Everything is once for the first time. Gwen has elected president many times. This time, however, for the first time ever, he casts his vote by correspondence. She is afraid of coronavirus, so she decided not to go to the polling station in person.
“I don’t want to stand in line and take a risk that is not necessary. It’s the first time I’ve done this. It’s usually fun to stand in line with neighbors that I haven’t seen in a long time. I will miss it, but this is safer, “says this voter in the capital Washington.
The municipality in the capital automatically sent ballots to all registered voters. Nine states (California, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Jersey and Vermont) are doing the same. In five states (Indiana, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Tennessee), a voter must state a serious reason for voting by mail, such as illness. In the remaining 36 states, voters can request correspondence ballots without giving a reason.
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In some states, all correspondence votes sent on election day itself must also be counted. The post office fears a huge influx of shipments and warns that the delivery time may be extended by days.
President Donald Trump has long criticized states that automatically send correspondence votes to all registered voters. The lists are not updated and tickets arrive at the names of the deceased or at the addresses from which the people moved. According to the president, the opposition democrats are cheating and voting for the people themselves.
“The only way they can take our victory in this election is to manipulate the vote. We will win this election. We will win in them, “said Trump.
Four years ago, four million Americans voted ahead. In some states, polling stations open 45 days before November 3. This year, queues began to form. To question the correspondence vote by the president, people preferred to go to the polls in person.
Will the regularity of the election be determined by the court?
“It may be a big challenge to vote by mail this year, so I decided to come to the vote in person early to make sure my vote counted,” said Warner, a voter in Virginia.
In the United States, it has been possible to vote by correspondence since the Civil War. Donald Trump himself voted in the same way. According to the authorities, fraud is exceptional. However, the president claims that the opposition is preparing a massive forgery, and has threatened to challenge the regularity of the election in the Supreme Court.
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