It's even allowed in PA(except specific absentee ballots given permission well in advance). Desperate much? [h=1]Trump Campaign Urges Clinton Early Voters to Change Their Minds[/h] [h=2]Elections researcher sees 'virtually zero evidence that early voters regret their vote'[/h]
By Reid J. Epstein
Nov 1, 2016 11:36 am ET 51 COMMENTS
Donald Trump’s campaign on Tuesday launched an effort to encourage people who have already cast ballots for Hillary Clinton to change their minds.
The campaign pushed messages on social media targeted to Hillary Clinton supporters who have already cast ballots in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota encouraging them to recall their ballot and vote for Mr. Trump.
Mr. Trump’s social media director, Dan Scavino, wrote on Twitter:
The tweet included phone numbers for elections officials in each state.
The Trump campaign’s change-your-vote effort seeks to take advantage of laws in the four states that allow early and absentee voters to rescind their ballots. But there is scant evidence that early and absentee voters regret casting their ballots and no available statistics on the number of ballots recalled, said Paul Gronke, the director of the Early Voting Information Center at Reed College.
The Trump campaign’s pitch comes in the days after FBI Director James Comey revealed that investigators discovered a new batch of Clinton-related emails that the bureau will soon review.
Mr. Gronke said efforts to get voters to switch from Mrs. Clinton to Mr. Trump – or vice versa – after casting a ballot would be fruitless. There is “virtually zero evidence that early voters regret their vote,” Mr. Gronke said.
The Clinton campaign declined to comment.
In Minnesota the deadline to recall an early vote is Tuesday. In Michigan absentee voters can rescind their ballots until Saturday. In Wisconsin, the deadline varies by community — some municipal clerks will be open Saturday but others will not, according to Reid Magney, a spokesman for the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
Elections officials in Pennsylvania, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Trump campaign is targeting a limited number of early voters. In Michigan 27% of ballots were cast absentee in 2012. In Wisconsin 21% of voters voted early or by mail. In Minnesota just 8% of ballots were cast before Election Day, and in Pennsylvania it was just 4%.
Mr. Trump trails far behind Mrs. Clinton in public and private polling in each of the four states.
Mrs. Clinton leads Wisconsin by 5.7 percentage points, Pennsylvania by 6.0 percentage points and Michigan by 7.6 percentage points, according to the Real Clear Politics average of public polls. There has been only one public survey of Minnesota in the last month. Mrs. Clinton led Mr. Trump by 8 percentage points.
By Reid J. Epstein
Nov 1, 2016 11:36 am ET 51 COMMENTS
Donald Trump’s campaign on Tuesday launched an effort to encourage people who have already cast ballots for Hillary Clinton to change their minds.
The campaign pushed messages on social media targeted to Hillary Clinton supporters who have already cast ballots in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota encouraging them to recall their ballot and vote for Mr. Trump.
Mr. Trump’s social media director, Dan Scavino, wrote on Twitter:
The tweet included phone numbers for elections officials in each state.
The Trump campaign’s change-your-vote effort seeks to take advantage of laws in the four states that allow early and absentee voters to rescind their ballots. But there is scant evidence that early and absentee voters regret casting their ballots and no available statistics on the number of ballots recalled, said Paul Gronke, the director of the Early Voting Information Center at Reed College.
The Trump campaign’s pitch comes in the days after FBI Director James Comey revealed that investigators discovered a new batch of Clinton-related emails that the bureau will soon review.
Mr. Gronke said efforts to get voters to switch from Mrs. Clinton to Mr. Trump – or vice versa – after casting a ballot would be fruitless. There is “virtually zero evidence that early voters regret their vote,” Mr. Gronke said.
The Clinton campaign declined to comment.
In Minnesota the deadline to recall an early vote is Tuesday. In Michigan absentee voters can rescind their ballots until Saturday. In Wisconsin, the deadline varies by community — some municipal clerks will be open Saturday but others will not, according to Reid Magney, a spokesman for the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
Elections officials in Pennsylvania, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Trump campaign is targeting a limited number of early voters. In Michigan 27% of ballots were cast absentee in 2012. In Wisconsin 21% of voters voted early or by mail. In Minnesota just 8% of ballots were cast before Election Day, and in Pennsylvania it was just 4%.
Mr. Trump trails far behind Mrs. Clinton in public and private polling in each of the four states.
Mrs. Clinton leads Wisconsin by 5.7 percentage points, Pennsylvania by 6.0 percentage points and Michigan by 7.6 percentage points, according to the Real Clear Politics average of public polls. There has been only one public survey of Minnesota in the last month. Mrs. Clinton led Mr. Trump by 8 percentage points.
