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In Violation of Law, Trump Urges North Carolinians to Vote Twice

HeadlineSep 03, 2020

President Trump has suggested people in North Carolina break the law by voting twice in the upcoming presidential election — once by mail and then again in person — to test the election system.

President Donald Trump: “Let them send it in, and let them go vote. And if their system’s as good as they say it is, then obviously they won’t be able to vote. If it isn’t tabulated, they’ll be able to vote. So that’s the way it is. And that’s what they should do.”

Under federal law, voting twice is illegal. In North Carolina, it is also illegal to induce someone to vote twice. Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign have sued the state of Montana to block an expansion of mail-in voting.

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