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turbinetree

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Mon Aug 17, 2020, 09:36 AM Aug 2020

Voters in North Carolina have received absentee ballot request forms in the mail

with Trump's face on them

By Fernando Alfonso III, CNN

Updated 4:32 PM ET, Sun August 16, 2020



(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



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Voters in North Carolina have received absentee ballot request forms in the mail (Original Post) turbinetree Aug 2020 OP
Fakes! From repukes! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #1
And throw away the key.................... turbinetree Aug 2020 #2
Absolutely! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #3
And just for "fun and games" maybe DeJoy can explain this ............... turbinetree Aug 2020 #5
K & R for visibility n/t MFGsunny Aug 2020 #4
The fine print: "Paid for by the North Carolina Republican Party" crickets Aug 2020 #6
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