Vote twice to check postal ballot system, Trump tells supporters

With the USS Battleship North Carolina in the background, President Donald Trump speaks on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Donald Trump has encouraged his supporters who vote by mail to cast two ballots in November’s presidential election – one by post and another in person – as a check to see if the mailed vote is counted.

“They’ll go out and they’ll vote and they’re going to have to go and check their vote by going to the poll and voting that way, because if it tabulates then they won’t be able to do that. So, let them send it in and let them go vote,” the president said in an interview in North Carolina.