Thread by @MarioNicolaiEsq

States seeing a surge in #VoteByMail ballots during an election year MUST allow election officials to begin processing and counting before #ElectionDay.

Colorado has done this for multiple elections and it works.

@ProjectLincoln also sounded the alarm.

coloradosun.com/2020/09/27/col…

2/ The bottleneck created by the signature and ballot verification process for #VoteByMail takes more time than traditional in-person voting because fewer resources are devoted to it.

But those votes ARE VALID AND MUST BE COUNTED.

3/ @realDonaldTrump and his cronies will claim this delay proves fraud.

It is actually the exact OPPOSITE. Carefully reviewing and verifying #VoteByMail ballots ensures that there is virtually no fraud.

4/ That said, failure to act now and allow election officials to begin processing ballots, verifying signatures and counting ballots will ensure that the #November3rd is thrown into chaos.

It may be impossible to determine a winner for days/weeks.

5/ In Colorado, which has had universal #VoteByMail for the last several elections, mail ballots are processed upon receipt and counted when in-person early voting begins.

6/ But in states like Pennsylvania, that process doesn't start until #ElectionDay.

There is a bill to change that, but #TrumpCronies in the legislature have blocked it.

7/ Similarly, in MI #TrumpCronies have agreed to allow only one-day of relief.

8/ If you want to do something TODAY, begin calling your state legislators and demand that processing and counting #VoteByMail ballots begins as soon as possible.