Abrams: Trump Trying to Undermine Mail-in Voting Because He’s Losing

[mystery-ak]

Pam Key 22 Jun 2020

Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said President Donald Trump is attempting to undermine mail-in voting because he knows if all eligible Americans cast their ballot “he will lose.”

Co-host Mika Brzezinski asked, “I want to start with Donald Trump tweeting in the past hour this, rigged 2020 election. ‘Millions of mail-in ballots will be printed by foreign countries and others. It will be the scandal of our times.’ He got the caps lock stuck again. Is this the scandal of our times or is the president trying to set up something here potentially to try and undermine the process?”

Abrams said, “It’s entirely his intent to undermine the process of voting because he understands and has admitted If eligible Americans cast their ballot, he will lose. We know vote by mail is a critical part of how voting has to occur in 2020 to ensure that as many people as possible can vote safely from home. It’s not only about those who can vote safely from home, as many people who can vote by mail, that reduces the number of people who will be in line. There are populations that have no choice. There are folks who are disabled, who have been displaced by COVID, who are homeless, who have language barriers. if you’re African-American or Latino your twice as likely to have your absentee ballot rejected, If you are young you’re five times likely to have your ballot rejected. Some people have no choice but to show up in person. We want vote by mail to reduce the number of people who have to be in line on election day. That keeps everyone safe. That means our democracy can work.”

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https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/06/22/abrams-trump-trying-to-undermine-mail-in-voting-because-hes-losing/

[libertybele]

We'll see what happens IF Biden actually debates Trump -- that's going to be very interesting.  He's going to back out of the debates somehow.

[Victoria33]

@mystery-ak

Article said: "...if you’re African-American or Latino your twice as likely to have your absentee ballot rejected, If you are young you’re five times likely to have your ballot rejected."

That is not true.  If a voter is on the voter list and follows the directions to apply for a ballot, it is sent.  If the voter follows the directions to vote on the ballot and signs the outside of the mailing envelope, it goes to the Early Voting Ballot Board (or a board by another name) to be examined with all other mail-in ballots.  If the paper work is correct as stated above, the ballot is accepted.   

In a large county with thousands of ballots, there is no way to separate out ballots from young people or black people, or brown people.  All an examiner sees is a name and the ballot paperwork is right or it isn't.

[kevindavis007]

If people can protest and riot, they can get their ass to the polls.

[sneakypete]

If people can protest and riot, they can get their ass to the polls.

@kevindavis

They are not fools. They aren't about to go and vote for free,when they know if they wait until the last minute someone will drive them to the polls to vote,and then give them money to buy a meal and get high.