By RYAN TEAGUE BECKWITH | Bloomberg | Published: December 16, 2020 Some Republican state officials are newly open to expanded voting options after such moves proved popular and the party s down-ballot candidates won in a high-turnout election, despite President Donald Trump railing against the changes. Republican elections officials and state lawmakers in Kentucky, Missouri and Texas are considering changes that would either make vote-by-mail more accessible or increase early in-person voting. Any such moves would be going against the current in the Republican Party, where Trump s baseless claims of fraud have spurred GOP state lawmakers in Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania to consider tightening requirements on mail-in ballots.
Some GOP-led states defy trump to Push for expanded voter access
Ryan Teague Beckwith, Bloomberg
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A voter wearing an American flag scarf stands in line to cast a ballot at an early voting polling location for the 2020 Presidential elections in Houston on Oct. 13, 2020.Bloomberg photo by Callaghan O Harel.
Some Republican state officials are newly open to expanded voting options after such moves proved popular and the party s down-ballot candidates won in a high-turnout election, despite President Donald Trump railing against the changes.
Republican elections officials and state lawmakers in Kentucky, Missouri and Texas are considering changes that would either make vote-by-mail more accessible or increase early in-person voting.