Why does'nt Donald Trump want us to vote by mail

He is very upset that some states send ballots to all Registered Voters. Unable to suppress who can vote He claims that the ballots will be tampered with. Even though signatures are required and checked.

Trump admits he's refusing to fund the US Postal Service to sabotage mail-in voting` If they don`t get those two items that means you can`t have universal mail-in voting,` Trump said of a grant and funding increase for the USPS.

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Vox - How Trump’s mail voting sabotage could result in an election night nightmare

Trump’s mail voting sabotage could result in an election night nightmare.

WSJ - Trump Criticizes Voting by Mail. Here’s How It Works.

President Trump opposes widespread voting by mail, claiming it allows for fraud. Researchers have found instances of absentee voter fraud, but studies show it isn’t widespread and election officials say they employ safeguards.

Detroit Free Press - Voting by mail is safe and easy. That's why Trump doesn't want voters to do it. | Opinion

Voting by mail will be crucial this fall.

NPR.org - Trump, While Attacking Mail Voting, Casts Mail Ballot Again

He voted by mail in Tuesday`s Florida primaries but avoided the Postal Service, instead opting to give his ballot to a third party to turn in, a practice Republicans call `ballot harvesting.`

USA TODAY - Donald Trump keeps blasting 'universal' mail voting. But few states are planning that in November

Fewer than 1 out of 5 states plan to automatically send ballots to all voters. Even in these states, in-person voting will remain an option.

The Atlantic - The Republicans Telling Their Voters to Ignore Trump

GOP leaders in swing states are huge fans of voting by mail, despite the president’s unrelenting attacks on the practice.

BBC News - Trump: Mail-in voting 'will make US laughing stock'

The comments came after he was accused of attacking the post office to `undermine the election`.

CNN - Trump encourages North Carolina supporters to vote by mail, as he attacks voting by mail

President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded his mail-in voting message, encouraging North Carolina supporters to vote absentee even as he continued to assail vote-by-mail.

CNN - Voters in North Carolina have received absentee ballot request forms in the mail with Trump's face on them

Given the crisis facing the United States Postal Service before a presidential election, the last thing John Herter expected to receive in the mail Saturday was an absentee ballot request form with President Donald Trump`s face on it.

NBC News - An all-out war over mail voting has erupted in courts across the country. Here’s what’s at stake.

The regulations and rules of democracy are at the heart of an unprecedented, moneyed legal war currently underway nationwide. Here`s what`s at stake.

Intelligencer - Trump Says Voting by Mail is Evil — Except in Florida

In a bizarre tweet that contradicts 70 Trump statements attacking voting by mail as inherently fraudulent, he endorses the practice in Florida, a state where Republicans have had a partisan advantage in mail ballots in the past.

POLITICO - ‘Asking for a disaster’: White House continues crusade against mail-in voting

The Texas Tribune - Democrats, local election leaders fear Donald Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting foreshadow voter suppression

Changes at the U.S. Postal Service have raised concerns about whether ballots will be delivered on time, but local officials and Democrats stress that mail-in voting remains a vital and safe way to cast a ballot.

AJENews - US: Trump's attacks on mail-in votes could cost Republicans

Local Republican officials fear Trump`s attacks could hurt them as Democrats request ballots at higher rates.

Time - President Trump Blocks Postal Funding To Stop Mail Voting

Trump says he`ll block funding for the Post Office in an effort to prevent voters from casting ballots by mail.

U.S. - As Trump attacks mail ballots, Republicans see their own prospects damaged

With less than 90 days until Election Day, Republicans are scrambling to counter the effects of Donald Trump`s verbal war on mail ballots amid growing evidence that it has helped Democrats heading into the crucial Nov. 3 contest.

the Guardian - Trump admits he is undermining USPS to make it harder to vote by mail

The president says he opposes providing additional money to the postal service to help it deliver mail-in ballots

TheHill - Trump shifts, encourages vote by mail — in Florida President Trump on Tuesday encouraged voters in Florida to vote by mail, saying the state`s election system is “safe and secure” after weeks of assailing efforts to expand mail-in voting by claiming that it would invite large-scale fraud.

Vanity Fair - Trump: Voting By Mail Is Fine If Your Last Name Is Trump

The president and his wife requested mail-in ballots for Florida`s upcoming primary, despite his unfounded claims that voting by mail leads to fraud and amid his war on the postal service.

Business Insider - Trump admits he's refusing to fund the US Postal Service to sabotage mail-in voting `If they don`t get those two items that means you can`t have universal mail-in voting,` Trump said of a grant and funding increase for the USPS.

Axios - Exclusive: Trump stokes fears of election-night mail voting fraud

His comments could be a preview of the claims he`ll make on election night if he`s losing.

wtsp.com - President Trump admits he's blocking Postal Service money to stop mail-in votes

The president acknowledged his position would starve USPS of money Democrats say it needs to process an anticipated surge in mail-in ballots during the pandemic.

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Unable to suppress who can vote

Trump claims that police officers will be present at polling places which could cause some voters to stay home thereby suppressing the vote using fear, uncertainty and doubt.

Mail in voters cannot be suppressed in this way,

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The Voting machines may be rigged in his favor

If the voting machines or software used to tabulate the totals is compromised they could be programmed to mis count or calculate totals.

There must be auditing and testing procedures used by voting officials to test their voting and tabulation systems. Hacking Democracy is a 2006 Emmy nominated documentary film. The film investigates the flawed integrity of electronic voting machines, particularly those made by Diebold Election Systems, exposing previously unknown backdoors in the Diebold trade secret computer software.

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Paper balloting is most accurate and recountable.

Paper balloting is more accurate than the other voting methods in use.

Having an accurate count may not be what Donald Trump is seeking.

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Paper Ballots can not be hacked by Russia or any one else.

Being non electronic paper ballots are not available on any computer network or internet so the ballots are inherently safe from hacking thru the internet. Proof that they are not hackable.

Electronic voting ballots could certainly be kept off-line to enjoy a similar safety to paper. It would be up to the implementors to enforce that and auditors to check compliance. But being electronic there is always a possibility that EVERYONE does not know what is really happening.

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