Heavily Republican Utah likes voting by mail, but national GOP declares war on it – By Lee Davidson (The Salt Lake Tribune) / May 18 2020
Heavily Republican Utah is one of just five states that for years have voted primarily by mail (the others lean Democratic), and leaders here say it increases turnout by making voting easier.
But national GOP leaders on Monday denounced the practice as part of a Democratic plot to use coronavirus scares to alter elections in ways that could increase fraud.
They vowed to fight voting by mail and other election proposals they dislike with a $20 million legal fund.
“A national vote-by-mail system would open the door to a new set of problems, such as potential election fraud,” said Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, the niece of Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah. “At this time of uncertainty, we need to have faith in our election process.”
That comes after President Donald Trump has vigorously attacked voting by mail. “You’d never have a Republican elected in this country again,” Trump told Fox News last month.
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