⁍ President Donald Trump says it would be ‘inappropriate’ to take extra time to count the tens of millions of ballots cast by mail in his race against Democrat Joe Biden.


⁍ Early voting, both by mail and in-person, has surged to record highs.


⁍ Biden offered a message of unity in a rally in the state of Georgia as part of a foray into Trump campaign territory.


– With less than a week to go until Election Day, President Trump is once again raising doubts about the integrity of the voting process. “It would be very, very proper and very nice if a winner were declared on Nov. 3, instead of counting ballots for two weeks, which is totally inappropriate and I don’t believe that that’s by our laws,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday, per Reuters. “We’ll see what happens.” More than 45 million ballots have been cast so far, with early voting hitting a record high. Some states don’t allow officials to even start counting those ballots until the polls close, meaning they could take days or weeks to tally. Trump has repeatedly and without evidence suggested that mail-in voting will lead to fraud, though election experts say that is rare in US elections. Mail voting is a longstanding feature of American elections, and about one in four ballots were cast that way in 2016. Democratic officials, activists, and voters have voiced deep anxieties that Trump will not accept the outcome if he loses. Biden made a foray into traditional Republican territory on Tuesday by visiting Georgia, in a show of optimism that his campaign can end four years in office of Trump, who has overseen an increase in racial tensions and the fraying of ties with European allies. “I’m running as a proud Democrat, but I will govern as an American president,” Biden said. “I’ll work as hard for those who don’t support me as for those who do. That’s the job of a president, a duty of care for everyone.”



Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/trump-casts-doubt-on-voting-mechanics-biden-gives-unity-message-in-georgia-idUSKBN27C0E3