From The New York Times: Why Republicans Are So Afraid of Vote-by-Mail
Public health officials recommend absentee ballots to keep people safe. But President Trump and his party, without evidence, portray expanded voting measures as ripe for fraud.
By Jim Rutenberg, Maggie Haberman and Nick Corasaniti
President Trump and his Republican allies are launching an aggressive strategy to fight what many of the administration’s own health officials view as one of the most effective ways to make voting safer amid the deadly spread of Covid-19: the expanded use of mail-in ballots.