Trump urges Republicans to 'fight very hard' against voting by mail

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/08/trump-mail-in-voting-2020-election

Sam Levine in New York
Published on Wed 8 Apr 2020 10.30 EDT

Donald Trump again urged Republicans on Wednesday to oppose efforts to expand voting by mail, falsely suggesting it would lead to widespread voter fraud.

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Voter fraud in the US is extremely rare, but Republicans have long used it to justify restrictions on voting rights. Five states in the country conduct their elections entirely by mail and have developed systems to preserve the integrity of ballots. Nonetheless, Trump, who voted in Florida with a mail-in ballot in March, has repeatedly spoken out at his daily White House briefing against efforts to make it easier to vote by mail so that people don’t have to risk their health to vote.

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