Republicans are changing their stance on mail-in ballots and early voting.
After years of peddling false claims of fraud regarding the use of mail-in ballots and early voting, the Republican National Committee is pushing Pennsylvania's “Bank Your Vote” initiative to get Republicans to vote as early as possible — including through mail.
The announcement comes ahead of the 2023 election in which Republicans will be vying for a seat on the state Supreme Court, and after the 2020 and 2022 election victories by Democratic President Joe Biden and Sen. John Fetterman.
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RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel joined a call Tuesday with Republican U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick, state Treasurer Stacy Garrity and Pa. GOP Chairman Lawrence Tabas to promote the program.
“I honestly can’t think of a state where this is more important than Pennsylvania where we are trying to leverage the full infrastructure of the Republican Party to educate and activate our voters to take advantage of early vote in person or voting by mail,” she said.
McDaniel, who was selected by Trump to lead the committee in 2016, said the RNC has always been in favor of mail-in ballots. However, that’s contradicted by the RNC’s actions and McDaniels’ own words.
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