'It's Partly On Me': GOP Official Says Fraud Warnings Hamper Vote-By-Mail Push
4 years, 7 months ago

'It's Partly On Me': GOP Official Says Fraud Warnings Hamper Vote-By-Mail Push

NPR  

'It's Partly On Me': GOP Official Says Fraud Warnings Hamper Vote-By-Mail Push Enlarge this image toggle caption Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images Republican state officials who want to expand absentee and mail-in voting during the pandemic have found themselves in an uncomfortable position due to their party's rhetoric. Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams told NPR he got his "head taken off" by some fellow Republicans for his plan to send every registered voter a postcard telling them how they can easily apply for an absentee ballot for the state's June 23 primary. After Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger decided to send absentee ballot applications to 7 million voters for his state's June 9 primary, the state's Republican House speaker, David Ralston, complained in an interview that it could lead to fraud and be "extremely devastating" for the GOP. Despite Trump's comments, GOP officials have been encouraging Republicans to vote absentee in races around the country, in part because they worry that Democrats will be able to use voting by mail to their advantage.

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Republicans encourage mail-in voting even as Trump disparages it
4 months, 1 week ago

Republicans encourage mail-in voting even as Trump disparages it

LA Times  

Former President Trump at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July. In an email promoting a website called SwampTheVoteUSA.com, RNC Chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement: “As President Trump has consistently said, voting by mail, voting early, and voting on Election Day are all good options.” But the Republican presidential nominee — who falsely says that mail-in voting …

GOP thinks it's found secret sauce to convince Trump fans to vote by mail
8 months, 4 weeks ago

GOP thinks it's found secret sauce to convince Trump fans to vote by mail

Raw Story  

Republicans are hoping to persuade Donald Trump supporters to embrace mail-in voting without raising the ex-president's ire, and a source says they may have found a workaround. The former president believes mail-in voting is inherently fraudulent and has called for its abolishment, but sources told The Guardian that his own campaign knows that "banking" votes early is the most effective …

'I've been screaming': GOP strategist fumes as Trump continues to attack mail-in voting
9 months, 1 week ago

'I've been screaming': GOP strategist fumes as Trump continues to attack mail-in voting

Raw Story  

Republican Party officials seem to realize that they have put themselves at a major disadvantage when it comes to voting by mail and they've been sending signals that they will do more to encourage mail-in voting in this election cycle. They don’t want to say it.” The month before, Trump declared that "mail-in voting is totally corrupt" and told Fox …

GOP leaders promote mail voting despite Trump calling it a scam
1 year, 4 months ago

GOP leaders promote mail voting despite Trump calling it a scam

LA Times  

Mail in ballots are processed at a county facility in City of Industry on June 16, 2022. “We can’t allow Democrats to have a head start heading into election day.” Left unsaid, however, was the reason national and state GOP chieftains, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, need to press their supporters to cast their ballots early, as they …

Republicans set to push mail ballots, voting methods they previously blasted as recipes for fraud
1 year, 7 months ago

Republicans set to push mail ballots, voting methods they previously blasted as recipes for fraud

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — After years of criticizing mail voting and so-called ballot harvesting as ripe for fraud, Republicans at the top of the party want to change course. It marks a notable shift from the party’s rhetoric since 2020, when then-President Donald Trump was routinely sowing doubt about mail voting and encouraging his voters to wait and vote in-person on Election …

State voter fraud system fractures as Republicans opt out
1 year, 9 months ago

State voter fraud system fractures as Republicans opt out

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Election officials from states enrolled in a bipartisan effort to ensure accurate voter lists decided Friday against making rule changes that had been pushed by Republicans amid conspiracies targeting the group, prompting more GOP-leaning states to leave. Former President Donald Trump, on social media, has called on every Republican-led state to leave, characterizing it as a “terrible Voter …

A 2020 Surprise: Fewer Absentee Ballot Rejections Than Expected
4 years ago

A 2020 Surprise: Fewer Absentee Ballot Rejections Than Expected

NPR  

A 2020 Surprise: Fewer Absentee Ballot Rejections Than Expected Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images Florida resident Kirk Nielsen was very careful when he went to vote this fall. For example, Florida's mail-in ballot envelopes included space where voters could provide their email address or phone number, allowing election officials to …

GOP planning to use Trump’s fraud lies to make it harder to vote — could it backfire?
4 years, 1 month ago

GOP planning to use Trump’s fraud lies to make it harder to vote — could it backfire?

