“President Trump again urged people to vote in person after mailing their ballot in a Friday night call with North Carolina supporters, doubling down on messaging that sent alarmed election officials scrambling this week to warn that purposefully voting twice is illegal. The telerally came as North Carolina began sending more than half a million absentee ballots for a November election where fears of the coronavirus have led officials across parties to embrace mail ballots as the safest option for voters. Trump had backed off his suggestion at a Wednesday event in the battleground state that people cast multiple ballots to test the voting system, tweeting that he had meant for people to follow up in-person to ensure their votes were counted. But he maintained that voters should submit another ballot if they cannot verify at the polls that the original one was received. On Friday night Trump encouraged people to vote in-person even if their mail-in ballots are on the way, portraying the system as untrustworthy and saying, ‘They’ll lose your vote.'” – Washington Post.