Subject: WATCH: CBS vote-by-mail "experiment" goes wrong

From	TheVote <[email protected]>
Subject	WATCH: CBS vote-by-mail "experiment" goes wrong
Date	July 30, 2020 5:30 PM

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[The Vote]

[President Trump questions whether the 2020 election should be delayed unti=
l people can vote "properly, securely, and safely."]

"President Trump on Thursday suggested delaying the 2020 elections, somethi=
ng he does not have the power to do unilaterally, as he levied fresh attack=
s against mail-in voting. Trump [...] framed the suggestion as a question a=
nd argued that with more mail-in ballots there would be more fraud." (The H=
ill <[link removed]
delaying-election> )

Read the full story on The Hill <[link removed]
ation/509738-trump-suggests-delaying-election>

=E2=80=A2 What's happening: This morning, President Trump tweeted (read it=
for yourself here <[link removed]
60389558273> ): "With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which =
is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history=
. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until peo=
ple can properly, securely and safely vote???"
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=E2=80=A2 What's at stake: First, both official (as in, government) and ca=
mpaign staff have confirmed to Fox News that President Trump was making a r=
hetorical point. Congress, not the U.S. President, determines Election Day,=
and there's no sign the Senate would take up this issue and no chance the =
House, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, would pass it.
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However, as Fox News reported <[link removed]
ests-delaying-election-warns-mail-in-ballots-to-result-in-inaccurate-fraudu=
lent-vote> : "A senior administration official told Fox News that 'the Pres=
ident is simply raising a question, whereas Democrats are proposing an enti=
rely new system (of massive mail in voting) that will result in enormous de=
lays in the election results.'
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"And Trump re-election campaign national press secretary Hogan Gidley =E2=
=80=93 responding to the president=E2=80=99s tweet =E2=80=93 said in a stat=
ement that 'the President is just raising a question about the chaos Democr=
ats have created with their insistence on all mail-in voting.'"
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Second, President Trump made an important distinction that we've echoed: t=
here's a big difference between absentee voting and what he called universa=
l mail-in voting, i.e. ballots automatically sent out to registered voters.
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Democrats have constantly pushed -- and filed lawsuits to advance -- unive=
rsal mail-in voting and to introduce substantial voting procedure changes i=
n states across America. But the mainstream media isn't telling that story;=
they prefer to ignore the distinction in vote-by-mail types that President=
Trump has now clearly made.
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You can expect mayhem and conspiracy theories to dominate the mainstream m=
edia all day anyway.
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=E2=80=A2 What else to know: Prominent Democrats, including Hillary Clinto=
n (read the story here <[link removed]
s-trump-might-not-go-quietly-if-he-loses-in-november> ), have claimed that =
President Trump won't accept the 2020 election results, so it's likely they=
'll use today's tweet to pick up that storyline again.
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However, as The Federalist laid out this week <[link removed]
om/2020/07/28/it-is-resistance-not-trump-that-needs-to-learn-to-accept-elec=
tion-results/> : it's the far left, not President Trump, who needs to learn=
to accept voters' decisions in elections.

[Watch: CBS runs a vote-by-mail experiment -- and discovers major potential=
issues ahead of the 2020 election.]

"Out of the initial batch mailed a week earlier, 97 out of 100 votes had ar=
rived. Three simulated persons, or 3% of voters, were effectively disenfran=
chised by mail by giving their ballots a week to arrive. In a close electio=
n, 3% could be pivotal. Four days after mailing the second batch of mock ba=
llots, 21% of the votes hadn't arrived." (CBS News <[link removed]
/news/covid-19-vote-by-mail-ballot-counted-election/> )

Read the full story & watch the video on CBS News <[link removed]
news/covid-19-vote-by-mail-ballot-counted-election/>

=E2=80=A2 What's happening: CBS News conducted and recorded an experiment =
to simulate the distribution and return of ballots by mail. (You can watch =
it for yourself here. <[link removed]
allot-counted-election/> )
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The results should concern voters: CBS News found significant delays ... w=
hich could impact whether votes are counted in the 2020 election.
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=E2=80=A2 What's at stake: Many have highlighted the voter security concer=
ns with an increase in voting by mail, as is expected in the 2020 election =
due to COVID-19 concerns.
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But the CBS News investigation is the first we've seen (tell us if we're w=
rong!) to highlight a practical concern: the U.S. Post Office can be slow, =
and the turnaround time on ballots may not be quick enough.
=20
Democrats have claimed that President Trump is trying to destroy the U.S. =
Post Office (though the R Street Institute has a nice summary of what's wro=
ng with that claim <[link removed]
-to-kill-the-postal-service/> ), and they're likely to see this experiment =
as more proof to fuel their conspiracy theory.
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But if this story has widespread impact, we think it will encourage Americ=
ans to request ballots and return them earlier than ever -- which could sho=
rten the already abbreviated 2020 election even further.
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=E2=80=A2 What else to know: A dramatic increase in voting by mail also in=
creases the time before voters learn election results. New York took "more =
than a month" to count the absentee ballots used in its June primary electi=
on <[link removed]
allot-results/> .

