He has since threatened to sue Nevada, a state he’s unlikely to win, for easing its citizens’ ability to vote. He has wished aloud for the gutting of the United States Postal Service so that mail-in balloting would be thwarted. Already, Facebook has been besieged by disinformation that gives people the wrong details about when, where and how to vote. Two nights later, Barack Obama cautioned that Trump and his enablers “are counting on your cynicism. So they’re hoping to make it as hard as possible for you to vote, and to convince you that your vote does not matter.”

Source: New York Times August 22, 2020 18:22 UTC