President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that mailing in election ballots is corrupt, but he carved out two exceptions on Thursday: you’re sick or you’re him. “We don’t want them to do mail-in ballots because it’s going to lead to total election fraud,” Trump said, though there is no evidence of that. A major reason states are increasingly offering mail-in ballots is the coronavirus pandemic. “I will ask to hold up funding to Michigan if they want to go down this Voter Fraud path!” Trump tweeted. According to the Brennan Center for Justice, 23% of ballots were cast by mail in 2016.

Source: Huffington Post May 21, 2020 18:33 UTC