump's campaign who was testing the security of the electoral system. He wasn't an employee of the campaign — and the polling location's security worked perfectly well, it seems.

BTW, his second vote was not registered. The mere attempt to vote twice was a crime

[flotsam]

6. I am curious as to whether Trumps message itself was a crime.

I don't like to pretend to knowledge I don't have but you might clarify for me, is there an actual conspiracy or accessory charge that might apply to his actions?

[brush]

4. And to muddle outcomes, then he can complain that the election is rigged, that mail-in...

leads to vote fraud like he's been saying all along. That maybe the election should be voided (only if he loses of course).

[Cha]

9. Exactly.. Maggots don't care if maggats go to jail..

What is the penalty for voting once in a federal election?

“Intentionally voting more than once in a federal election is a third-degree felony in most states and probably also violates federal election-fraud laws. The punishment varies from state to state but is usually up to five or 10 years in jail and fine of up to $5,000 or $10,000.” (Source: Cracking down on

Source.. Google.

[crickets]

5. Clogging up the polls, slowing the line, any tiny petty thing. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Not Buying It

First, you're presuming a strategy. There is no evidence of any strategic thought in this administration, nor his prior fraudulent businesses.
Second, the mail-in & absentee voting will be massively greater than prior elections. So, polling places will, in many cases, be underloaded.
Third, those same "cloggers" would have been there under normal circumstances. So, they are not increasing the load on polling places. Only a small % voted by mail in 2016.
Overall voter turnout, live, will be lower & not slow things beyond what was normal, and given the pandemic, likely much leaner.
So, I'm not buying it.
He's just blathering, again, about things he knows nothing about.

[Cha]

8. Yeah, I was thinking there's Evil as well as Stupid with trump.. always

is.

I thought it might be to prove there's "fraud" or some shit.

Yours is a solid point.. but he also gets his voters in serous trouble.. so did they really think this through?

[unitedwethrive]

11. The election commissioners need to come out NOW, and say

that anyone caught trying to vote twice will have neither vote counted, and could be prosecuted for a felony.

They need to repeat this clearly, and often. Even if just those in Democratic areas go on the record, the message will get out there and make people second guess the idea of voting twice.