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President Donald Trump doesnt want any more ballots counted in Florida. As it stands, however, nearly twenty thousand overseas absentee ballots remain outstandingmany of which were cast by active duty military members.
Observers have noted that what Trump is suggesting, in effect, is that overseas military votes not be counted in Floridas still-to-be-decided election.
The Washington Posts Aaron Blake summed up the logical import of Trumps line of thought here:
Florida accepts overseas/military ballots through Nov. 16, (provided they were postmarked by Nov. 6), Blake noted. The president is effectively calling for the disenfranchisement of military service-members
the day after Veterans Day.
Daniel A. Smith is Chair of the Department of Political Science at Florida University. According to Smith, as of Friday morning, nearly 20,000 overseas ballots remained uncounted in the razor thin Senate race in which the Republican leads by less than 13,000 votes.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/as-nation-observes-veterans-day-trump-calls-for-blocking-military-votes/
1:30 am, November 12th, 2018
Cha
(297,655 posts)Response to left-of-center2012 (Original post)
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Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Yup. It leaped to my mind, and I'm hoping it does to many others. This man isn't fit to clean kennels except under careful supervision to protect the animals.
Permanut
(5,637 posts)Of why any active, retired or veteran military would support the Obergopenfuror.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)And now he doesn't want military votes counted.