In Pennsylvania Rallies, Trump Distorts Voting Issues
In the swing state of Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump repeatedly rattled off false and misleading claims about ballots and voting in arguing to his supporters “the only way we can lose, in my opinion, is massive fraud.”
On Oct. 26, Trump spoke in Allentown, Martinsburg and Lititz, Pennsylvania. Trump narrowly won the state in 2016, and its 20 electoral votes were crucial for his victory.
The 2020 election is the first time Pennsylvanians can vote by mail without a specific reason, thanks to legislation signed by Gov. Tom Wolf in late October 2019. As of Oct. 27, 1.85 million mail-in ballots have been cast in the state, according to the U.S. Elections Project run by Michael McDonald, a professor of political science at the University of Florida.
In 2018, just 186,664 mail-in votes were tallied, according to the Election Assistance Commission.
Because of the surge of mail-in ballots, and a state law that prevents election officials from counting the ballots until Election Day, experts caution that the winner in Pennsylvania may not be known on election night.
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