Posted on 05/20/2020 5:36:13 AM PDT by RandFan
President Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal funding to Michigan after the state's Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) announced all of the states registered voters would receive applications for absentee ballots in the mail this year.
Trump charged that the step was done illegally and threatened to withhold funding if the state did not reverse course, suggesting the move would encourage voter fraud.
Breaking: Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ahead of Primaries and the General Election, Trump tweeted Wednesday morning. This was done illegally and without authorization by a rogue Secretary of State. I will ask to hold up funding to Michigan if they want to go down this Voter Fraud path!
Trump later copied Acting Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and the Treasury Department on the tweet.
Trump has frequently voiced his opposition to expansions in mail-in voting, leveling unsubstantiated and exaggerated claims that mail-in ballots are riddled with fraud and corrupt.
While voting experts say there are higher levels of voter fraud in mail-in voting than in-person voting, they agree that overall cases of voter fraud are rare.
Republicans should fight very hard when it comes to statewide mail-in voting. Democrats are clamoring for it, Trump tweeted last month. Tremendous potential for voter fraud, and for whatever reason, doesnt work out well for Republicans.
Democrats have supported mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic as a way to ensure that voters can vote safely in the 2020 elections without risking exposure to the virus.
The $2 trillion bipartisan relief package that Trump signed into law in late March provides $400 million for states to prepare for upcoming primaries and the November general election during the coronavirus outbreak.
Benson said in a statement Tuesday that sending mail-in applications to Michigans 7.7 million registered voters would ensure their safety.
By mailing applications, we have ensured that no Michigander has to choose between their health and their right to vote, Benson said. Voting by mail is easy, convenient, safe, and secure, and every voter in Michigan has the right to do it.
Trumps tweet comes just a day before the presidents scheduled trip to a Ford manufacturing plant in Ypsilanti, Mich., to highlight the companys work producing ventilators to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Good
you GO Mr. President Trump ! !
I wish he’d stop with the empty threats. States control their own elections, even for federal office.
If people want a mail in ballot all they have to do is request one.
Such a crock of crap, this whole thing.
We better have learned from this, for the future, and NEVER shut down our country again.
In Texas state constitution prohibits mailing everyone absentee ballots. But its not stopping the Democrats from pushing forward through the courts even though it is against the state constitution.
I cant speak for the other 49 states but Im sure the actions are the same in every state because the Democrats are trying to balance stuff in ballot harvesting and steal the 2020 election in unconstitutional means.
So if rogue secretaries of State violate their state constitutions how is that leading states determine their elections?
“every voter in Michigan has the right to do it. According to Democrats, those voters include dead people, dogs, cats, illegal aliens, or anyone else that they can name on a mail in ballot.
BINGO!
That's just great....
Michigan Governor once worked for Soros. Maybe she is a big Socialist.
Of course, there are a plethora of Bubbs and Dorkbama “judges” out there who will make up something to stop this.
Legal system?
Bwahahahahahahahahahahah!
In 2016 they tried to start a constitutional amendment to have everyone vote by mail in Michigan but it didnt get submitted or pass.
https://ballotpedia.org/Michigan_Voting_By_Mail_Initiative_(2016)
What was the first sign? :)
Just heard on local news. ..Texas has passed mail in voting for the primaries. ....not yet for the general. ...a judge did this. ...it is now under appeal. ....the rats want Texas real bad. ...
Unless it's also illegal in Michigan then there is nothing Trump or anyone else can do about it.
Go post on DU.
DITTO!!
I must have missed when the Michigan state assembly passed an such laws.
Diktats from Whitmer do not equal laws.
The Michigan state assemblies are already suing Whitmer in court over her unconditional lockdown diktats and stand a good chance of winning just like they won in Wisconsin.
You are going to have to find another way to cheat.
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