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Please provide credible evidence for this claim.
by skosch 6y ago
Please provide credible evidence for this claim.
- googthrowaway42 6y agohttps://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/07/new-york-election-failure-mail-in-voting/614446/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/07/new-yor... https://wtop.com/virginia/2020/08/unsolicited-absentee-applications-cause-confusion-in-virginia/ https://wtop.com/virginia/2020/08/unsolicited-absentee-appli...
- Buttons840 6y agoEven if the claim is true, does allowing the post office to half-fail at such a critical time help matters in any way?
- hairofadog 6y agoNeither of those articles mentions fraud at all. In fact, they strive to point out the problem of under funded postal and electoral systems...
- googthrowaway42 6y agoI don't see where the postal system is the problem in these scenarios. USPS does not print or count ballots > “We are aware that some of the mailers may have directed the return envelopes to the wrong election offices.” Nothing is fraud if you're naive/charitable enough in how you interpret things.
- hairofadog 6y agoFrom the article that you posted: > Ballot-printing firms couldn’t keep up with demand, and the already rickety U.S. Postal Service didn’t move the ballots to and from voters quickly enough.
- Redoubts 6y ago> I don't see where the postal system is the problem in these scenarios. >> Patel said his campaign is looking at thousands of other votes that seem to be missing postmarks entirely—a post-office error Read your own link.
- Buttons840 6y agoA judge has asked Trump's legal team to submit evidence of mail in voter fraud. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-13/trump-appointed-judge-demands-evidence-of-mail-in-voting-fraud https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-13/trump-app... It will be interesting to see what they submit.