Republican Party pushing mail-in voting despite Trump's opposition
Source: ABC News
April 5, 2024, 2:01 PM
Just weeks into his tenure as chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Whatley pitched to voters something that former President Donald Trump has spoken against consistently throughout the campaign trail: mail-in voting.
"We need to build a national early-vote program that is going to communicate with [voters] through door knocks, through phone calls, through mail, through digital, through data. But we can't wait until the week before the election," Whatley said at the New York Republican State Committee's annual gala Thursday night -- one of his first public speeches since accepting the role last month.
"Voters can vote early. They can vote on Election Day. They can vote by mail. Do I care how they vote? No, I do not. I care that they vote," the Trump-backed chairman continued.
Despite Trump's many deprecatory comments regarding mail-in voting, it's a plan that Republican party leaders now seem to be embracing. Lara Trump, Trump's daughter-in-law whom he tapped to serve as RNC co-chair, has publicly supported early voting and vote-by-mail efforts, claiming Trump would switch his tune because of the election security initiatives the RNC was working on.
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