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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJimmy Carter endorses absentee ballots after White House cites him
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Former President Jimmy Carter underscored his support of absentee ballots, pushing back against senior Trump administration officials who cited his 2005 study on mail-in-voting to question the practice in recent days.
In a short statement released late Thursday by the Carter Center, the Plains resident said, I approve the use of absentee ballots and have been using them for more than five years.
Carters comments came shortly after Attorney General William Barr referenced a bipartisan report by the Federal Election Reform Commission, which Carter co-chaired with former Secretary of State James Baker in 2005, to cast doubt on mail-in-voting.
The commission concluded that mail-in voting is fraught with the risk of fraud and coercion, Barr said in a Wednesday interview with CNNs Wolf Blitzer.
Carter linked back to a May statement in which the Carter Center urged federal and state governments to expand access to vote-by-mail and provide adequate funding as quickly as possible to allow for the additional planning, preparation, equipment, and public messaging that will be required.
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So in plain English Carter politely told the Con, DisBarr and the Ninny to fuck off with their lies. Love this man
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Jimmy Carter endorses absentee ballots after White House cites him (Original Post)
malaise
Sep 2020
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Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)1. Great response.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)2. K&R!
Ty!
niyad
(112,434 posts)3. Thank you, President Carter.
malaise
(267,808 posts)4. I genuinely great man