North Carolina

sl8

(16,245 posts) Mon Oct 5, 2020, 08:39 AM Oct 2020

"The NC Republican Party advises you to not follow the procedures"

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-donald-trump-local-elections-lawsuits-4298a514550323d39931f3e5fff2ccae

In big states, tiny counties, Trump attacking voting rules

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, JONATHAN DREW and SCOTT BAUER
October 1, 2020

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When Donald Trump’s campaign took issue with a new rule on processing some votes in North Carolina, it didn’t just complain to the Board of Elections and file a lawsuit. It wrote to some of the state’s 100 local election offices with extraordinary guidance: Ignore that rule.

“The NC Republican Party advises you to not follow the procedures,” Trump campaign operative Heather Ford wrote in an email to county officials last week.

The email urging defiance was a small glimpse at the unusually aggressive, hyperlocal legal strategy the Trump campaign is activating as voting begins. Through threatening letters, lawsuits, viral videos and presidential misinformation, the campaign and its GOP allies are going to new lengths to contest election procedures county-by-county across battleground states.

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( cross-posted from 'Campaigns' )

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"The NC Republican Party advises you to not follow the procedures" (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2020 OP

North Carolina is where the Trump scampain falls apart. Renew Deal Oct 2020 #1

In NC trump's crooks are trying to make sure that mail in ballots that have an error are not BComplex Oct 2020 #2

I just read in another post 11% of those ballots are Dem, 6% are repuke Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #3

I'm voting in person, but yeah, a lot of people are voting by mail for the first time & screwing up. BComplex Oct 2020 #4

Renew Deal

(82,932 posts)

1. North Carolina is where the Trump scampain falls apart.

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 08:51 AM

Oct 2020

It's basically impossible to "keep it close" if Trump loses NC and can lead to a much earlier call of the race.

BComplex

(9,092 posts)

2. In NC trump's crooks are trying to make sure that mail in ballots that have an error are not

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 09:59 AM

Oct 2020

allowed to be sent back and have the error corrected.

More disenfranchisement.

We need a national law that says interfering with ANY person's right to vote is a felony, with mandatory jail time.

Thekaspervote

(34,676 posts)

3. I just read in another post 11% of those ballots are Dem, 6% are repuke

Reply to BComplex (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 10:15 AM

Oct 2020

That pretty much wipes NC out for the Dems unless there is an overwhelming number of Dems that vote in person

BComplex

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4. I'm voting in person, but yeah, a lot of people are voting by mail for the first time & screwing up.

Reply to Thekaspervote (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:51 AM

Oct 2020

The NC elections commission, or even the local offices, should be making sure people know how to fill out their ballots before they send them in.

Republicans are like sharks with blood in the water over every ballot.

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