{"id":61201,"date":"2020-07-30T14:18:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T14:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=61201"},"modified":"2020-07-30T14:18:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T14:18:18","slug":"trump-calls-for-delay-to-2020-us-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=61201","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls for delay to 2020 US election"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"International Desk: Donald Trump has called for November's presidential election to be postponed, saying increased postal voting could lead to fraud and inaccurate results.<\/p>\n

He suggested a delay until people can “properly, securely and safely” vote.<\/p>\n

There is little evidence to support Mr Trump's claims but he has long railed against mail-in voting which he has said would be susceptible to fraud<\/p>\n

US states want to make postal voting easier due to public health concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

In a tweet, Mr Trump said “universal mail-in voting” would make November's vote the “most inaccurate and fraudulent election in history” and a “great embarrassment to the USA”.
\nEarlier this month, six US states were planning to hold “all-mail” ballot elections this November: California, Utah, Hawaii, Colorado, Oregon and Washington.<\/p>\n

These states will automatically send postal ballots to all registered voters, which then have to be sent back or dropped off on election day – although some in-person voting is still available in certain limited circumstances.<\/p>\n

About half of US states allow any registered voter to vote by post on request.<\/p>\n

Critics of postal voting argue that people could vote more than once via absentee ballots and in person. Mr Trump has in the past said there was a risk of “thousands and thousands of people sitting in somebody's living room, signing ballots all over the place”.<\/p>\n

However, there is no evidence of widespread fraud, according to numerous nationwide and state-level studies over the years.<\/p>\n

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