President Trump this week condemned absentee voting as “corrupt,' but mail-in ballots are a central Republican get-out-the-vote strategy in Florida, a state the president will need to win in November if he wants to return to the White House
TALLAHASSEE — President Donald Trump this week condemned absentee voting as “corrupt," but mail-in ballots are a central Republican get-out-the-vote strategy in Florida, a state the president will need to win in November if he wants to return to the White House.
Republican Party of Florida Chairman Joe Gruters, a Trump ally, said the party intends to encourage vote-by-mail returns among Republicans in November, as it does every election cycle That day, Wisconsin’s presidential primary had drawn national attention after voters stood in line at the polls for hours, not all of them adhering to social distancing guidelines.
“There are lots of protections to ensure that the situation the president dreamed up, which is people in living rooms somewhere, is not happening,” Sancho said. “They would not be counted. None of them.” At the time, Republicans were better than Democrats at chasing absentee ballots — the process of turning mailed ballots into votes. In 2006, Republicans returned 413,723 mailed ballots, compared to Democrats’ 247,053.
“The vote-by-mail chase better be a top priority to any campaign which wants to be successful, and even more so in the age of coronavirus,” Sweeny said. "Campaigns have got to be open to constant evolution."
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