[Herman Cain, former GOP presidential candidate and chair of Black Voices f=
or Trump, has passed away.]

"Herman Cain =E2=80=94 the maverick American business czar and Republican p=
residential candidate who campaigned for a sweeping tax reform plan called =
9-9-9 =E2=80=94 died Thursday morning after a monthlong battle with the cor=
onavirus. He was 74." (Newsmax <[link removed]
in-obituary/2020/07/30/id/979733/> )

Read the story on Newsmax <[link removed]
ituary/2020/07/30/id/979733/>

Newsmax announced that Herman Cain passed away this morning. He had been h=
ospitalized since July 1 due to COVID-19. His personal website has a statem=
ent published here. <[link removed]
rman-cain-gone-lord/>
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Cain entered politics after a highly successful business career; he was a =
2012 GOP presidential candidate and, in the 2020 election, was chair of Bla=
ck Voices for Trump.
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The Newsmax piece has warm anecdotes and personal recollections <[link removed]
ww.newsmax.com/newsfront/herman-cain-obituary/2020/07/30/id/979733/> . Here=
's one: "This past February [Newsmax CEO Chris] Ruddy said he invited Cain =
to visit Mar-a-Lago and the Trump Golf Course in West Palm Beach. 'The pres=
ident spotted Herman and yelled out =E2=80=989-9-9=E2=80=99, and everyone r=
oared with laughter,' Ruddy said." (As you'll likely remember, Cain was kno=
wn his 9-9-9 tax plan in the 2012 election.)
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It's tragic but highly likely the left will make cruel, highly politicized=
statements today. Our prayers will be with his family.

[Convention update: President Trump will make his acceptance speech in Char=
lotte, and the DNC released their convention events schedule.]

"Vice President Mike Pence confirmed that President Trump will accept his n=
omination at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte next month. 'T=
he people of North Carolina voted to send this president to the White House=
4 years ago and we know North Carolina's gonna vote for 4 more years for P=
resident Donald Trump on November 3 but before all that in Charlotte we're =
gonna re-nominate this president for 4 more years and as the president said=
our plan is to be here that week to be able to have him receive that nomin=
ation,' Pence said in an exclusive interview with ABC11." (ABC11 <[link removed]
ww.abc11.com/president-donald-trump-rnc-charlotte-republican-national-conve=
ntion-acceptance-speech/6340990/> )

Read the full story & watch the video on ABC11 <[link removed]
dent-donald-trump-rnc-charlotte-republican-national-convention-acceptance-s=
peech/6340990/>

=E2=80=A2 What's happening: Since President Trump decided to cancel the Ja=
cksonville, Florida Republican events, he'll now accept the Republican nomi=
nation in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Republican National Convention was=
originally planned to be held in the state; some convention business was a=
lready set to take place there, too.
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=E2=80=A2 What's at stake: Party conventions are both exciting events for =
supporters in the lead-up to the get-out-the-vote work of the fall before E=
lection Day as well as major media opportunities for the nominees.
=20
And, given the lack of traditional campaign events this year, these accept=
ance speeches take on extra importance. Speeches before live crowds tend to=
be more exciting and dynamic for TV viewers, while "straight-to-camera" ad=
dresses feel more somber and less energetic.
=20
That's highly likely why -- although the Republican and Democratic convent=
ions are largely virtual now, due to coronavirus concerns -- both President=
Trump and Joe Biden plan to make in-person speeches at the convention site=
s as they accept the nominations.
=20
=E2=80=A2 What else to know: Just over two weeks ahead of their convention=
, the Democratic National Committee released a full schedule of its convent=
ion events (you can review it for yourself here <[link removed]
com/schedule-and-speakers/?_sft_event-day=3Daugust-17> ) -- minus the prime=
-time speaker names. One was noted, though: Joe Biden will speak on Thursda=
y, August 20.

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sident Trump questions whether the 2020 election should be delayed until pe=
ople can vote "properly, securely, and safely."</strong></span></span></p>
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=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ge=
orgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;pad=
ding-right:25px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:25px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #55=
5555; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; ms=
o-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><em>"President Trump on Thursday sugge=
sted delaying the 2020 elections, something he does not have the power to d=
o unilaterally, as he levied fresh attacks against mail-in voting. </e=
m><em><span style=3D"background-color: #ffff99;"><strong>Trump [...] framed=
the suggestion as a question and argued that with more mail-in ballots the=
re would be more fraud</strong></span>." (<a style=3D"text-decoration: unde=
rline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjEyLTA2ZjkxMDJjY2E3NDQ3NGNiNDQyZDU2MzNjMDc1MDFm%3AYmlnamFja2=
J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMA%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud=
GhlaGlsbC5jb20vaG9tZW5ld3MvYWRtaW5pc3RyYXRpb24vNTA5NzM4LXRydW1wLXN1Z2dlc3Rz=
LWRlbGF5aW5nLWVsZWN0aW9u&K=3D0-L_xkUDO7O2VE5Qm_8Zbg" target=3D"_blank" rel=
=3D"noopener">The Hill</a>)</em></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<a href=3D"[link removed]
ne/c/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjEyLTA2ZjkxMDJjY2E3NDQ3NGNiNDQyZDU2MzNjM=
Dc1MDFm%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMQ%3A=
%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaGlsbC5jb20vaG9tZW5ld3MvYWRtaW5pc3RyYXRpb24vNTA5NzM4=
LXRydW1wLXN1Z2dlc3RzLWRlbGF5aW5nLWVsZWN0aW9u&K=3Dr_Ca6nEuSsBPGmaoamA1DQ" ta=
rget=3D"_blank" style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; text-decoration: n=
one; display: inline-block; color: #ffffff; background-color: #3AAEE0; bord=
er-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; width:=
auto; width: auto; border-top: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-right: 1px solid =
#3AAEE0; border-bottom: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-left: 1px solid #3AAEE0; =
padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, =
Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center; mso-border-alt: none; word-break=
: keep-all;"><span style=3D"padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;font-size:=
16px;display:inline-block;"><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2;=
word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 32px;">Read the full story on=
<em>The Hill</em></span></span></a>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ge=
orgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;pad=
ding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"line-height: 1.2; font-si=
ze: 12px; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #55=
5555; mso-line-height-alt: 14px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><strong>=E2=80=A2 <em>What's happening</em></=
strong>: This morning, President Trump tweeted (<a style=3D"text-decoration=
: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
kyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjEyLTA2ZjkxMDJjY2E3NDQ3NGNiNDQyZDU2MzNjMDc1MDFm%3AYmln=
amFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMg%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly9=
3d3cudHdpdHRlci5jb20vcmVhbERvbmFsZFRydW1wL3N0YXR1cy8xMjg4ODE4MTYwMzg5NTU4Mj=
cz&K=3DNZqfybqTnchtT3dLXMXsng" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">read it f=
or yourself here</a>): "With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting,=
which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in =
history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election un=
til people can properly, securely and safely vote???"</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><strong>=E2=80=A2 <em>What's at stake</em></s=
trong>: First,<strong> both official (as in, government) and campaign staff=
have confirmed to Fox News that President Trump was making a rhetorical po=
int</strong>. Congress, not the U.S. President, determines Election Day, an=
d there's no sign the Senate would take up this issue and no chance the Hou=
se, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, would pass it.</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style>However, <a style=3D"text-decorat=
ion: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjEyLTA2ZjkxMDJjY2E3NDQ3NGNiNDQyZDU2MzNjMDc1MDFm%3=
AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMw%3A%3AaHR0cH=
M6Ly93d3cuZm94bmV3cy5jb20vcG9saXRpY3MvdHJ1bXAtc3VnZ2VzdHMtZGVsYXlpbmctZWxlY=
3Rpb24td2FybnMtbWFpbC1pbi1iYWxsb3RzLXRvLXJlc3VsdC1pbi1pbmFjY3VyYXRlLWZyYXVk=
dWxlbnQtdm90ZQ&K=3DP5PWMD20t_GETqQkFRaVlw" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopene=
r">as Fox News reported</a>: "</span></span>A senior administration officia=
l told Fox News that '<strong>the President is simply raising a question, w=
hereas Democrats are proposing an entirely new system (of massive mail in v=
oting)</strong> that will result in enormous delays in the election results=
.'</span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;">"And Trump re-election campaign national press secretary =
Hogan Gidley =E2=80=93 responding to the president=E2=80=99s tweet =E2=80=
=93 said in a statement that '<strong>the President is just raising a quest=
ion about the chaos Democrats have created with their insistence on all mai=
l-in voting</strong>.'"</span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;">Second, President Trump made an important distinction tha=
t we've echoed: <strong>there's a big difference between absentee voting an=
d what he called universal mail-in voting</strong>, i.e. ballots automatica=
lly sent out to registered voters.</span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"> </span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;">Democrats have constantly pushed -- and filed lawsuits to=
advance -- universal mail-in voting and to introduce substantial voting pr=
ocedure changes in states across America. But the mainstream media isn't te=
lling that story; <strong>they prefer to ignore the distinction in vote-by-=
mail types that President Trump has now clearly made</strong>.</span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"> </span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;">You can expect mayhem and conspiracy theories to dominate=
the mainstream media all day anyway.</span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><strong>=E2=80=A2 <em>What else to know</em></strong>: Pr=
ominent </span><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;">Democrats, including Hillar=
y Clinton (<a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D=
"[link removed]
2E3NDQ3NGNiNDQyZDU2MzNjMDc1MDFm%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2Mj=
gxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3ANA%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHl3aXJlLmNvbS9uZXdzL2hpbGxh=
cnktY2xpbnRvbi13YXJucy10cnVtcC1taWdodC1ub3QtZ28tcXVpZXRseS1pZi1oZS1sb3Nlcy1=
pbi1ub3ZlbWJlcg&K=3DMq-iW-8fmRGwKLQMmhvZfA" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopen=
er">read the story here</a>), have claimed that President Trump won't =
accept the 2020 election results, so it's likely they'll use today's tweet =
to pick up that storyline again.</span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;">However, <a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #=
0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
jEyLTA2ZjkxMDJjY2E3NDQ3NGNiNDQyZDU2MzNjMDc1MDFm%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21ha=
WwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3ANQ%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlZmVkZXJhbGlz=
dC5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8yOC9pdC1pcy1yZXNpc3RhbmNlLW5vdC10cnVtcC10aGF0LW5lZWRzLXR=
vLWxlYXJuLXRvLWFjY2VwdC1lbGVjdGlvbi1yZXN1bHRzLw&K=3DVa9RDrR7nNCnX6engwRSuw"=
target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">as The Federalist laid out this week</a=
>:</span><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"> </span><strong><span style=3D"fo=
nt-size: 14px;">it's the far left, not President Trump, who needs to learn =
to accept voters' decisions in elections.</span></strong></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ar=
ial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px=
;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sa=
ns-serif; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"color: #00ccff;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20px;"><strong>Wat=
ch: CBS runs a vote-by-mail experiment -- and discovers major potential iss=
ues ahead of the 2020 election.</strong></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ge=
orgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;pad=
ding-right:25px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:25px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #55=
5555; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; ms=
o-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><em>"Out of the initial batch mailed a=
week earlier, 97 out of 100 votes had arrived. Three simulated persons, or=
3% of voters, were effectively disenfranchised by mail by giving their bal=
lots a week to arrive. In a close election, 3% could be pivotal. </em><em><=
span style=3D"color: #333333;"><span style=3D"background-color: #ffff99;"><=
strong>Four days after mailing the second batch of mock ballots, 21% of the=
votes hadn't arrived</strong></span>.</span>" (<a style=3D"text-decoration=
: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
kyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjEyLTA2ZjkxMDJjY2E3NDQ3NGNiNDQyZDU2MzNjMDc1MDFm%3AYmln=
amFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3ANw%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly9=
3d3cuY2JzbmV3cy5jb20vbmV3cy9jb3ZpZC0xOS12b3RlLWJ5LW1haWwtYmFsbG90LWNvdW50ZW=
QtZWxlY3Rpb24v&K=3D7cKYtLSxkUN4Q_I0BTpg9g" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopene=
r">CBS News</a>)</em></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<a href=3D"[link removed]
OTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjEyLTA2ZjkxMDJjY2E3NDQ3NGNiNDQyZDU2MzNjMDc1MDFm%3AYm=
lnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AOA%3A%3AaHR0cHM6L=
y93d3cuY2JzbmV3cy5jb20vbmV3cy9jb3ZpZC0xOS12b3RlLWJ5LW1haWwtYmFsbG90LWNvdW50=
ZWQtZWxlY3Rpb24v&K=3DumFZlyJMjaF0NQEemed1cQ" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"-we=
bkit-text-size-adjust: none; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; =
color: #ffffff; background-color: #3AAEE0; border-radius: 4px; -webkit-bord=
er-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; width: auto; width: auto; border-t=
op: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-right: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-bottom: 1px =
solid #3AAEE0; border-left: 1px solid #3AAEE0; padding-top: 5px; padding-bo=
ttom: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-=
align: center; mso-border-alt: none; word-break: keep-all;"><span style=3D"=
padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;font-size:16px;display:inline-block;">=
<span style=3D"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; word-break: break-word; mso=
-line-height-alt: 32px;">Read the full story & watch the video on CBS News<=
/span></span></a>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ge=
orgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;pad=
ding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"line-height: 1.2; font-si=
ze: 12px; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #55=
5555; mso-line-height-alt: 14px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><strong>=E2=80=A2 <em>What's happening</em></=
strong>: CBS News conducted and recorded an experiment to simulate the dist=
ribution and return of ballots by mail. (<a style=3D"text-decoration: under=
line; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
Tc%3AMDItYjIwMjEyLTA2ZjkxMDJjY2E3NDQ3NGNiNDQyZDU2MzNjMDc1MDFm%3AYmlnamFja2J=
1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AOQ%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2=
JzbmV3cy5jb20vbmV3cy9jb3ZpZC0xOS12b3RlLWJ5LW1haWwtYmFsbG90LWNvdW50ZWQtZWxlY=
3Rpb24v&K=3DmZ1M5mkVOMZpn7Ls8CId-Q" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">You =
can watch it for yourself here.</a>) </span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><strong>The results should concern voters: CB=
S News found significant delays ... which could impact whether votes are co=
unted in the 2020 election.</strong></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><strong>=E2=80=A2 <em>What's at stake</em></s=
trong>: Many have highlighted the voter security concerns with an increase =
in voting by mail, as is expected in the 2020 election due to COVID-19 conc=
erns.</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>But the CBS News investigation is the first w=
e've seen (tell us if we're wrong!) to highlight a practical concern: <stro=
ng>the U.S. Post Office can be slow, and the turnaround time on ballots may=
not be quick enough</strong>.</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>Democrats have claimed that President Trump i=
s trying to destroy the U.S. Post Office (<a style=3D"text-decoration: unde=
rline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjEyLTA2ZjkxMDJjY2E3NDQ3NGNiNDQyZDU2MzNjMDc1MDFm%3AYmlnamFja2=
J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTA%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cu=
cnN0cmVldC5vcmcvMjAyMC8wNC8xNS9uby10cnVtcC1pc250LXRyeWluZy10by1raWxsLXRoZS1=
wb3N0YWwtc2VydmljZS8&K=3D3sVv4PyREbPpWXYUSRtG8g" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"n=
oopener">though the R Street Institute has a nice summary of what's wrong w=
ith that claim</a>), and they're likely to see this experiment as more proo=
f to fuel their conspiracy theory.</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>But if this story has widespread impact, we t=
hink it will encourage Americans to request ballots and return them earlier=
than ever -- <strong>which could shorten the already abbreviated 2020 elec=
tion even further.</strong></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><strong>=E2=80=A2 <em>What else to know</em></strong>: A =
dramatic increase in voting by mail also <strong>increases the time before =
voters learn election results</strong>. <a style=3D"text-decoration: underl=
ine; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
c%3AMDItYjIwMjEyLTA2ZjkxMDJjY2E3NDQ3NGNiNDQyZDU2MzNjMDc1MDFm%3AYmlnamFja2J1=
bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTE%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubm=
V3eW9yay5jYnNsb2NhbC5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8yOS9uZXcteW9yay1wcmltYXJ5LWFic2VudGVlL=
WJhbGxvdC1yZXN1bHRzLw&K=3DtTN4VrG47IY2TyViUbp5HQ" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"=
noopener">New York took "more than a month" to count the absentee ballots u=
sed in its June primary election</a>.</span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ar=
ial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px=
;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sa=
ns-serif; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"color: #00ccff;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20px;"><strong>Her=
man Cain, former GOP presidential candidate and chair of Black Voices for T=
rump, has passed away.<br></strong></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ge=
orgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;pad=
ding-right:25px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:25px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #55=
5555; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; ms=
o-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><em><span style=3D"background-color: #=
ffffff;">"Herman Cain =E2=80=94 the <span style=3D"background-color: #ffff9=
9;"><strong>maverick American business czar and Republican presidential can=
didate who campaigned for a sweeping tax reform plan called 9-9-9</strong> =
</span>=E2=80=94 died Thursday morning after a monthlong battle with the co=
ronavirus. He was 74.</span>" (<a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; colo=
r: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
jIwMjEyLTA2ZjkxMDJjY2E3NDQ3NGNiNDQyZDU2MzNjMDc1MDFm%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ=
21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTI%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV3c21heC5=
jb20vbmV3c2Zyb250L2hlcm1hbi1jYWluLW9iaXR1YXJ5LzIwMjAvMDcvMzAvaWQvOTc5NzMzLw=
&K=3DS8r0RcjbyEeeOD8BOhpCBQ" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">Newsmax</a>=
)</em></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<a href=3D"[link removed]
OTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjEyLTA2ZjkxMDJjY2E3NDQ3NGNiNDQyZDU2MzNjMDc1MDFm%3AYm=
lnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTM%3A%3AaHR0cHM6=
Ly93d3cubmV3c21heC5jb20vbmV3c2Zyb250L2hlcm1hbi1jYWluLW9iaXR1YXJ5LzIwMjAvMDc=
vMzAvaWQvOTc5NzMzLw&K=3DiYYYhKmLv3KNSj7Nan4-AA" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"=
-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; text-decoration: none; display: inline-bloc=
k; color: #ffffff; background-color: #3AAEE0; border-radius: 4px; -webkit-b=
order-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; width: auto; width: auto; borde=
r-top: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-right: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-bottom: 1=
px solid #3AAEE0; border-left: 1px solid #3AAEE0; padding-top: 5px; padding=
-bottom: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; te=
xt-align: center; mso-border-alt: none; word-break: keep-all;"><span style=
=3D"padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;font-size:16px;display:inline-bloc=
k;"><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; word-break: break-word;=
mso-line-height-alt: 32px;">Read the story on Newsmax</span></span></a>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ar=
ial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10=
px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"line-height: 1.2; font-si=
ze: 12px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, =
sans-serif; mso-line-height-alt: 14px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><strong>Newsmax announced that Herman Cain =
passed away this morning. He had been hospitalized since July 1 due to COVI=
D-19. <a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"http=
://trk.thevote.online/c/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjEyLTA2ZjkxMDJjY2E3ND=
Q3NGNiNDQyZDU2MzNjMDc1MDFm%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM=
3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTQ%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGVybWFuY2Fpbi5jb20vaGVhcnRicm9rZW4t=
d29ybGQtcG9vcmVyLWhlcm1hbi1jYWluLWdvbmUtbG9yZC8&K=3DfPbzaWg3bk4nHYpdklJYMA"=
target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">His personal website has a statement pu=
blished here.</a></strong></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;">Cain entered politics after a highly succes=
sful business career; he was a 2012 GOP presidential candidate and, in the =
2020 election, was chair of Black Voices for Trump.</span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><strong><a style=3D"text-decoration: underl=
ine; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
c%3AMDItYjIwMjEyLTA2ZjkxMDJjY2E3NDQ3NGNiNDQyZDU2MzNjMDc1MDFm%3AYmlnamFja2J1=
bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTU%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubm=
V3c21heC5jb20vbmV3c2Zyb250L2hlcm1hbi1jYWluLW9iaXR1YXJ5LzIwMjAvMDcvMzAvaWQvO=
Tc5NzMzLw&K=3DGDWIw6-KqCNm9CHS-Lsr4w" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">Th=
e Newsmax piece has warm anecdotes and personal recollections</a>.</strong>=
</span><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;">Here's one: "This past February [N=
ewsmax CEO Chris] Ruddy said he invited Cain to visit Mar-a-Lago and the Tr=
ump Golf Course in West Palm Beach. 'The president spotted Herman and yelle=
d out =E2=80=989-9-9=E2=80=99, and everyone roared with laughter,' Ruddy sa=
id." (As you'll likely remember, Cain was known his 9-9-9 tax plan in the 2=
012 election.)</span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"><strong><span styl=
e=3D"font-size: 14px;">It's tragic but highly likely the left will make cru=
el, highly politicized statements today. Our prayers will be with his famil=
y.</span></strong></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ar=
ial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px=
;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sa=
ns-serif; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"color: #00ccff;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20px;"><strong>Con=
vention update: President Trump will make his acceptance speech in Charlott=
e, and the DNC released their convention events schedule.</strong></span></=
span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ge=
orgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;pad=
ding-right:25px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:25px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #55=
5555; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; ms=
o-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><em>"<span style=3D"background-color: =
#ffff99;"><strong>Vice President Mike Pence confirmed that President Trump =
will accept his nomination at the Republican National Convention in Charlot=
te next month.</strong></span> 'The people of North Carolina voted to send =
this president to the White House 4 years ago and we know North Carolina's =
gonna vote for 4 more years for President Donald Trump on November 3 but be=
fore all that in Charlotte we're gonna re-nominate this president for 4 mor=
e years and as the president said our plan is to be here that week to be ab=
le to have him receive that nomination,' Pence said in an exclusive intervi=
ew with ABC11." (<a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" h=
ref=3D"[link removed]
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=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">ABC11</a>)</em></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
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=3D"_blank" style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; text-decoration: none;=
display: inline-block; color: #ffffff; background-color: #3AAEE0; border-r=
adius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; width: aut=
o; width: auto; border-top: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-right: 1px solid #3AA=
EE0; border-bottom: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-left: 1px solid #3AAEE0; padd=
ing-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helv=
etica, sans-serif; text-align: center; mso-border-alt: none; word-break: ke=
ep-all;"><span style=3D"padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;font-size:16px=
;display:inline-block;"><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; wor=
d-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 32px;">Read the full story & watc=
h the video on ABC11</span></span></a>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ar=
ial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px=
;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"line-height: 1.2; font-si=
ze: 12px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sa=
ns-serif; mso-line-height-alt: 14px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style>=E2=80=A2 <strong><em>What's ha=
ppening</em></strong>: Since President Trump decided to cancel the Jacksonv=
ille, Florida Republican events, <strong>he'll now accept the Republican no=
mination in Charlotte, North Carolina</strong>. The Republican National Con=
vention was originally planned to be held in the state; some convention bus=
iness was already set to take place there, too.</span></span></p>
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reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><strong>=E2=80=A2 <em>What's at=
stake</em></strong>: </span></span><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;">Party =
conventions are both exciting events for supporters in the lead-up to the g=
et-out-the-vote work of the fall before Election Day as well as major media=
opportunities for the nominees.</span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
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=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
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span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style>And, given the lack of traditio=
nal campaign events this year, these acceptance speeches take on extra impo=
rtance. <strong>Speeches before live crowds tend to be more exciting and dy=
namic for TV viewers</strong>, while "straight-to-camera" addresses feel mo=
re somber and less energetic. </span></span></p>
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span style=3D"font-size: 14px;">That's highly likely why -- although the Re=
publican and Democratic conventions are largely virtual now, due to coronav=
irus concerns -- both President Trump and Joe Biden plan to make in-person =
speeches at the convention sites as they accept the nominations.</span></p>
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span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><strong>=E2=80=A2 <em>What else=
to know</em>: </strong>Just over two weeks ahead of their convention,=
the <strong>Democratic National Committee released a full schedule of its =
convention events</strong> (<a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: =
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[The Vote]

[President Trump questions whether the 2020 election should be delayed until people can vote "properly, securely, and safely."]

"President Trump on Thursday suggested delaying the 2020 elections, something he does not have the power to do unilaterally, as he levied fresh attacks against mail-in voting. Trump [...] framed the suggestion as a question and argued that with more mail-in ballots there would be more fraud." (The Hill <[link removed]> )

Read the full story on The Hill <[link removed]>

• What's happening: This morning, President Trump tweeted (read it for yourself here <[link removed]> ): "With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???"

• What's at stake: First, both official (as in, government) and campaign staff have confirmed to Fox News that President Trump was making a rhetorical point. Congress, not the U.S. President, determines Election Day, and there's no sign the Senate would take up this issue and no chance the House, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, would pass it.

However, as Fox News reported <[link removed]> : "A senior administration official told Fox News that 'the President is simply raising a question, whereas Democrats are proposing an entirely new system (of massive mail in voting) that will result in enormous delays in the election results.'

"And Trump re-election campaign national press secretary Hogan Gidley – responding to the president’s tweet – said in a statement that 'the President is just raising a question about the chaos Democrats have created with their insistence on all mail-in voting.'"

Second, President Trump made an important distinction that we've echoed: there's a big difference between absentee voting and what he called universal mail-in voting, i.e. ballots automatically sent out to registered voters.

Democrats have constantly pushed -- and filed lawsuits to advance -- universal mail-in voting and to introduce substantial voting procedure changes in states across America. But the mainstream media isn't telling that story; they prefer to ignore the distinction in vote-by-mail types that President Trump has now clearly made.

You can expect mayhem and conspiracy theories to dominate the mainstream media all day anyway.

• What else to know: Prominent Democrats, including Hillary Clinton (read the story here <[link removed]> ), have claimed that President Trump won't accept the 2020 election results, so it's likely they'll use today's tweet to pick up that storyline again.

However, as The Federalist laid out this week <[link removed]> : it's the far left, not President Trump, who needs to learn to accept voters' decisions in elections.

[Watch: CBS runs a vote-by-mail experiment -- and discovers major potential issues ahead of the 2020 election.]

"Out of the initial batch mailed a week earlier, 97 out of 100 votes had arrived. Three simulated persons, or 3% of voters, were effectively disenfranchised by mail by giving their ballots a week to arrive. In a close election, 3% could be pivotal. Four days after mailing the second batch of mock ballots, 21% of the votes hadn't arrived." (CBS News <[link removed]> )

Read the full story & watch the video on CBS News <[link removed]>

• What's happening: CBS News conducted and recorded an experiment to simulate the distribution and return of ballots by mail. (You can watch it for yourself here. <[link removed]> )

The results should concern voters: CBS News found significant delays ... which could impact whether votes are counted in the 2020 election.

• What's at stake: Many have highlighted the voter security concerns with an increase in voting by mail, as is expected in the 2020 election due to COVID-19 concerns.

But the CBS News investigation is the first we've seen (tell us if we're wrong!) to highlight a practical concern: the U.S. Post Office can be slow, and the turnaround time on ballots may not be quick enough.

Democrats have claimed that President Trump is trying to destroy the U.S. Post Office (though the R Street Institute has a nice summary of what's wrong with that claim <[link removed]> ), and they're likely to see this experiment as more proof to fuel their conspiracy theory.

But if this story has widespread impact, we think it will encourage Americans to request ballots and return them earlier than ever -- which could shorten the already abbreviated 2020 election even further.

• What else to know: A dramatic increase in voting by mail also increases the time before voters learn election results. New York took "more than a month" to count the absentee ballots used in its June primary election <[link removed]> .

[Herman Cain, former GOP presidential candidate and chair of Black Voices for Trump, has passed away.]

"Herman Cain — the maverick American business czar and Republican presidential candidate who campaigned for a sweeping tax reform plan called 9-9-9 — died Thursday morning after a monthlong battle with the coronavirus. He was 74." (Newsmax <[link removed]> )

Read the story on Newsmax <[link removed]>

Newsmax announced that Herman Cain passed away this morning. He had been hospitalized since July 1 due to COVID-19. His personal website has a statement published here. <[link removed]>

Cain entered politics after a highly successful business career; he was a 2012 GOP presidential candidate and, in the 2020 election, was chair of Black Voices for Trump.

The Newsmax piece has warm anecdotes and personal recollections <[link removed]> . Here's one: "This past February [Newsmax CEO Chris] Ruddy said he invited Cain to visit Mar-a-Lago and the Trump Golf Course in West Palm Beach. 'The president spotted Herman and yelled out ‘9-9-9’, and everyone roared with laughter,' Ruddy said." (As you'll likely remember, Cain was known his 9-9-9 tax plan in the 2012 election.)

It's tragic but highly likely the left will make cruel, highly politicized statements today. Our prayers will be with his family.

[Convention update: President Trump will make his acceptance speech in Charlotte, and the DNC released their convention events schedule.]

"Vice President Mike Pence confirmed that President Trump will accept his nomination at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte next month. 'The people of North Carolina voted to send this president to the White House 4 years ago and we know North Carolina's gonna vote for 4 more years for President Donald Trump on November 3 but before all that in Charlotte we're gonna re-nominate this president for 4 more years and as the president said our plan is to be here that week to be able to have him receive that nomination,' Pence said in an exclusive interview with ABC11." (ABC11 <[link removed]> )

Read the full story & watch the video on ABC11 <[link removed]>

• What's happening: Since President Trump decided to cancel the Jacksonville, Florida Republican events, he'll now accept the Republican nomination in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Republican National Convention was originally planned to be held in the state; some convention business was already set to take place there, too.

• What's at stake: Party conventions are both exciting events for supporters in the lead-up to the get-out-the-vote work of the fall before Election Day as well as major media opportunities for the nominees.

And, given the lack of traditional campaign events this year, these acceptance speeches take on extra importance. Speeches before live crowds tend to be more exciting and dynamic for TV viewers, while "straight-to-camera" addresses feel more somber and less energetic.

That's highly likely why -- although the Republican and Democratic conventions are largely virtual now, due to coronavirus concerns -- both President Trump and Joe Biden plan to make in-person speeches at the convention sites as they accept the nominations.

• What else to know: Just over two weeks ahead of their convention, the Democratic National Committee released a full schedule of its convention events (you can review it for yourself here <[link removed]> ) -- minus the prime-time speaker names. One was noted, though: Joe Biden will speak on Thursday, August 20.

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