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Fri May 15, 2020, 04:38 PM May 2020

Trump's Attacks on Mail Voting May Backfire

Trump’s Attacks on Mail Voting May Backfire

May 15, 2020 at 12:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 108 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/05/15/trumps-attacks-on-mail-voting-may-backfire/

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Reuters: “With less than three weeks to go before the primary, 1,178,475 Pennsylvania voters have applied for absentee ballots, a 14-fold increase from 2016. Nearly 70% of those requests have come from registered Democrats, state data as of May 13 show. That margin is far wider than the 55% to 45% registration advantage held by Democrats in the state.”

“That’s a worrisome harbinger for Republicans looking ahead to the general election, if coronavirus remains a health threat and Democrats continue their mail-in advantage.”

PBS: GOP official says fraud warnings hamper vote-by-mail push.

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