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Former Attorney General Eric Holder: ‘It’s Too Late To Use The Mail,’ Urges In-Person Voting
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Eric Holder, attorney gen- eral under Barack Obama, had a tweet flagged by Twitter that encouraged people to “plan” their vote and cast doubt on the reliability of the “deliberately crippled Postal Service” and Supreme Court.
“It’s too late to use the mails,” Holder tweeted on Tuesday. “Given Supreme Court rulings I urge everyone to now vote in person; early vote or use drop boxes.”
Holder did not specify the “rulings” he meant, but he was likely referring to disputes in multiple states about the dead- line for mail-in ballots. A court ruling on Monday handed a defeat to Democrats in Wis- consin, saying mail-in ballots could only be counted if they are received by the day of the
ERIC HOLDER
election.
Holder warned people to
“protect” their health, but al- luded to Democratic claims that the Supreme Court and the “deliberately crippled
Postal Service” are trying to strip people of their right to vote.
“Protect your health but don’t let the Court and the de- liberately crippled Postal Serv- ice deprive you of your most precious civil right. Plan your vote,” he tweeted.
The message was flagged by the social media platform and now comes with a warning: “Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is dis- puted and might be misleading about how to participate in an election or another civic process.”
Viewers needed to click “view” on the tweet to read it, and another addition from Twitter provided a link show- ing “how voting by mail is safe and secure.”
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