Salon  

President Trump and his allies failed to restrict voting by mail ahead of the election and have waged a highly unsuccessful legal battle to subvert the results of the vote. Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, and some Republican legislators in Michigan have called for "election reforms," which has typically been GOP code for tighter voting restrictions. …

In video, Trump recycles unsubstantiated voter fraud claims
4 years, 1 month ago

In video, Trump recycles unsubstantiated voter fraud claims

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Increasingly detached from reality, President Donald Trump stood before a White House lectern and delivered a 46-minute diatribe against the election results that produced a win for Democrat Joe Biden, unspooling one misstatement after another to back his baseless claim that he really won. The Electoral College split matches Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton four years ago, which …

Trump and allies heap on vote fraud claims, but independent arbiters aren’t buying it
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump and allies heap on vote fraud claims, but independent arbiters aren’t buying it

LA Times  

An election worker in Detroit tries to explain to challengers that the ballot counting room at TCF Center is at capacity for observers on Wednesday. President Trump and his family and supporters continued to broadcast claims of voter fraud at the end of a long election week, struggling to head off results that increasingly appeared to be tipping toward Democratic …

Ahead of presidential polls, Donald Trump creates new headache for officials by urging supporters to vote twice
4 years, 4 months ago

Ahead of presidential polls, Donald Trump creates new headache for officials by urging supporters to vote twice

Firstpost  

Election fraud is exceedingly rare in the US. In North Carolina, the election board released a statement Thursday saying that “it is illegal to vote twice in an election” and that state law “makes it a Class 1 felony.” Similar laws against intentionally voting more than once exist throughout the country, and it is also prohibited by federal law. Elections …

Separating Fact From Fiction: How Trump Is Hobbling The Post Office
4 years, 4 months ago

Separating Fact From Fiction: How Trump Is Hobbling The Post Office

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump admitted last week that he plans to block desperately needed funding for the U.S. Meanwhile, the new head of the USPS — a major Trump donor — has been reducing the Postal Service’s capacity ahead of the election in what many critics fear is an attempt to further hobble its capacity to process mailed …

Vote-By-Mail Worries Mount As Election Nears
4 years, 5 months ago

Vote-By-Mail Worries Mount As Election Nears

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING BOSTON — Brace yourself for what’s expected to be the first U.S. presidential election conducted mostly by mail. “It hasn’t been built to withstand that high of a volume.” Among the major concerns: — Although Congress has sent $400 million to help states deal with pandemic-related pressures on election systems, it’s well short of the estimated $2 …

Vote-by-mail worries: A ‘leaky pipeline’ in many states
4 years, 5 months ago

Vote-by-mail worries: A ‘leaky pipeline’ in many states

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Brace yourself for what’s expected to be the first U.S. presidential election conducted mostly by mail. That’s because processing absentee ballots is a complex, multi-step process in most states: Voter fills out application, mails it to local election office; local election office verifies voter’s eligibility, sends back ballot; voter completes ballot, signs envelope, returns it. In Georgia’s Fulton …

US: Trump’s attacks on mail-in votes could cost Republicans
4 years, 5 months ago

US: Trump’s attacks on mail-in votes could cost Republicans

Al Jazeera  

With less than 90 days until election day, Republicans are scrambling to counter the effects of United States President Donald Trump’s verbal war on mail ballots amid growing evidence that it has helped Democrats heading into the crucial November 3 contest. In key battleground states, including Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, officials last month sent fliers to millions of Republican …

Trump’s attacks on mail ballots discouraging Republicans from voting, survey finds
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump’s attacks on mail ballots discouraging Republicans from voting, survey finds

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “They were confused about two different kinds of …

Fact check: Another Trump briefing, more Trump falsehoods on coronavirus and mail-in voting
4 years, 5 months ago

