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Re:Trump blocks postal funds to prevent expanded mail-in voting by tunesmith on Thursday August 13, 2020 @04:24PM (#24148361)
It's also another disincentive for him to get the pandemic under control. Because if we got down to tens or hundreds of infections per day per state, there'd be less need for mail-in voting.
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Re:Trump blocks postal funds to prevent expanded mail-in voting by Falling3 on Thursday August 13, 2020 @04:55PM (#24148971)
Who specifically is being disincentivized?
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Re:Trump blocks postal funds to prevent expanded mail-in voting by tunesmith on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:08PM (#24149200)
Trump. The pandemic works for him, because then more people want to vote by mail, which he can limit through defunding the post office. If the pandemic isn't as much of an issue, then he can't limit the supply of voters as easily.
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