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Trump Wants November 3 US Presidential Election Postponed Due To COVID-19

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OB Bureau

Washington: US President Donald Trump wants the upcoming presidential election to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???” tweeted Trump, who is seeking re-election. Election is scheduled on November 3.

Several state governments in the US have been thinking of mail-in voting system, keeping public health concerns in mind as voting in person may lead to an increase in coronavirus positive cases.

Till Thursday, the US recorded a whopping 4.43 million COVID-19 cases with over 1.5 lakh deaths.

But can Trump actually have the election postponed?

A historian of US presidential history Michael Beschloss has said such a move would “violate American law”. He made his point by saying that John Adams, second President of the US (1797-1801), wrote in 1811 that the US has ‘a Government of Laws and Not of Men’.

Trump may not have the authority to postpone the elections, unless Congress allows it.

OB Bureau

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