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Democrats Win Big Pennsylvania Vote By Mail Case
Democrats have won a case in Pennsylvania that protects the Keystone State’s broad vote-by-mail law that Republicans have been trying to strike down.
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Election Observation Team: No Evidence of Election Fraud Despite Trump’s Claims
Michael Georg Link, a German lawmaker who heads an observer mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe, told German public broadcaster rbb that there is no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud. “We looked into this. We found no violations of the rules whatsoever,” Link told rbb,…
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Pelosi: Undermining Elections Makes Trump and Republicans “Enemies of the State”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says the choice to undermine the 2020 general election and gutting the United States Postal Service (USPS) makes President Donald Trump and Republicans “enemies of the state.” “We take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. And sadly, the domestic enemies to our…
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Trump Spends Morning Lying About Mail-In Voting, Calling It a “Catastrophic Disaster”
In what critics might view as a preview of his remarks on the second night of the Republican National Convention, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to lie about mail-in voting, claiming that implementing it would result in a “catastrophic disaster.” “For our Country to be sending 80 million UNSOLICITED BALLOTS is very unfair and…
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo: Trump Is “Anticipating Losing on Election Day”
Andrew Cuomo thinks Donald Trump’s attacks on vote-by-mail are a “set up” because he knows he’s going to lose the election. The New York governor believes the President will allege fraud. Cuomo, a Democrat, told the Today show that the President’s continued criticism of mail-in ballots is an attempt to find an excuse when he loses in…
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NAACP Sues Postmaster General for “Blatant Attempt to Obstruct the Mail System”
The NAACP has announced it’s suing the Postmaster General amid the ongoing crisis at the U.S. Postal Service and worries about the integrity of the election. The nation’s leading Civil Rights organization filed the suit in Washington, D.C. against the U.S.P.S and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a Trump donor and appointee. NAACP President Derrick Johnson…
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Rep. Cheri Bustos: Trump is Trying to “Undermine Confidence” in Democracy
Representative Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) says President Donald Trump, amid repeated attacks against mail-in voting and the United States Postal Service (USPS), is “doing everything he can to undermine people’s confidence in our democracy.” “That is a sin. We’ve got the longest lasting democracy on the face of the planet,” Bustos, who is the Chairwoman of…
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Colorado Secretary of State: Trump is “Lying” About Mail-In Voting
Speaking on CNN, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) said President Donald Trump “is lying about vote by mail” in an effort to discredit mail-in ballots and cast doubt on the integrity of November’s general election. “Colorado has a very clean history of running great elections with vote by mail,” Griswold said. ”We have safeguards…
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Veterans Group Mocks Trump for “Finally” Going to War––Against USPS
Progressive PAC VoteVets has released a new ad repudiating President Donald Trump for his attacks against the United States Postal Service (USPS). The video features narration highlighting the military deferments Trump received when he was younger (he crafted the now-infamous “bone spurs” excuse to get out of serving in Vietnam. The narrator also points out…
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Biden Campaign Slams Trump for “Sabotaging” Postal Service
Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential campaign slammed President Donald Trump, accusing him of “sabotaging” the United States Postal Service following remarks Trump made in which he appeared to admit as much. “The President of the United States is sabotaging a basic service that hundreds of millions of people rely upon, cutting a critical lifeline for rural…
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Newt Gingrich Lies About Mail-In Voting, Claims Democrats Are Trying to “Steal” November Election
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich repeated President Donald Trump’s own false claims about mail-in voting, saying that Democrats can’t win an “honest election” so they are trying “to set up an ability to steal it.” Gingrich pointed to the state of Nevada, which the president announced his administration will sue after its legislature…
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Poll: Most Voters Are Opposed to Delaying November’s Election
According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, 66 percent of registered voters are opposed to delaying November’s election despite common concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and President Donald Trump’s continued push against mail-in voting. The poll found that eight in 10 Democrats and five in 10 Republicans are opposed to postponing the election. Only 23 percent––a number Reuters…
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Stacey Abrams: “Willful Ignorance” Has Led U.S. Coronavirus Response
