Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that people voting by mail should go to the polls to ensure their ballots were counted
Trump was speaking toa day after controversial remarks in which he suggested voting twice.
““In order for you to MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE COUNTS & IS COUNTED, SIGN & MAIL IN your Ballot as EARLY as possible,” Trump wrote in a series of tweets.
“On Election Day, or Early Voting, go to your Polling Place to see whether or not your Mail In Vote has been Tabulated (Counted).
““If it has, you will not be able to Vote & the Mail In System worked properly. If it has not been Counted, VOTE (which is a citizen’s right to do).”
During a visit to North Carolina on Wednesday, the president suggested voters cast ballots twice.
“”Let them send it in and let them go vote and if their system’s as good as they say it is they say it is, then obviously they won’t be able to vote,” he told local television channel WCET.
Under U.S. law, someone voting more than once could be fined 10,000 dollars or be imprisoned for up to five years.
Such an action would also be a felony in North Carolina and other states.
Trump has argued repeatedly that mail-in ballots are vulnerable to voter fraud, though there is no clear evidence to support the idea.
Many U.S. voters are expected to cast their ballots by mail instead of going to a polling station in the November presidential election due to concerns about coronavirus contagion.
(dpa/NAN)
