Absentee voting for the presidential election will begin this week, two months before Election Day, as early in-person voting starts nationwide later this month amid lawsuits over election administration and election integrity concerns.
The presidential election begins this week as absentee ballots are mailed to voters in one state, with others to follow in the coming weeks. However, election integrity concerns from the last presidential election remain as various courts determine how mail-in ballots and voter rolls are to be handled with only two months before the next president will be elected.
North Carolina is the first state to send out absentee ballots, which begins Friday, followed by Alabama on Sept. 11. Pennsylvania is the first state to begin early voting, which starts on Sept. 16, with Minnesota and Virginia both following on Sept. 20.
Taking a page from the Democratic Party’s playbook, in June, former President Donald Trump announced the start of the Republican National Committee’s “Swamp the Vote” campaign to encourage early voting, as well as the use of mail-in and absentee ballots.
“Republicans must win and we will use every appropriate tool to beat the Democrats because they are destroying our country. Whether you vote absentee, by mail, early in-person or on election day, we are going to protect the vote,” Trump said in a press release. […]
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