John Oliver Offers 2020 Voting Advice as Trump, Republicans Try to Sow Confusion [I Am a Democrat]
Rolling Stone.com
October 5, 2020
John Oliver urged Americans to come up with a concrete voting plan after breaking down the ways President Donald Trump and other Republicans are trying to suppress votes or undermine confidence in the results.
The Last Week Tonight episode aired Sunday, October 4th.
Much of the segment focused on the confusion Trump and his administration are trying to sow about vote-by-mail, as a large swath of the country prepares to send in their ballots as opposed to voting in person because of the pandemic.
At last week's debate, Trump offered up what Oliver described as a
"12-course tasting menu of horse shit" when he spouted off wildly off-base claims of fraud tied to discarded absentee ballots and voters receiving more than one ballot.
The real threat to vote-by-mail, Oliver continued, is far more mundane, but no less sinister: Having a ballot rejected for technical reasons.
The host noted that more than 558,000 ballots were rejected during this year's primaries, and that mail-in ballots can be confusing when they come with secrecy envelopes and declaration envelopes.
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"John Oliver Offers 2020 Voting Advice as Trump, Republicans Try to Sow Confusion"
October 5, 2020
John Oliver urged Americans to come up with a concrete voting plan after breaking down the ways President Donald Trump and other Republicans are trying to suppress votes or undermine confidence in the results.
The Last Week Tonight episode aired Sunday, October 4th.
Much of the segment focused on the confusion Trump and his administration are trying to sow about vote-by-mail, as a large swath of the country prepares to send in their ballots as opposed to voting in person because of the pandemic.
At last week's debate, Trump offered up what Oliver described as a
"12-course tasting menu of horse shit" when he spouted off wildly off-base claims of fraud tied to discarded absentee ballots and voters receiving more than one ballot.
The real threat to vote-by-mail, Oliver continued, is far more mundane, but no less sinister: Having a ballot rejected for technical reasons.
The host noted that more than 558,000 ballots were rejected during this year's primaries, and that mail-in ballots can be confusing when they come with secrecy envelopes and declaration envelopes.
Read more, watch You Tube video,
Google:
"John Oliver Offers 2020 Voting Advice as Trump, Republicans Try to Sow Confusion"
