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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a quick read from the WP about this matter. The following paragraph really jumped out at me:

That’s because — and this is vital to understand — in 34 states, including the swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, ballots [b]can’t just be postmarked by Election Day to count[/b]. It has to be received by Election Day. If you mail it three days before, thinking you did everything right, but it doesn’t arrive at the board of elections until the day after the election, it’s tossed in the trash.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/13/trumps-attack-postal-service-is-now-national-emergency/#comments-wrapper
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And if that's the law, how is that Trump's fault?  Why not just put your ballot in the mail a week or so before election day?  Why should a board of election accept a late ballot?[/quote]

Because if the postal service has been deliberately sabotaged to overwhelm its staff and slow down mail service, then you could either receive your ballot too late to vote in time, or it could arrive too late to be counted even if you put it in the mail weeks before. The law should be the same as it is for tax returns - that your ballot is on time if it's postmarked by election day.[/quote]

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