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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumstRump campaign sues Montana Governor Steve Bullock to halt mail in ballots.
Calling Gov. Steve Bullocks August directive permitting counties to hold the Nov. 3 election via mail ballot illegal, President Donald Trumps campaign and three other Republican groups sued Bullock on Wednesday seeking to overturn it.
The suit filed in U.S. District Court in Helena by Trumps campaign, the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the Montana Republican State Central Committee also names Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton, a Republican.
The Governors power grab under the cover of COVID-19 is particularly egregious. The Governor is running for U.S. Senate as a member of the Democratic Party and his race is one of the most competitive in the country. So he is using his current position to force a brand-new election system on Montanans that, according to his own party, will sway the election in his favor. This action cannot stand, reads the suit.
Bullock responded, in a statement, that "this template lawsuit appears to be part of a pattern of lawsuits across the country by Republican party operatives to limit access to voting during the pandemic. Voting by mail in Montana is safe, secure, and was requested by a bipartisan coalition of Montana election officials seeking to reduce the risk of COVID-19 and keep Montanans safe and healthy. This is the same directive that the Republican President of the Senate and Republican Speaker of the House said was the right thing to do for the June primary. Today, we have many more active cases of COVID-19 than we did back in June.
The suit filed in U.S. District Court in Helena by Trumps campaign, the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the Montana Republican State Central Committee also names Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton, a Republican.
The Governors power grab under the cover of COVID-19 is particularly egregious. The Governor is running for U.S. Senate as a member of the Democratic Party and his race is one of the most competitive in the country. So he is using his current position to force a brand-new election system on Montanans that, according to his own party, will sway the election in his favor. This action cannot stand, reads the suit.
Bullock responded, in a statement, that "this template lawsuit appears to be part of a pattern of lawsuits across the country by Republican party operatives to limit access to voting during the pandemic. Voting by mail in Montana is safe, secure, and was requested by a bipartisan coalition of Montana election officials seeking to reduce the risk of COVID-19 and keep Montanans safe and healthy. This is the same directive that the Republican President of the Senate and Republican Speaker of the House said was the right thing to do for the June primary. Today, we have many more active cases of COVID-19 than we did back in June.
More at the link: https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/trump-campaign-sues-montana-governor-to-halt-mail-ballots/article_c92177ed-2a01-5280-8966-5ced9a845fab.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1
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tRump campaign sues Montana Governor Steve Bullock to halt mail in ballots. (Original Post)
MontanaMama
Sep 2020
OP
Are there any GOP governors going with vote by mail? If so, is Trump suing them?
In It to Win It
Sep 2020
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msongs
(67,394 posts)1. simple PR defense - mail in helps republican voters nt
Doesnt mail in help Dem voters?
msongs
(67,394 posts)3. yes it helps all voters, repubs think it only helps dems nt
In It to Win It
(8,231 posts)4. Are there any GOP governors going with vote by mail? If so, is Trump suing them?