WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is for the first time floating a “delay” to November’s presidential election and making allegations that increased mail-in voting will result in fraud.
The dates of federal elections are set by Congress and the Constitution makes no provisions for a delay to the January 20, 2021 presidential inauguration.
On Thursday morning trump tweeted:
With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2020
There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud through mail-in voting, even in states with all-mail votes.
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