In an all-caps Truth Social message Friday, Donald Trump urged governors across the country to make voting as inconvenient as possible by banning most mail-in ballots and limiting voting to just one day.
And ballots must be filled out on paper, she argued in her post.
Trump seems to think that the fewer people who vote, the better for the Republican Party. Banning mail-in ballots and limiting voting to just one day would almost certainly reduce turnout. His scheme would be difficult for workers and parents, difficult for the elderly and disabled and almost impossible for the disabled.
A study of 2020 voting patterns by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that Democratic mail-in votes increased significantly compared to Republican mail-in votes. “Overall, nearly 60 percent of Democrats voted by mail in 2020, compared to just 30 percent of Republicans,” the study said.
However, losing that 30% or any part of it could result in losing a race. Some key Republicans are now pushing for more mail-in and early voting after the party’s poor performance in November’s midterm elections.
Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, for example, called on his party to support mail-in ballots after Herschel Walker’s defeat in the U.S. Senate race in Georgia, where Republicans last year passed a restrictive voting law that made it harder the vote. by mail.
And until the laws are changed, Republicans must vote by mail or in person early, if only to compete with Democratic voters.
“Our voters need to vote early. There were many in 2020 who said: don’t vote by mail, don’t vote in advance. And we have to stop that and understand that if Democrats get votes for a month, we can’t expect to do it all in one day,” Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel warned Fox News after the election. middle.
Trump himself has voted by mail, but he aims to deny that convenience to others. He voted by mail in the 2021 municipal election in Palm Beach County, where his Mar-a-Lago residence is located.
The only exceptions it would make under its cap system would be “remote military” personnel and those with a “proven illness.”
Critics had some rebuttals:
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