White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said that the US presidential elections will be held as scheduled on November 3, and that President Donald Trump will be the winner. This comes after Trump faced strong opposition from a number of Democrats and Republicans because of his call to postpone the elections on the grounds of mail voting concerns.
Justifying the remarks of the US President, Meadows explained to CBS that Trump was expressing his concerns about mailing when he put forward the idea of postponing the vote.
Also in the context, Jason Miller, the chief campaign advisor for President Trump, confirmed to Fox News that "the elections will be held on the third of November and the president wants it on the third of November."
On Thursday, Trump put forward the idea of delaying the presidential election, a suggestion that Democrats and Republicans in Congress hastened to reject, as only Congress has the authority to make such a change.
Critics and Trump's allies have also dismissed the idea as an unsuccessful attempt to draw attention away from the devastating economic developments, but some law experts have warned that his repeated criticism of the postal vote could undermine his supporters' confidence in the electoral process.
Republican President Trump is trying to undermine confidence in the mailing vote, claiming repeatedly and without evidence that this vote could be the cause of widespread voter fraud.
The White House chief of staff endorsed Trump's view today, warning that the postal ballot should be conducted appropriately, without providing evidence that this poll had been inappropriate in the past.
Republican Essa Hutchinson and Arkansas Governor told CNN on Sunday that the elections should be held on time, and that it was up to the states to ensure that the poll was held properly. "It is not helpful if the president thinks out loud in public and shows his frustrations."
The outbreak of the Corona Virus pandemic is expected to increase dependency on mailing in next November.
The US federal law provides for a four-year election for the president, and the date was set for Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Changing the date requires changing the federal law, and this means issuing legislation in Congress that is approved by both chambers of Congress, and that is a matter of ruling the difficult, if not excluded.
The American president does not have the power to cancel or postpone the general presidential elections by executive order according to the criteria for declaring emergency or national disasters, or even if he declares martial law.