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(22,670 posts)
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 12:19 PM Sep 2020

In Florida, Democrats could win local and statewide races that they would not have normally won

Trump Mail In Voting Attack Backfires And Massively Helps Democrats In Florida

Trump’s months-long attacks on mail-in voting have led to 700,000 more Democrats than Republican requesting mail-in ballots in Florida.
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“This could be a game changer,” Mr. Bush, a former governor, wrote in an email.

Republicans have spent decades building in a mail-in voting advantage in Florida. Election nights have long been a matter of if Democrats could get enough same-day and early vote to wipe out the mail-in voting advantage that Republicans run-up.

If Democrats outnumber Republicans in mail-in voting in Florida, Trump will lose the state, but more importantly, it will have down-ballot impacts in the state. Democrats could win local and statewide races that they would not have normally had a chance in. - PoliticusUSA

The picture becomes clearer as they continue,

With Mike Bloomberg spending $100 million to help Biden in the state, Trump could be setting up a perfect storm that will cost him the White House in 50 days.
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In Florida, Democrats could win local and statewide races that they would not have normally won (Original Post) ffr Sep 2020 OP
And Florida counts their mail in ballots BEFORE Election Day Fiendish Thingy Sep 2020 #1
My county has a drop box at the SOE office. Phoenix61 Sep 2020 #2
Democrats need to keep this up for a generation or more. BComplex Sep 2020 #3

Fiendish Thingy

(15,616 posts)
1. And Florida counts their mail in ballots BEFORE Election Day
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 12:36 PM
Sep 2020

Unlike other states that hold them until polls are closed, Florida tallies ballots as they are received, so the results can be released immediately when polls close.

My big question is: Does Florida have drop boxes for ballots, or do they all have to be returned via USPS?

BComplex

(8,053 posts)
3. Democrats need to keep this up for a generation or more.
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 12:51 PM
Sep 2020

If our people show up, the world becomes a better place ALWAYS.

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