Fact check: Another Trump briefing, more Trump falsehoods on coronavirus and mail-in voting

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump’s Monday afternoon appearance in the White House briefing room was replete with the now-familiar Trump fare: dishonestly upbeat assessments of the pandemic situation, a series of inaccurate claims related to mail-in ballots and exaggerations about his own accomplishments. He said a bit later that “there’s fraudulent ballots,” this time omitting the “I guess.” Facts …

Mail-In Voting Is 'Not Rampant Voter Fraud,' Says Washington's Top Election Official
4 years, 5 months ago

Mail-In Voting Is 'Not Rampant Voter Fraud,' Says Washington's Top Election Official

NPR  

Mail-In Voting Is 'Not Rampant Voter Fraud,' Says Washington's Top Election Official Enlarge this image toggle caption Ted S. Warren/AP Ted S. Warren/AP This past week, President Trump renewed his unsubstantiated claim that mail-in voting begets inaccurate or fraudulent results when he raised the prospect of delaying November's election. "When someone makes a really robust claim about fraudulent activity, we …

Donald Trump says mail-in voting leads to fraud. Experts say it's critical to protecting the US election from coronavirus
4 years, 5 months ago

Donald Trump says mail-in voting leads to fraud. Experts say it's critical to protecting the US election from coronavirus

ABC  

Yesterday US President Donald Trump said he was so concerned about "Universal Mail-In Voting" that he suggested delaying the November election. Or cheap The Brennan Center report lays out five broad areas it says are "critical" to "ensure the election works": Polling place modification and preparation Expanded early voting A universal vote-by-mail option Voter registration modification and preparation Voter education …

Trump says mail voting is bad, but absentee voting is good. His lawyers admit they’re the same thing
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump says mail voting is bad, but absentee voting is good. His lawyers admit they’re the same thing

Salon  

President Donald Trump on Thursday tried to draw a distinction between "mail voting" and "absentee voting," but his own lawyers acknowledged in court documents the two are the same thing. "With Universal Mail-In Voting, 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history," Trump claimed without evidence. Trump later reiterated that he opposed "mail-in-voting" but "totally" supports "absentee …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s view of flawed voting is baseless
4 years, 5 months ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s view of flawed voting is baseless

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s apocalyptic views of voting by mail are baseless, according to research into election fraud and the record. Just days ago, Attorney General William Barr testified to Congress that he didn’t have evidence that foreign countries could use fraudulent mail-in ballots to change the outcome of an election in the U.S. Barr said it was “common …

Q&A: Questions stirred by Trump’s idea of an election delay
4 years, 5 months ago

Q&A: Questions stirred by Trump’s idea of an election delay

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — President Donald Trump has raised the radical prospect of delaying a presidential election, contending the expansion of voting by mail will lead to history’s most fraudulent U.S. election. In fact, Trump’s own 2016 presidential election victory came at the pinnacle of a decadeslong trend away from in-person voting on Election Day. He said that with the levels of …

Trump claims bombshell demand to DELAY election was to get media 'talking' about voter fraud claim
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump claims bombshell demand to DELAY election was to get media 'talking' about voter fraud claim

Daily Mail  

President Donald Trump doubled down on his threat to delay November's election, citing concerns mail-in voting could lead to a 'rigged' and 'crooked' result as one of the Republican Party's most prominent conservative members said Trump should be impeached over the matter. President Donald Trump doubled down on his threat to delay November's election, citing concerns mail-in voting could lead …

Fact-checking Trump’s continued assault on mail-in voting and suggestions of delaying the election
4 years, 5 months ago

Fact-checking Trump’s continued assault on mail-in voting and suggestions of delaying the election

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump went on a tear against mail-in voting Thursday morning. “The Dems talk of foreign influence in voting, but they know that Mail-In Voting is an easy way for foreign countries to enter the race.” More and more states are considering mail-in ballots as the coronavirus pandemic shows little sign of slowing down in the …

Trump floats election delay, claims voter fraud risks amid virus
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump floats election delay, claims voter fraud risks amid virus

