President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet Meeting in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 19, 2020, in Washington. Trump escalated his crusade against absentee voting by threatening to withhold federal funds from two states, Michigan and Nevada, for making it easier for their citizens to vote by mail.
There is no widespread evidence for Trump's claims that expanding vote by mail or increased voter turnout automatically benefits Democrats, meaning he could be unintentionally hurting his own chances.On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump kicked his crusade against absentee voting and vote by mail up a notch by threatening to withhold federal funds from two states, Michigan and Nevada, for making it easier for their citizens to receive their ballots by mail.
Trump also went after Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske, who is a Republican, of sending out "illegal vote by mail ballots" and "cheating" by mailing every registered voter a ballot for the state's June 9 primary elections. The president also threatened to cut off all federal funding to the state.: "Secretary Cegavske lawfully declared the 2020 primary election as a mail-in election.
John Pudner, a former Republican campaign strategist and executive director of conservative campaign finance policy nonprofit, told Insider he supports vote by mail as long as states can still require a valid alternative method of identification, like with mandated signature matching and a witness signature on every ballot.
It doesn't matter how the election is held. When Donald Trump loses in November he's going to spend the remainder of his Presidency complaining about how unfair the election was and he will never concede. He'll call it a coup.
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