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Indyfan53

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Wed Sep 2, 2020, 11:46 AM Sep 2020

This Is Democrats' Doomsday Scenario for Election Night [View all]

Last edited Thu Sep 3, 2020, 12:44 AM - Edit history (1)

What if early results in swing states on Nov. 3 show President Trump ahead, and he declares victory before heavily Democratic mail-in votes, which he has falsely linked with fraud, are fully counted?

What if early results in swing states on election night show the president in the lead because most Republicans voted in person, yet in the days afterward, as mail ballots that tilt heavily Democratic are tallied, states flip to Joseph R. Biden Jr.?

Would Mr. Trump claim premature victory — as he did on behalf of the two Florida Republicans and dangled as a possibility in a tweet in July: “Must know Election results on the night of the Election, not days, months, or even years later!”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/us/politics/voting-election-day.html


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We should make the effort to vote early in person. We can’t afford the election to be called prematurely for Trump! Mask up and keep your hands clean!

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