{"id":61722,"date":"2020-08-17T16:04:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T16:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=61722"},"modified":"2020-08-17T16:04:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T16:04:23","slug":"trump-says-universal-mail-in-voting-would-be-catastrophic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=61722","title":{"rendered":"Trump says universal mail-in voting would be ‘catastrophic’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"International Desk: Universal mail voting would make the US “a laughing stock”, President Donald Trump has said, as he continues his vocal opposition to postal voting.<\/p>\n

It comes after the US Postal Service (USPS) warned that millions of mail-in votes may not arrive in time to be counted in November's election.<\/p>\n

A record number of people are expected to vote by mail due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Critics have blamed the new USPS head – a loyal supporter of President Donald Trump – for a slowdown in deliveries.<\/p>\n

The president has repeatedly said mail-in ballots will lead to voting fraud and give a boost to his rival Democrat Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

However, experts say the mail-in voting system, which Mr Trump himself uses, is safe from tampering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International Desk: Universal mail voting would make the US “a laughing stock”, President Donald Trump has said, as he continues his vocal opposition to postal voting. It comes after the US Postal Service (USPS) warned that millions of mail-in votes may not arrive in time to be counted in November’s election. A record number of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":61723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n