The United States woke up on Thursday (July 30) to a series of tweets by President Donald Trump suggesting that the upcoming presidential election should be delayed on account of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???” Trump tweeted.
For months, several state governments in the US have been contemplating mail-in voting due to public health concerns that in-person voting may lead to an increase in infection cases. As of Thursday, the US had 4.43 million cases of novel coronavirus infection, and had seen nearly 1,51,000 deaths.
Donald Trump wants the US elections to be postponed. Is it even possible?
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Trump has implied that mail-in voting would allow election fraud to occur on a more widespread scale across the US, without offering any evidence.
The United States woke up on Thursday (July 30) to a series of tweets by President Donald Trump suggesting that the upcoming presidential election should be delayed on account of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???” Trump tweeted.
For months, several state governments in the US have been contemplating mail-in voting due to public health concerns that in-person voting may lead to an increase in infection cases.
As of Thursday, the US had 4.43 million cases of novel coronavirus infection, and had seen nearly 1,51,000 deaths.
Can Trump delay the election, scheduled to be held on November 3?
Michael Beschloss, a historian of US presidential history, says such a move would “violate American law”. John Adams, the second President of the United States (1797-1801) wrote in 1811 that the United States has “a Government of Laws and Not of Men”, says Beschloss. Which means that his early-morning tweet notwithstanding, Trump may not actually have the authority to do what he suggested – unless Congress allows it, which is unlikely given that the Democratic Party controls the House of Representatives, no matter how much Trump or the Republicans might want a postponement.
