'Obama Denounces Trump Bid To Deter Voters With Attack On Post Office'
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'Obama denounces Trump bid to deter voters with attack on post office.' USPS warns mail-in votes might not arrive in time to be counted. Obama: president trying to ‘actively kneecap’ postal service. By Oliver Milman, The Guardian, Aug. 14, 2020.
There are growing fears over the handling of November’s US presidential election after it emerged that the US Postal Service (USPS) has warned it cannot guarantee mail-in votes will be counted in almost every state in America and Barack Obama accused Donald Trump of trying to discourage people from voting.
In letters to 46 states, and the District of Columbia, the USPS has warned that it could not guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted – possibly affecting tens of millions of votes across almost the whole country. The news was reported first in the Washington Post.
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A record number of Americans are expected to vote via the USPS because of concerns over in-person voting during the coronavirus pandemic, which has so far claimed more than 160,000 US lives.
One of the letters was sent to Pennsylvania’s top official overseeing elections, warning that a one-week turnaround for mail-in ballots may not be possible. Pennsylvania is a key swing state won by Donald Trump by less than 1% in 2016, and it could play a pivotal role again in 2020. Voters are able to request a mailed ballot up to seven days before the election, but ballots returned after election day cannot be counted...
More, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/14/us-election-november-votes-ballots-democracy
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