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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump campaign declares war on Dems over voting rules for November
President Donald Trumps political operation is launching a multimillion-dollar legal campaign aimed at blocking Democrats from drastically changing voting rules in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
In the past several weeks, the reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee have helped to oversee maneuvering in a handful of battleground states with an eye toward stopping some Democratic efforts to alter voting laws, and to bolster Trump. The mobilization is being closely coordinated with Republicans at the state and local levels.
The Trump campaign and RNC are actively engaged in litigation in Wisconsin, where the parties are at loggerheads over an array of issues including voter identification, and in New Mexico, where the battle involves vote-by-mail. The skirmishing has also spread across key states like Pennsylvania and Georgia, where the well-organized Trump apparatus has fought over changes that could sway the outcome of the election.
The enterprise which includes more than two dozen GOP officials, including lawyers dedicated entirely to litigation shows how completely the pandemic has upended the 2020 election. While litigation over voting issues is not uncommon, the coronavirus and the likely obstacles it will create for voting in November has brought the issue to the forefront of the campaign.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/03/trump-2020-election-legal-battle-coronavirus-162152
underpants
(182,789 posts)This would be strike three.
2naSalit
(86,583 posts)won't be holding us back come summer. Might be pitchfork parades.
leftieNanner
(15,084 posts)But the problem is that without VBM, even their supporters can't vote safely.
Rock - Hard Place
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)He IS a wartime El Presidente.
That is war on the poor, the democrats, our government and, most grievously, this country in its entirety. Even his deluded base are collateral damage in his campaign of ruthless onslaughts.
Now who is the enemy of the people? I think we have Public Enemy Number 1 in charge. Given time, he could even be the enemy of the entire World.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Desert grandma
(804 posts)New Mexico already has absentee voting. Anyone can get a ballot if they want to. We have already applied for absentee ballots for the primary and will do the same for the general. Republicans must not have any faith that their ideas and policies will attract voters. They simply do not believe in Democracy..