Todd Has a Problem With Mail-in-Voting: Disqualifying Ballots Could Help Trump

Nicholas Fondacaro | September 6, 2020
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While the liberal media (NBC included) has repeatedly told us there were no problems with mail-in-voting (not to be confused with absentee voting), NBC political director Chuck Todd found something to gripe about during Sunday’s Meet the Press. According to him, the real problem with mail-in-voting was state election officials disqualifying ballots, which could help Trump take key states in the rustbelt and win reelection. But Todd’s dubious argument actually accused Democrats of disenfranchisement.

For his Data Download segment, Todd directed viewers to the “razor-thin margins” of 2016 in key states like Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania and how disqualification numbers from their 2020 primaries could shake out in November:

By now, you know the states by heart: Wisconsin [22,748], Michigan [10,704], and Pennsylvania [44,292]. President Trump won all three by razor-thin margins, taking the White House by their combined 77,000 total votes. All three allow no-excuse mail-in voting now. Michigan and Pennsylvania are doing it for the very first time.

Giving the rundown for why the ballots were disqualified, Todd diminished issues concerning voter responsibility such as getting their ballot in the mail on time. He also had an issue with ballots getting disqualified for certification issues, which included such simple tasks as the voter signing their ballot.

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