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Biden, pushing for vote by mail, calls Trump’s opposition to Dem proposals ‘ridiculous’
Fox News ^ | 04/01/20 | Paul Steinhauser

Posted on 04/01/2020 2:47:10 PM PDT by Old Yeller

With the coronavirus outbreak forcing social distancing and keeping most Americans in their homes in hopes of preventing a spread of the virus, the Democratic presidential nomination calendar has been upended, with many states postponing their remaining contests.

Mail-in voting was already the default option for three states that were scheduled to hold contests on April 4: Alaska, Hawaii and Wyoming. Now all three states are moving to nearly 100 percent vote-by-mail and are extending the deadlines for ballots to be delivered and received.

Among the states that have delayed their primaries until June, Georgia and Ohio are spending millions to send absentee ballots to voters.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bastards; democrats
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To: nascarnation

In Texas not everyone can vote absentee. To vote by mail or absentee in Texas you must meet the following criteria:

be 65 years or older
be disabled
be out of the county on election day and during the period for early voting by personal appearance; or
be confined in jail, but otherwise eligible.


41 posted on 04/01/2020 4:39:02 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Old Yeller

Since when does the President get to dictate how the separate states conduct their elections?

That would not survive a Constitutional challenge.


42 posted on 04/01/2020 5:28:49 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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