This man is unbelievable. I have laughed at the thought that any president, regardless of party, would ever suggest such a thing. I've been proven wrong. It won't happen, of course, but, OMG - a sitting president wants to delay the chance he gets ousted until a disease he believes is a hoax is gone? There aren't enough facepalms to cover how I feel about the gall of this man to suggest he be appointed king. We've had mail-in voting since The Civil War. So, we've been at this a few years. It's not something new being sprung on the people from out of the blue. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ts-idea-of-delaying-u-s-presidential-election President Donald Trump raised the notion of delaying the Nov. 3 election until after the coronavirus pandemic eases, suggesting without offering evidence that mail-in voting will be subject to fraud.
In this tweet, he even says that Absentee Ballots are good. Absentee Ballots and Mail-In Ballots are the same ****ing thing. God I hate that ****ing piece of **** man.
I guess now we know why he has been railing against mail-in voting, huh? He would love to have an excuse to delay the election that is all but certain at this point to remove him from office. He has been able to fight off investigations and an impeachment conviction, but this is his greatest challenge yet to holding onto power and staying out of court. There is no telling what else he may yet try to achieve this end. Having someone so completely selfish and devoid of ethics in the nation's highest office is truly frightening and a real test of our system.
Rare absentee voting and mass mail-out/mail-in voting are not the same and combine the latter with ballot harvesting and it is ripe for fraud let alone the states unable to qualify then tabulate accurately and timely.
The Electoral college will vote with the Electors who were qualified by their states. The person who wins that will be President on January 20th.
Not really. Because if NO Federal Election is Held, Pelosi"s Term would have expired. In that Scenario, the Senate Pro Tem (most like Dem. Senator Patrick Leahy would become President). This has been extensively discussed in the other thread. http://www.politicalforum.com/index...ority-to-do-so.576201/page-22#post-1071916410 It seems extremely unlikely (if not impossible) that a Federal Election could be held that would Elect the House and Senate (without yielding a Presidential Winner). Thus, any sort of Pelosi (as President) Scenario is non-existent.
NO. That ISN'T "happening now". Here is the Bottom Line: 1) For years, Absentee and Mail-In Voting has worked just fine 2) Several Republican-Led States have used it, and several Republican Politicians have been elected through it's use. NOW: Just because Trump KNOWS that he is headed for a Crushing DEFEAT, he is attacking the process. The Entire attack on Mail-In Voting is absolute desperation on Trump's Part. And the Utterly Ridiculous Conspiracies that Trump is trying to further like "Aliens are going to Rob Mailboxes" are utterly comical (and unworthy of any reaction beyond laughter). Trump's Anti Mail-In Voting "Conspiracies" are Total BS. ^And, Everybody KNOWS That.
It would delay the outcome of the election by quite some time. It would take weeks to receive, open, tabulate and verify mass voting by mail. To say otherwise is simply ignorant.
There is a race in New York that is STILL not determined from the June primary and I think one in Pennsylvania. And New Jersey: 'Massive computer issues, genuine scandal' The New Jersey Globe reported in June that "massive computer issues and U.S. Postal Service delays" meant that thousands of residents wouldn't receive their ballots until after the state's July 7 primary. The paper found that the Statewide Voter Registration System (SVRS) was "crashing several times a day for the last few days, leaving local election officials without the ability to process thousands of vote-by-mail ballots just 11 days before the New Jersey primary election." The series of problems led Division of Elections director Bob Giles to tell election officials to "stop processing ballot requests because of network overloads," according to the Globe. USPS TRUCK CATCHES FIRE IN NEW JERSEY CARRYING POSSIBLE MAIL-IN BALLOTS And, in May, experts said a "genuine absentee ballot fraud scandal" was underway following the May 12 New Jersey city council election. Thousands of ballots were disqualified because signatures on the ballots didn't match with those on file – and, perhaps more concerning, records showed that several thousand mail-in ballots were received but not counted. "Videos are surfacing online of a single voter carrying numerous ballots," read one NBC report. "Postal workers were seen leaving some ballots sitting out in building lobbies.” https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mail-in-voting-faces-slew-of-issues-nationwide
The States that completed their elections will sent their results to the House and those results will be tabulated. Those still trying to get through mail-in voting problems will either count what they have or the state legislature will step in and select the electors. The States will be voting regardless of any state election problems.