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams says the United States’ coronavirus response under President Donald Trump and the Republican Party has been characterized by “willful ignorance.” “One of the deep disappointments of the current administration is their willful ignorance and their willingness to ignore the challenges that present themselves in real time,” Abrams said in…
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Michigan Sec. of State Knocks Down Trump’s Mail-In Voting Lies
Jocelyn Benson, Michigan’s Secretary of State, took on President Donald Trump’s lies on mail-in voting during an interview with MSNBC. “A lot of information and misinformation to unpack there and a lot of alarming stuff. Let me get your general response to what he said,” she was asked. “I mean, first, again, we have been…
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Maxine Waters Criticizes Trump for His Attacks Against Mail-In Ballots
Representative Maxine Waters (D-Calif) accused President Donald Trump of deliberately sabotaging the United States Postal Service as he’s mounted more attacks against vote-by-mail initiatives. “Trump put Postmaster DeJoy in charge of the postal service to dismantle the USPS & sabotage vote by mail. New procedures are causing massive delays,” Waters tweeted. She added: “Trump &…
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Joe Biden Warns Trump Will “Try to Indirectly Steal the Election”
Joe Biden has warned that Donald Trump will try to steal the presidential election by alleging voter fraud and refusing to accept the validity of mail-in ballots. The former Vice President made the claim during a virtual fundraiser on Thursday, hosted by actor and Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Biden said the President would claim mail-in ballots were…
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Trump Claims Mail-In Voting Will Lead to “Most Corrupt Election” in History
In a tweet earlier this morning, President Donald Trump claimed mail-in voting would lead to the “most corrupt election” in American history. “Mail-In Voting, unless changed by the courts, will lead to the most CORRUPT ELECTION in our Nation’s History!” he wrote, finishing off his message with the hashtag #RIGGEDELECTION. Mail-In Voting, unless changed by…
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Trump Cites Mail-In Voting As His “Biggest Risk” of Not Winning in November
President Donald Trump cited mail-in voting as his “biggest risk” of not winning reelection this November in an interview with Politico conducted yesterday and published this morning. “My biggest risk is that we don’t win lawsuits,” Trump said. “We have many lawsuits going all over. And if we don’t win those lawsuits, I think — I…
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Trump’s Press Secretary Has Voted By Mail In Every Election Since 2010
Trump’s press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has defended Trump’s attacks on voting by mail, but she has voted by mail in every election that she participated in since 2010.
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Political Scientist Warns Trump Will Claim 2020 Election Is ‘Fraudulent’ if He Loses
Donald Trump will claim November’s election is fraudulent if he doesn’t win, according to political scientist Seth Masket. The University of Denver academic was responding to new tweets from the President. “If Trump loses he will still be president for 2.5 months and will be claiming it was a fraudulent election every day of that,”…
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Three Republican Groups Sue California Governor Over Vote-by-Mail Initiative
The Republican National Committee (RNC), the National Republican Congressional Committee, and the California Republican Party filed a joint lawsuit against California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) over his executive orders to use mail-in ballots for the November election. “Democrats continue to use this pandemic as a ploy to implement their partisan election agenda, and Governor Newsom’s…
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Trump Threatens to Withhold Michigan’s Federal Funding Over Vote-by-Mail
President Donald Trump threatened to withhold Michigan’s federal funding after its Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) announced that all state residents would receive applications for absentee ballots, allowing them to vote-by-mail. Trump and Republicans have repeatedly disparaged vote-by-mail options in response to criticisms from voting rights advocates who’ve expressed safety concerns during the coronavirus…
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Oklahoma Republicans Move to Reverse State Supreme Court Ruling on Absentee Ballots
After the Oklahoma State Supreme Court ruled that residents casting absentee ballots in the upcoming elections will not have to get their ballots notarized, House Republicans passed an amended bill to reinstate the notary requirement. The amendment, Senate Bill 210, was authored by Representative Chris Kannady (R-Oklahoma City). Kannady argued that voter fraud would have…
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Study Finds Vote-by-Mail Doesn’t Benefit One Party More Than Another, Striking Down GOP Talking Point
President Donald Trump and Republicans have repeatedly disparaged vote-by-mail options in response to criticisms from voting rights advocates who’ve expressed safety concerns during the coronavirus pandemic. But a new study from Stanford University’s Democracy and Polarization Lab has found that contrary to the widely-held belief among the GOP that vote-by-mail gives Democrats an advantage over…