Michigan Trump voters share their thoughts on early voting
17h ago / 9:25 PM EDT
When it comes to early voting in Michigan, Trump supporters are split: some have or are planning to vote early and others do not trust the system.
Linda Lee Tarver said she has already cast her ballot for Trump.
“We wanted to make it too big to rig. We wanted to vote early and make sure our vote was banked and make sure that we could turn out more votes for Donald J. Trump,” she told NBC News.
Traver is encouraging other to vote early this election “so that Donald Trump can know who he’s banking, and we can turn out those who are low propensity and are undecided.”
Her husband, Clinton Tarver, who also said he voted early, said one reason people should consider doing so is to “avoid standing in line.”
Michael Harris said voting early is “important,” in part because “it stops all the rest of the political mail and door knocking.”
Harris said he trusts the early voting process “enough to make sure I get [my ballot] cast early.”
Chris Dempster, 20, who will be voting in his first presidential election, plans to vote in-person on election day.
“I don’t trust the system. I don’t trust what they’re going to do with my ballot,” he said.
When asked what he makes of Trump encouraging people to vote early — despite the former president's previous rhetoric undermining confidence in the security of votes that were cast ahead of Election Day — he said, “He can do what he wants to do, but I have my opinion.”
Dempster is not the only one who is skeptical of early voting.
Jim Klenner told NBC News he thinks it can be a “corrupt system.”
“I just don’t trust the votes coming in early. I was taught that it had to be the first Tuesday of November. So that’s the way I feel,” he said.
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