Trump Calls for Blocking Military Votes
President Donald Trump doesn’t want any more ballots counted in Florida. As it stands, however, nearly twenty thousand overseas absentee ballots remain outstanding–many of which were cast by active duty military members.
Observers have noted that what Trump is suggesting, in effect, is that overseas military votes not be counted in Florida’s still-to-be-decided election.
The Washington Post‘s Aaron Blake summed up the logical import of Trump’s line of thought here:
“Florida accepts overseas/military ballots through Nov. 16, (provided they were postmarked by Nov. 6),” Blake noted. “The president is effectively calling for the disenfranchisement of military service-members … the day after Veteran’s Day.”
Daniel A. Smith is Chair of the Department of Political Science at Florida University. According to Smith, as of Friday morning, nearly 20,000 overseas ballots remained uncounted in the razor thin Senate race in which the Republican leads by less than 13,000 votes.
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1:30 am, November 12th, 2018
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