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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

Trump has spent years raging over mail-in voting. But the GOP is pushing it for the midterms

Four months ago, President Donald Trump said his Republican Party would “do everything possible” to eliminate the use of postal balloting ahead of next year’s midterm elections and claimed he was starting a “movement” against the practice.

But with less than 11 months to go until voters cast ballots that will determine whether the GOP will keep control of Congress and 48 governors’ mansions for the remainder of his term, party leaders across the country are decidedly not on board with Trump’s opposition to voting by mail.

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