Voters in N.C have received absentee ballot request forms in the mail with Trump's face on them

[spanone]

(CNN)Given the crisis facing the United States Postal Service before a presidential election, the last thing John Herter expected to receive in the mail Saturday was an absentee ballot request form with President Donald Trump's face on it.

"Is this a joke?" Herter said his wife told him as she opened up the mailer to reveal a photo of Trump grinning underneath the words, "Are you going to let the Democrats silence you? Act now to stand with President Trump."

Herter, of Lincoln County is among a group of voters in North Carolina to receive the mailer over the past few days after Trump said that he opposed crucial USPS funding because he doesn't want to see it used for mail-in voting this November.

During an interview on Fox News last week, Trump said that if USPS does not receive the additional $25 billion funding request that Democrats included in the ongoing stimulus negotiations, then he believes the Post Office won't be able to handle the influx of mail-in ballots in the upcoming election.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/politics/postal-service-trump-absentee-ballot-request-mail-usps/index.html

[SheltieLover]

1. It is a repuke scam!

Lock. Them. Up! 🤬

[spanone]

2. Unfuckingbelievable.

how many ways will they cheat?

[Deb]

3. I see the junk mail is getting through just fine.

That is a GOP tactic of yore and would be comical if it wasn't so deadly serious.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. Georgia, sent by GA Repube Party. Legal if not scammy/sneakky.

[Throck]

5. Toilet paper shortage ends.

[Ilsa]

6. Bush did it in 2004.

My MIL fell for it, saying Barbara Bush had sent her ballot with W's and Cheney's names on it and a bunch of push-poll questions about choosing between baby-eating abortionists and all the saints.

[SharonClark]

7. Stop the outrage.

Many counties, campaigns, and advocacy groups send ballot request forms to voters.

As long as the ‘mail to’ address is the county elections office, it is legit.