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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat if Trumpsters send out masses of bogus, but legal looking, mail in ballots.
Particularly in states that don't have mail in ballots.
People would send them in thinking they had voted but hadn't.
Even in states that have mail in voting, bogus ballots could confuse people.
Hell, the Trump campaign could even use them as evidence that the election has been corrupted.
They corrupt it then claim it's corrupt.
There are so many things that could go wrong in this election and I'd bet every single one of them will happen. Trump wants this election to be as corrupt as Putin's because he plans to remain president no matter what the public wants.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)is funny to watch.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)And proclaim that the entire effort was an attempt by Democrats to cheat, and his lapdogs in Congress at the least will go along with it. The media will wring their hands and 'both-sider' it to death as they always do.
It could cause an utter and complete shit show to occur, both sides accusing the other of trying to cheat, etc.
Just because 'people would go to jail' doesn't mean it won't happen.
Otherwise ... ya know ... there wouldn't really be any people in jail.
Kablooie
(18,647 posts)Sugarcoated
(7,739 posts)who said she received two. She lives in Florida, of course. I'm gonna go back and check her post.
Sugarcoated
(7,739 posts)She received two applications to request a mail-in ballot, not two ballots. Still odd...
obamanut2012
(26,188 posts)Florida has one of the most successful and glitch-free mail-in ballot systems. and there is no way she received two ballots unless she herself did something fraudulent, which I doubt happened, since you would know if your friend is a criminal (she isn't). So, she is misinformed in some way.
Sugarcoated
(7,739 posts)She doesn't know how it happened but it happened. Her husband received one and she received two.
napi21
(45,806 posts)newspaper & TV by making such a fuss everyone will hear about it! I'm not an attorney but that seems to be illegal as well. Maybe we could get the Pubs responsible to enjoy a nice restful vacation behind bars too.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)Takket
(21,708 posts)Rethugs have famously sent out mass mailings with the wrong election dates for years to suppress the vote. Hard to imagine they wont try this too. But untraceable dark money will be used to fund it.
Probably nothing can be done about it. People just need to stay vigilant. The fakes shouldnt be that hard to recognize.
samnsara
(17,665 posts)..everyone needs to take a picture of their completed, signed ballot..both sides. You may need it as proof...