Twitter has flagged another tweet by Donald Trump for spreading “misleading health claims” after the president implemented ballot boxes to spread the coronavirus.
Mr. Trump claimed in a post shared on both Facebook and Twitter early Sunday morning that ballot boxes are a “voter security disaster” because they are not “co-sanitized” and would allow people to “vote multiple times.”
Hours later, Twitter took action on the tweet by posting a warning there, limiting the interactions on the tweet.
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“We are posting a public interest message on this Tweet for violating our civil integrity policies to create misleading health requirements that could potentially mislead people from participating in the vote,” Twitter said in its warning.
It added: “By our policy, this Tweet will remain on the service, given its relevance to ongoing public conversation. Agreements with the Tweet will be restricted. People will be able to retweet with comments, but not like, reply or retweet.”
Mr. Trump has made a number of unsubstantiated claims about the integrity of sold-out boxes – which voters can use to safely cast their ballots at locations such as schools or libraries to be collected by election officials – as part of a concerted effort against mail -in voices.
His re-election campaign follows legal action to block the use of boxes in the battlefield state of Pennsylvania, a move that could predict similar fights across the country. The lawsuit seeks to prevent the use of coffins in the November presidential election.
Advocates of suffrage have warned that the lawsuit is an attempt to undermine the democratic process and suppress the vote in a state that won the president in 2016 with only 44,000 votes – as 0.7 percent.
“This lawsuit is part of a strategy to make it harder for eligible voters to vote in November – by introducing confusion, eliminating choices about returning an e-mail ballot, and raising worthless questions about the integrity of our election, “Suzanne Almeida, of Commonwealth of Independent Voting Rights Pennsylvania, said. The independent this week.
The move comes amid a rise in post-vote requests during the coronavirus pandemic as states seek to extend access to polling as a way to protect against the virus.
The battle for ballot boxes has been intensified in recent weeks amid repeated attacks by Mr Trump on post-vote votes and attempts to address the possibility of the postal service.
In recent weeks, Mr. Trump has blocked emergency funding requested by the USPS deal with an expected increase in voting per post due to the coronavirus, and even the decision explicitly linked to his desire to use mail. voting in the forthcoming election.
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