Tag: ballots

He Fought Trump’s 2020 Lies. He Also Backs New Scrutiny of Ballots.

May 26, 2021
Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state in Georgia, earned widespread praise for his staunch defense of the election results in his state last year in the face of growing threats and pressure from former President Donald J. Trump.As Mr. Trump spread falsehoods about the election, Mr. Raffensperger vocally debunked them, culminating in a 10-page

PA judges toss out Trump campaign’s 6 challenges over absentee ballots

November 14, 2020
Two Pennsylvania judges served blows to President Trump’s re-election campaign on Friday, tossing out a combined six cases challenging absentee ballots. Judge James Crumlish of Philadelphia County’s Court of Common Pleas ruled in five related cases that the Trump campaign can’t scrap a total of 8,329 mail-in ballots that it had alleged were improper because

USPS and Mail-In Ballots: States Warned It May Not Meet Deadlines

August 16, 2020
WASHINGTON — The Postal Service has warned states that it may not be able to meet their deadlines for delivering last-minute mail-in ballots, further fueling the clash over the new postmaster general’s handling of vote-by-mail operations as President Trump continued to rail against the practice.In letters sent in July to all 50 states and the

Trump Promises To Lose America’s Mail-In Ballots In November

August 15, 2020
At a press conference at his golf club, Trump promised America that their ballots will be lost if they vote by mail in November. Trump said:We’re going to have an election that takes place on a beautiful day on November 3rd, and usually, at the end of the evening, they say Donald Trump has won

Deranged Trump Says Mail-In Ballots Are A Bigger Threat To Democracy Than Russia

August 11, 2020
A sluggish and seemingly sedated Donald Trump said on Monday that Democrats pushing for expanded mail-in voting during a pandemic are actually a bigger threat to democracy than Russia. “I’ll tell you who’s meddling in our elections – the Democrats are meddling by wanting and insisting on sending mail-in ballots where there’s corruption all over