<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Courtesy of <i>NBC News</i> at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-encourages-north-carolina-residents-vote-twice-test-mail-system-n1239140">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-encourages-north-carolina-residents-vote-twice-test-mail-system-n1239140</a></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;">Trump encourages North Carolina residents to vote twice to test mail-in system</span></p></div><div><p class="endmarkenabled" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">WASHINGTON — President<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-s-alarms-crime-fell-flat-2018-now-he-s-n1239020" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="color: rgb(48, 97, 255); text-decoration: none;">Donald Trump</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>suggested that people in North Carolina should vote twice in the November election, once by mail and once in-person, escalating his attempts to cast confusion and doubt on the validity of the results.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="endmarkenabled" style="margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">"So let them send it in and let them go vote, and if their system's as good as they say it is, then obviously they won't be able to vote. If it isn't tabulated, they'll be able to vote,” Trump said when asked whether he has confidence in the mail-in system in the battleground state.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="endmarkenabled" style="margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">"If it's as good as they say it is then obviously they won't be able to vote. If it isn't tabulated, they'll be able to vote. So that's the way it is. And that's what they should do," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="endmarkenabled" style="margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">It is illegal to vote more than once in an election.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="endmarkenabled" style="margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">Trump has made countless false statements about the security of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/all-out-war-over-mail-voting-has-erupted-courts-across-n1235216" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="color: rgb(48, 97, 255); text-decoration: none;">voting by mail</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ahead of the 2020 election, as much of the country braces for an increase of voters to opt for mail-in ballots amid the ongoing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/coronavirus" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="color: rgb(48, 97, 255); text-decoration: none;">coronavirus pandemic</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="endmarkenabled" style="margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">"I don't like that," Trump responded when a reporter told him that 600,000 voters in North Carolina, a critical battleground state, could vote absentee.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="endmarkenabled" style="margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">When asked about Trump's comments during an interview later Wednesday with CNN, Attorney General William Barr argued that a 2005 bipartisan report on election reform found that mail-in voting is "fraught with the risk of fraud and coercion."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="endmarkenabled" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">Asked why there have been no findings, however, of widespread fraud, Barr responded: "We haven't had the kind of widespread use of mail-in ballots that's being proposed."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="endmarkenabled" style="margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">Barr said he was unaware of the specific laws in North Carolina and did not respond directly to questions about Trump's earlier comments.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="endmarkenabled" style="margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">Trump made similar claims about mail-in ballots during his 2016 campaign, essentially encouraging his supporters to commit voter fraud.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="endmarkenabled" style="margin: 1.5rem 0px 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">At a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article111519972.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="color: rgb(48, 97, 255); text-decoration: none;">rally in Colorado</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>just days before he was elected, Trump told supporters to obtain new ballots because “do you think those (mail-in) ballots are properly counted?”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><b>“You’re a Mean One, Mr. Trump”</b></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Donald_Trump/Youre_a_Mean_One_Mr_Trump.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Donald_Trump/Youre_a_Mean_One_Mr_Trump.mp3</a></div></div></div></body></html>