Al Jazeera  

President Trump sends tweet suggesting US presidential election should be delayed as states plan to use mail-in ballots United States President Donald Trump on Thursday raised for the first time the possibility of delaying the US November presidential election. Trump tweeted on Thursday: “With Universal Mail-In Voting, 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. https://t.co/WzVgBQqdSo — …

Here’s how Trump’s opposition to mail-in voting hurts the GOP
4 years, 5 months ago

Here’s how Trump’s opposition to mail-in voting hurts the GOP

LA Times  

Republicans once dominated voting by mail in Florida. “Why give Democrats 10 or 11 days to vote and expect Republicans to vote on one day?” asked Rohn Bishop, Republican Party chair in Fond du Lac County, Wis. “It puts us at a disadvantage.” Trump has called mail-in ballots “corrupt” and “substantially fraudulent,” even though the five states that now send …

Iowa governor signs bill limiting absentee ballot requests
4 years, 6 months ago

Iowa governor signs bill limiting absentee ballot requests

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law a bill that limits the secretary of state’s ability to send absentee ballot requests to all registered voters, a move that followed a record turnout in this year’s primary election largely because of a surge in absentee voting. Senate Republicans pushed the measure through the legislature barely a …

Mail voting: Pence, aides embrace practice panned by Trump
4 years, 6 months ago

Mail voting: Pence, aides embrace practice panned by Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence and a half-dozen other senior advisers to President Donald Trump have repeatedly voted by mail, according to election records obtained by The Associated Press. Brad Parscale, Trump’s campaign manager, voted absentee in Texas in 2018 and didn’t vote in the general election two years earlier when Trump’s name was on the ballot. In a …

Trump claims without evidence that mail voting leads to cheating: A guide to facts on absentee ballots
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump claims without evidence that mail voting leads to cheating: A guide to facts on absentee ballots

LA Times  

Mail-in ballots are sorted before being tallied at the Los Angeles County registrar-recorder’s office on Nov. 7, 2018, in Norwalk, Calif. President Trump escalated his unsubstantiated attacks on mail voting Monday, claiming with no evidence that expanding the practice would lead to foreign governments printing counterfeit ballots and cause the “election disaster of our times.” “Because of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 2020 …

FACT CHECK: Trump Spreads Unfounded Claims About Voting By Mail
4 years, 6 months ago

FACT CHECK: Trump Spreads Unfounded Claims About Voting By Mail

NPR  

FACT CHECK: Trump Spreads Unfounded Claims About Voting By Mail Enlarge this image toggle caption Ethan Miller/Getty Images Ethan Miller/Getty Images President Trump has made it clear that he does not support allowing all registered voters access to mail ballots this fall, even during a pandemic. Trump has also said universal access to mail-in voting would boost Democrats and prevent …

Trump launches baseless attack on mail-in voting: "It will be the scandal of our times"
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump launches baseless attack on mail-in voting: "It will be the scandal of our times"

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. Trump's tweet followed an earlier all-caps outburst in which the president warned, without providing a shred of evidence, that "millions of mail-in ballots will be printed by foreign countries, and others." In a separate tweet just minutes earlier, the president cited Attorney General William Barr's evidence-free claim during a Fox News interview Sunday …

Trump: Mail-in voting presents ‘biggest risk’ to reelection
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump: Mail-in voting presents ‘biggest risk’ to reelection

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — President Donald Trump on Friday said the growing use of mail-in ballots is the “biggest risk” to his reelection, and his chances may hinge on whether he can successfully block efforts to make voting by mail easier during the pandemic. Wisconsin, a state that swung to Trump in 2016, decided this week to send absentee ballot requests to …

Tom Ridge, Ex-DHS Secretary, Laments 'Sad' Trump Fears About Voting By Mail
4 years, 6 months ago

Tom Ridge, Ex-DHS Secretary, Laments 'Sad' Trump Fears About Voting By Mail

NPR  

Tom Ridge, Ex-DHS Secretary, Laments 'Sad' Trump Fears About Voting By Mail Enlarge this image toggle caption Haraz N. Ghanbari/Associated Press Haraz N. Ghanbari/Associated Press A prominent Republican has tough words for President Trump's campaign against the expansion of mail-in voting and says the president's criticism could undermine his own party's efforts to retain control of the Senate. Ridge, who …

