{"id":2259847,"date":"2024-06-04T18:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T22:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-does-180-on-mail-in-voting-with-plans-to-swamp-the-vote\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T18:42:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T22:42:38","slug":"trump-does-180-on-mail-in-voting-with-plans-to-swamp-the-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-does-180-on-mail-in-voting-with-plans-to-swamp-the-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump reverses stance on mail-in voting, aims to increase voter turnout"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-does-180-on-mail-in-voting-with-plans-to-swamp-the-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2259847&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign team, known for opposing early and mail-in voting, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-clearing-remaining-federal-charges-against-portland-rioters-most-get-probation-community-service\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Clearing Remaining Federal Charges Against Portland Rioters, Most Get Probation, Community Service\">shifted focus<\/a> to educate citizens on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voting-machine-issues-reported-nationally\/\" title=\"Voting Machine Issues Reported Nationally\">alternative voting methods<\/a>. The initiative, &#8220;Swamp the \u200bVote USA,&#8221; aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-upholds-arizona-voter-restrictions-spelling-trouble-for-doj-georgia-voter-rights-lawsuit\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Voter Restrictions, Spelling Trouble For DOJ Georgia \u2018Voter Rights\u2019 Lawsuit\">increase voter turnout<\/a> through absentee\u200b and mail-in ballots. Trump emphasizes the\u200b importance of overwhelming Democrats with legitimate votes to prevent cheating \u200cin the 2024 election. Your summary effectively\u2062 captures the main \u200cpoints of the original text, highlighting the shift in the campaign&#8217;s strategy towards promoting absentee and mail-in voting to boost voter participation. Trump&#8217;s emphasis on the integrity\u200d of the voting \u200cprocess and\u2063 the aim to outvote Democrats in the 2024 election is clearly presented.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Despite building a track record of opposing early and mail-in voting, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> campaign team has changed course with a new effort to promote and educate citizens on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>voting<\/a> in ways other than just showing up to the polls on Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>Swamp the Vote USA, created by Trump\u2019s campaign and Trump Force 47, a grassroots program by the Republican National Committee, was launched on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump hopes to \u201cswamp\u201d Democrats by having more of his supporters vote either through absentee ballots or mail-in. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Former President Donald Trump departs after speaking at a news conference at Trump Tower, Friday, May 31, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo\/Julia Nikhinson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf we swamp them with votes they can\u2019t cheat,\u201d the campaign said in a press release. \u201cYou need to make a plan, register, and vote any way possible. We have got to get your vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has said Republicans must use every possible tool to beat Democrats in the 2024 election. The effort will send voters information on their state\u2019s voting options and will encourage them to vote early to prevent any inconveniences or unexpected obstacles that could come about on Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>In the past few elections, more Democrats have voted via mail-in ballots than Republicans have. A Pew survey in February <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2024\/02\/07\/bipartisan-support-for-early-in-person-voting-voter-id-election-day-national-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>found that<\/a> 84% of Democrats said people should be allowed to vote by mail without excuse, whereas 28% of Republicans said the same. This was a drastic drop in support among Republicans, for back in 2020, 50% of Republicans favored mail-in voting.<\/p>\n<p>The drastic decline in support among Republicans may be attributed to Trump\u2019s past rhetoric on mail-in votes. <\/p>\n<p>Trump claimed mail-in ballots in the 2020 election <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/factsfirst\/politics\/factcheck_33b225f3-5d02-4f2c-abca-41e694c90b4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>were fraudulent<\/a> and were used to help Democrats cheat.<\/p>\n<p>Even just months before launching Swamp the Vote, Trump repeated his belief that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-liberals-dumping-massive-amounts-of-money-into-georgia-senate-runoffs\/\" title=\"Hollywood Liberals Dumping Massive Amounts Of Money Into Georgia Senate Runoffs\">early voting<\/a> and mail-in voting is bad news for this country. <\/p>\n<p>Three months ago, at a rally in Michigan, Trump said early voting was \u201ctotally corrupt\u201d and \u201ca hoax\u201d; at an April rally in Pennsylvania, he compared early voting to \u201cstealing\u201d the vote. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And at a rally in New Jersey last month, Trump encouraged voters to \u201cget an absentee or mail-in ballot, vote early or vote on Election Day.\u201d However, in the same speech, he claimed that mail-in voting was largely corrupt. <\/p>\n<p>In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, 69% of votes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/stories\/2021\/04\/what-methods-did-people-use-to-vote-in-2020-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>were cast early<\/a> or by mail-in ballots. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign, known for its resistance to early and mail-in voting, now focuses on educating citizens about alternative voting methods. &#8220;Swamp the Vote USA,&#8221; a project by Trump&#8217;s team, aims to boost voter participation beyond traditional Election Day methods<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2259848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24152596212997.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2259847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24152596212997.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2259847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2259848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2259847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2259847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2259847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}