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TwilightZone

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3. I don't think it was necessarily about vote suppression.

Reply to TomCADem (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 11:11 AM

Mar 2020

I think they really wanted to know if the election could be postponed. At the time of those discussions, Kerry was ahead and they may have been looking for a way to postpone the election until the trend could be reversed, using "terrorism" as an excuse. It would be a huge advantage for an incumbent president to be able to set the election date.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Voter Suppression (2004) - "CNN: Officials discuss how to delay Election Day" [View all] TomCADem Mar 2020 OP

The bottom line in 2004 was that the Executive didn't have the authority. Trump doesn't, either. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #1

It Seemed to Me Like the Discussion Was To Suppress the Vote TomCADem Mar 2020 #2

I don't think it was necessarily about vote suppression. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #3

To defeat Trump, Americans will crawl over broken glass in the line of machine guns NCProgressive Mar 2020 #4

Yes, Mr. Deregulation States' Rights will be all for Federal power and control by Election Day /nt bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #5