Wednesday, on live TV, Donald Trump told his supporters in North Carolina to vote twice in the upcoming election:

“Send it in early and then go and vote.”

Let’s set aside, for now, that voting twice, or inducing another person to do so, is a felony in North Carolina and a violation of federal law as well.

For many years, the Republican Party has been fabricating racist myths about voter fraud to jam through anti-democratic schemes that depress turnout and disenfranchise voters.

Now Trump and his cronies have embarked on a relentless — but utterly baseless — crusade against expanded voting by mail, which is crucial to ensure we have a free and safe election in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus emergency.

Asked on CNN whether Trump had encouraged voters to engage in voter fraud — purportedly a source of great concern to the administration — Attorney General William Barr stated, “I don’t know what the law in the particular state says.”

Not that Trump deserves any benefit of the doubt, but it’s possible he tripped over himself in North Carolina and didn’t really mean what he said. But then, in Pennsylvania yesterday, he repeated the same instructions to vote twice.

What’s this all about?

Trump is trying to create chaos around the election and sow doubts about the validity of the final vote count.

Tell Donald Trump, William Barr, and the rest of them:

Thank you for once again demonstrating that you do not actually believe in democracy or upholding the Constitution. We will not let you get away with this attempt to confuse voters and delegitimize the election.

Thanks for taking action.

For democracy,

- Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen

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