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Huff Post: Republicans In Swing States Were Fixing Vote-By-Mail Systems. Then Trump Tweeted.
Last edited Mon Sep 7, 2020, 03:51 AM - Edit history (1)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-mail-in-voting-republicans-swing-states_n_5f52ba3ac5b62b3add407b24Interesting article, but one paragraph is very frightening:
For Trump, the attack on absentee voting serves a dual purpose. Supporters of former Vice President Joe Biden are twice as likely as Trump supporters to say they plan to vote by mail, so Trumps campaign has launched a barrage of lawsuits to stop states from expanding access to mail-in voting.
Though Trump cant stop absentee voting entirely, he can attack its legitimacy and, potentially, lay the groundwork to declare himself the winner before all votes are counted. Because more Republicans will likely vote in person, early returns may show Trump with a large lead until officials can tally a flood of absentee ballots.
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Huff Post: Republicans In Swing States Were Fixing Vote-By-Mail Systems. Then Trump Tweeted. (Original Post)
jg10003
Sep 2020
OP
He can declare himself the winner all he wants. He has NO legal recourse to stop the counting of
Thekaspervote
Sep 2020
#3
perfect timing to distrupt and slow down the USPS!! And DeJoy has NOT put back the
riversedge
Sep 2020
#4
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)1. You forgot to include the link to the article.
jg10003
(975 posts)2. Opps, my bad
Thekaspervote
(32,750 posts)3. He can declare himself the winner all he wants. He has NO legal recourse to stop the counting of
Legal ballots that were received on time
riversedge
(70,177 posts)4. perfect timing to distrupt and slow down the USPS!! And DeJoy has NOT put back the
fast sorting machines. In fact, he said said he will not.
JustAnotherGen
(31,798 posts)5. The large blue states will screw it up
Example - NJ - Trenton has allowed votes to be counted two weeks early.
From local boards - the GOP trolls are all planning to vote by provisional ballot.
If the GOP does this in enough high EC vote states -
He can't declare a win with the square states alone. I mean, he can - but he will look pretty stupid when CA, NJ, NY, PA, etc etc are only a third of the way through counting.
IE - he won't have the 270.
He still has to have 270 to declare victory.