Trump worries mail-in voting will sink his re-election bid: “My biggest risk”
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump worries mail-in voting will sink his re-election bid: “My biggest risk”

Salon  

President Donald Trump argued on Thursday that mail-in voting was his biggest concern in his re-election fight, race even as numerous new polls showed him trailing presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden by double digits. Federal Election Commissioner Ellen Weintraub debunked numerous false claims made by Trump about mail-in voting in a lengthy Twitter thread. Trump has also baselessly claimed that …

Trump slams mail-in balloting promoted by his own campaign
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump slams mail-in balloting promoted by his own campaign

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday railed against mail-in balloting that in some cases has been promoted by his own reelection campaign, alleging without evidence that it leads to “total election fraud.” A day earlier, Trump threatened to pull federal money for states that support the practice. “To really vote and without fraud,” Trump said later in Michigan, “you …

Trump threatens funds for states easing voting in pandemic
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump threatens funds for states easing voting in pandemic

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to hold up federal funds for two election battleground states that are trying to make it easier and safer to vote during the coronavirus pandemic. Trump began by going after Michigan, misstating Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s announcement that she would send applications for absentee ballots to every voter in the …

Trump Repeats Unfounded Claims About Mail-In Voting, Threatens Funding To 2 States
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump Repeats Unfounded Claims About Mail-In Voting, Threatens Funding To 2 States

NPR  

Trump Repeats Unfounded Claims About Mail-In Voting, Threatens Funding To 2 States Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 6:38 p.m. ET President Trump on Wednesday escalated his rhetorical campaign against an expansion of mail-in voting amid the coronavirus pandemic by threatening federal funding to two states with Democratic governors. …

Trump vents as more states move to expand vote-by-mail ahead of November election
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump vents as more states move to expand vote-by-mail ahead of November election

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at officials in two swing states, Michigan and Nevada, over their moves to make it easier for more voters to cast their ballots by mail ahead of the November election, highlighting his growing anger over mail-in voting changes that he contends will hurt his chances of reelection. And in Michigan, the …

Trump casts doubt on mail voting. His campaign promotes it.
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump casts doubt on mail voting. His campaign promotes it.

Associated Press  

While President Donald Trump claims mail-in voting is ripe for fraud and “cheaters,” his reelection campaign and state allies are scrambling to launch operations meant to help their voters cast ballots in the mail. In Wisconsin, where a special congressional election is scheduled on Tuesday, the Trump campaign last week blasted out a reminder via Twitter: “Request an absentee ballot …

President Trump increasingly engaged in legal battles unfolding over mail-in voting
4 years, 8 months ago

President Trump increasingly engaged in legal battles unfolding over mail-in voting

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump has been increasingly engaged in the legal battles unfolding across the country over the issue of vote-by-mail, urging his political advisers to take an aggressive posture to counter Democratic lawsuits on the issue. Trump has also been engaged in a separate issue: a hotly contested California special election in the 25th Congressional District that Republicans …

Absentee voting: Voters face potential life-or-death choices in states with limited measures
4 years, 8 months ago

Absentee voting: Voters face potential life-or-death choices in states with limited measures

CNN  

CNN — Elections are a sacred ritual for Jeremy Rutledge and always have been. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed suit in South Carolina challenging the state’s absentee voting laws ahead of the June 9 primary for federal, state and local offices. They claim that the state’s absentee voting laws do not allow …

As Trump rails against mail voting, some allies embrace it
4 years, 8 months ago

As Trump rails against mail voting, some allies embrace it

Associated Press  

President Donald Trump is claiming without evidence that expanding mail-in voting will increase voter fraud. While Trump has complained that voting by mail is “ripe for fraud,” Republican state officials in Iowa, Ohio and West Virginia have all taken steps to ease access to mail-in ballots, following health officials’ warnings that voting in person can risk transmission of the deadly …

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