Donald Trump has called for the November presidential election to be postponed, saying that increasing the postal vote could lead to fraud and inaccurate results.
He suggested a delay until people can vote “properly and safely.”
There is little evidence to back up Trump’s claims, but he has long criticized the vote by mail, which he said would be susceptible to fraud.
US states want to facilitate postal voting due to public health concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
In a tweet, Trump said the “universal vote by mail” would make the November vote the “most inaccurate and fraudulent election in history” and a “great shame for the United States.”
Earlier this month, six US states planned to hold “mail” voting elections in November: California, Utah, Hawaii, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington.
These states will automatically send postal ballots to all registered voters, which must then be returned or returned on Election Day, although you can still vote in person in certain limited circumstances.
- Does postal voting in the United States lead to “tremendous fraud”?
About half of US states allow any registered voter to vote by mail on demand.
Critics of voting by mail argue that people can vote more than once through absentee ballots and in person. Trump said in the past that there was a risk of “thousands upon thousands of people sitting in someone’s living room, signing ballots all over the place.”
However, there is no evidence of widespread fraud, according to numerous studies at the national and state levels over the years.
