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In reply to the discussion: Tweets from Dan Rather and Laurence Tribe, minutes ago, warning us what Trump is up to [View all]merrifield
(76 posts)Here's what they could cook up: "someone" (foreign govt, dirty trickster GOP) sends people realistic looking fake ballots. Many people have never voted by mail before, keep in mind. The person fills it out and sends it in, but it goes to an address that looks legit, but is NOT the county elections board. Then the real ballot comes in the mail and the voter is confused, possibly worried about being charged with "voter fraud" (remember the black woman sentenced to 5 yrs ?) and so just doesn't send it in. Then add in "news" stories about people supposedly finding pallets of fake ballots coming in from Mexico or somewhere. This adds to their meme of voter fraud. Now add in the fact that more Dems vote by mail than Republicans and that it could happen that on Nov 3 Trump is temporarily ahead because of this, ie, all the mails ins haven't been counted. BUT, they will pound in the story of voter fraud and say, OK, since we really don't know, let's just count the votes cast in the traditional way. Then, Republican governors in swing states declare that because of so much "fraud" they won't count them either, so there you are: Trump wins. I know I have a fertile imagination, but this could actually happen.