Kamala Harris warns interference, voter suppression could cost her and Joe Biden the election
Source: Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON -- Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris says foreign interference, doubt cast about the election by President Donald Trump and voter suppression could potentially cost her and Joe Biden the White House in November.
"I am a realist about it. Joe is a realist about it," the California senator said during an interview with CNN's "State of the Union" that aired Sunday.
The 2020 election will be held under challenging circumstances.
It will be the first U.S. election in over a century to be conducted during a pandemic, which is expected to lead to a massive surge in mail voting. Trump has repeatedly railed against mail balloting, which he says without offering proof will lead to widespread voter fraud. And for the first time in decades, Republicans will be able to closely scrutinize who casts ballots due to a recent court ruling that wiped out tighter restrictions on poll monitoring.
Read more: https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-nw-kamala-harris-election-interference-20200906-wns5rzbouvgadaqgaim5vm3yle-story.html
I am glad Kamala Harris is drawing attention to all of the roadblocks that Republicans are putting to voting, as well as the foreign interference that the Trump administration is trying to hide.
The fact of the matter is that if voter suppression did not have an impact, Republicans would not be trying so hard to disenfranchise American voters by making it so difficult to vote. Likewise, there is a reason why Russia is working overtime to promote conspiracies about voting fraud.
Polls do not win elections. Votes do. It does not matter if Biden/Harris are the favorites if people are prevented from voting.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/gop-recruits-army-poll-watchers-fight-voter-fraud-no-can-n1217391
GOP recruits army of poll watchers to fight voter fraud no one can prove exists
Republicans are recruiting an estimated 50,000 volunteers to act as "poll watchers" in November, part of a multimillion-dollar effort to police who votes and how.
That effort, coordinated by the Republican National Committee and President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, includes a $20 million fund for legal battles as well as the GOP's first national poll-patrol operation in nearly 40 years.
While poll watching is an ordinary part of elections -- both parties do it -- voting rights advocates worry that such a moneyed, large-scale offensive by the Republicans will intimidate and target minority voters who tend to vote Democratic and chill turnout in a pivotal contest already upended by the coronavirus pandemic.
Some states allow poll monitors to challenge a voter's eligibility, requiring that person's ballot undergo additional vetting to be counted. In Michigan, for example, a challenged voter will be removed from line and questioned about their citizenship, age, residency and date of voter registration if, according to election rules, a vote challenger has "good reason" to believe they are not eligible. They are required to take an oath attesting that their answers are true and are given a special ballot.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-says-he-wants-use-sheriffs-poll-watchers-election-day-n1237621
Trump says he wants to use 'sheriffs' as poll watchers on Election Day
President Donald Trump, who's repeatedly railed against mail-in voting, said Thursday he has concerns about in-person voting as well, and wants to use law-enforcement as poll watchers on Election Day.
In a phone interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News during the Democratic National Convention, Trump was asked if he planned to have poll watchers on Election Day with the "ability to monitor, to avoid fraud and cross check whether or not these are registered voters, whether or not there's been identification to know if it's a real vote from a real American?"
Trump said, "We're going to have everything. We're going to have sheriffs and law enforcement and we're going to have, hopefully, U.S. attorneys, and we're going to have everybody, and attorney generals, but it's very hard."
Marc Elias, a top lawyer for the Democrats on voting rights, tweeted that such a move by Trump would be challenged in court by Democrats.
= new reply since forum marked as read
what's a REAL AMERICAN SUPPOSE TO LOOK LIKE?? 
I think your plans will help us all get the victory we've worked for.
Welcome Aboard!
I like your username, too. In junior high, my home room got a new student, who introduced herself as Peggy Santafe, pronounced exactly the same way as the capital of New Mexico. We all laughed (yours truly included) and made fun of the name, only to find out later that she was telling the truth: that was her real name! And your handle reminded me of that incident. Not the last time I've had egg on my face, sadly.
I wanted a name that would reflect where I live and that included my own name. Peggy is a nickname for Margaret, which is my legal name, and not much used.
I'm sure you're much more thoughtful these days.
