The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) denied the Trump Campaign's Request for a Fourth Debate in Early September, Dismissing concerns that Early Voting could mean many Voters will have Cast Ballots before the First Scheduled Debate.
The First Presidential Debate: Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland will Co-Host, which is Scheduled for September 29th, 35 Days before Election.
The Second Presidential Debate: Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami. That Debate will take place on October 15th, 19 Days before Election.
The Third Presidential Debate: October 22th at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, 12 Days before Election.
The only Vice Presidential Debate will still take place on October 7th, at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, 27 Days before the Election.
The Earliest you can Vote in the 2020 Election is: South Dakota, on Sept. 26th, 2020, Three Days before the First Debate.
On Sept 27th, you can Vote in: Michigan; New Jersey; Vermont; Virginia; and Wyoming, Two Days before the First Debate.
Campaign Representative, Rudy Giuliani, sent a Letter to the Commission on, Wednesday August 5th, Requesting an Additional Debate to Accommodate Voters casting their Ballots Early.
The Three Co-Chairs of the Commission responded in a Letter of their own on, Thursday August 6th, writing that although some States will have begun Mailing Absentee Ballots to Voters by the End of September, most Voters are Unlikely to Immediately Submit them.
"There is a difference between ballots having been issued by a state and those ballots having been cast by voters, who are under no compulsion to return their ballots before the debates," the Letter said. "In 2016, when the debate schedule was similar, only .0069% of the electorate had voted at the time of the first debate. While more people will likely vote by mail in 2020, the debate schedule has been and will be highly publicized. Any voter who wishes to watch one or more debates before voting will be well aware of that opportunity."
The Co-Chairs said the Commission would consider adding a Fourth Debate if Joe Biden, the Presumptive Democratic Nominee, joined Trump in Requesting one. But, Former Vice President Joe Biden's Campaign confirmed the Presumptive Democratic Nominee will take Part in the Three Scheduled Presidential Debates.
In his Letter, Giuliani Slammed the Commission's Process as "an outdated dinosaur and not reflective of voting realities in 2020." "For a nation already deprived of a traditional campaign schedule because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, it makes no sense to also deprive so many Americans of the opportunity to see and hear the two competing visions for our country's future before millions of votes have been cast," Giuliani said.
Giuliani's push for an Earlier Debate comes as the Trump Campaign has begun pouring Money into Advertising in the Battleground States of: Arizona; Florida; Georgia; and North Carolina, which are the Four States that Cast the Majority of Early or Absentee Ballots in 2016. In Arizona alone, Three-Quarters of the Electorate Voted before Election Day in 2016, according to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC).
A greater influx of Early and Absentee Votes are anticipated this year amid the Coronavirus Pandemic. The Commission said it had Retained the Cleveland Clinic to Advise it on Conducting the Debates Safely. "[W]e are working closely with the Clinic on all aspects of debate planning potentially affected by the pandemic," the Co-Chairs wrote. "The Commission will be ready for any contingency that is necessary as a result of the pandemic."
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