Twitter and North Carolina Push Back on Trump Vote-Twice Tweet
- It’s not the first time president has suggested a double-vote
- Twitter posts a flag, saying tweet violated its policies
President Donald Trump
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North Carolina officials are once again telling Tar Heel state voters not to listen to Donald Trump. Twitter agrees, and placed a flag on a Saturday tweet by the president as violating its policies.
The president urged North Carolina voters in a Saturday morning post to sign and send their mail-in ballot but to also go to the polls to see whether it had been counted -- and if not, to vote. “Don’t let them illegally take your vote away from you!” Trump tweeted.
But it’s a crime to vote twice, and state officials have been telling voters they can track the status of their ballot online to ensure it has been counted since Trump first suggested on Sept. 3 that voters who cast mail-in ballots also go to the polls.