“The only way we could lose, in my opinion, I really mean this, Pennsylvania – is if cheating goes on”, he said.
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But an examination of how votes are cast and tallied in the USA shows that it would be extremely hard for anyone to commit voter fraud at a scale that would tip an election or for election officials to rig balloting.
A New York Times story published Saturday claims the Republican nominee’s advisers are struggling to get him to adjust his tone and rhetoric and that he is “beyond coaching”.
While Trump has anxious Republicans in recent weeks with a string of controversies, there was no such angst about his voter-fraud comments.
The Real Clear Politics average of polls shows Hillary Clinton beating Donald Trump by an average of 9.2 points in the Keystone State.
The Trump campaign’s push for election monitors also comes at a time of weakness for independent poll watchers.
Donald Trump thinks he can win this election on Twitter. “I will never forgive the people of Florida and Pennsylvania and OH – but I love them anyway”, Trump said.
On his website, Trump has a page where people can sign up to become election observers. According to Pennsylvania State Election Code – yes.
In 2014, a Pennsylvania judge struck down a law requiring voters to produce state-approved photo ID in order to vote.
Dauphin County Elections Bureau Director, Jerry Feaser, said “General Watch” certificates are granted by the county.
“We have a team of well-trained, prepared poll workers at every one of those polling places”, he said.
It is legal in most states for politicians to have election observers, but it is not legal for those observers to intimidate voters. “I really believe it”, he said, before urging police chiefs and his supporters to search for fraud and defend the integrity of the ballot box.
Trump disagrees, telling the crowd in Erie that he has a special appeal to millions of people in Pennsylvania who have seen the state’s industry “ravaged” by bad trade deals, including electricians, plumbers, “sheet-rockers” and “the concrete guys and gals”.
“That helps a lot”, Evans said of Justice’s reduced role.
Investigations into voter fraud show it is “extraordinarily rare”, according to a report from the Brennan Center for Justice, which noted, “There are surprisingly few sources recounting specific incidents of alleged voter fraud”.
He wanted the voters themselves to get involved as well. You were great to me you voted a big victory for Donald Trump.
John Fund, a conservative journalist and author of the book “Stealing Elections”, said he likens the problem to shoplifting.
“I tell you, the lowest”, he said.
The Trump campaign is eager to prove that wrong.
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Trump said voters could not afford to elect Clinton due to her similarities with President Obama. “What we’re advocating are open, fair and honest elections”, Miller said in a statement to NPR’s Sarah McCammon.
