{"id":2266963,"date":"2024-06-13T13:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T17:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-calls-for-gop-to-drop-mail-ballot-lawsuits-amid-trumps-newfound-acceptance\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T13:44:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T17:44:27","slug":"biden-campaign-calls-for-gop-to-drop-mail-ballot-lawsuits-amid-trumps-newfound-acceptance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-calls-for-gop-to-drop-mail-ballot-lawsuits-amid-trumps-newfound-acceptance\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden campaign urges GOP to abandon mail ballot lawsuits following Trump&#8217;s recent approval"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fbiden-campaign-calls-for-gop-to-drop-mail-ballot-lawsuits-amid-trumps-newfound-acceptance%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=2266963&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>Joe Biden&#8217;s reelection team has called on prominent Republicans to end their legal challenges against mail-in voting, especially after Donald Trump&#8217;s unexpected endorsement of the method. Despite previously criticizing mail-in voting for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-watchdog-says-bidens-attempt-at-student-debt-relief-would-have-opened-door-to-fraud\/\" title=\"Government Watchdog Says Biden's Attempt at Student Debt Relief Would Have Opened Door to Fraud\">potential fraud risks<\/a>, Trump&#8217;s \u200c2024 \u200bcampaign is now promoting it through their &#8220;Swamp\u2064 the Vote&#8221; initiative, aiming 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> among their base. Biden&#8217;s campaign manager,\u200d Julie Chavez Rodriguez, highlighted \u2064the contradiction in Trump&#8217;s \u2063new stance on mail-in voting, urging that all related lawsuits be dropped if Trump\u200b truly supports this voting method.\u200c The Republican National took aggressive actions by suing or joining suits in key\u200c states like Nevada to \u2063limit mail-in\u2062 voting, focusing on policies\u2063 accepting late ballots if postmarked by Election Day. These legal actions are \u200cprincipally aimed at restricting mail-in\u2062 voting procedures.  <\/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>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s reelection team has urged leading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> to drop litigation over mail-in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>voting<\/a>, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s recent endorsement of the method.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump has previously expressed opposition to mail-in ballots, citing concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fraud<\/a>, his 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>campaign<\/a> has launched a new initiative, the \u201cSwamp the Vote\u201d campaign, to promote mail-in voting as a convenient option for people and boost participation among their supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Donald Trump is serious about finally recognizing that mail voting is a great option for voters to utilize this November, he should demand the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>RNC<\/a> and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>MAGA<\/a> allies drop every one of these lawsuits throughout the country,\u201d Biden\u2019s campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-rnc-mail-voting-lawsuits-biden-2024-2fc014f81be782ee59e8d53ee824d8aa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican National Committee has sued or joined lawsuits aiming to restrict aspects of mail-in voting, particularly in pivotal swing states like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nevada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nevada<\/a> that accept late-arriving ballots as long as they are sent by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/election-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Election Day<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>FILE \u2013 A person drops off a vote-by-mail ballot at a dropbox in Pioneer Square during primary voting on May 21, 2024, in Portland, Ore. The Biden campaign is calling on the Republican National Committee and Trump campaign to drop their many lawsuits around the country targeting mail voting.(AP Photo\/Jenny Kane, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The RNC is also trying to prohibit post-election mail ballots in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mississippi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mississippi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Wisconsin<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the lawsuit targets Nevada\u2019s acceptance of mail-in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-law-allowing-late-ballots-to-be-counted-is-unconstitutional-lawsuit-alleges\/\" title=\"Lawsuit claims Nevada's late ballot counting law is unconstitutional\">ballots lacking postmarks<\/a> for up to three days after Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans argue that advocating mail-in voting while simultaneously litigating to enhance its security is not contradictory, asserting that certain procedures for counting mailed ballots received after Election Day could potentially enable fraud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> are playing dumb about a very simple concept: We support mail voting, but we also support safeguards to make mail voting secure,\u201d said Danielle Alvarez, a spokeswoman for the RNC and the Trump campaign. \u201cIt\u2019s really not hard: The left should stop its assault on the foundation of our election system and accept that Americans don\u2019t agree with their extreme attempts to make voting less secure.\u201d<\/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>Trump\u2019s stance on mail-in ballots was the focal point of his claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>voter fraud<\/a> cost him the 2020 election, as well as of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jan. 6<\/a> attack on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>U.S. Capitol<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following those events, Republicans have implemented new restrictions on mail-in voting in numerous states.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s reelection team has called on top Republicans to end lawsuits against mail-in voting, following Donald Trump&#8217;s endorsement of the method. Despite his past opposition due to fraud concerns, Trump&#8217;s 2024 campaign initiated &#8220;Swamp the Vote&#8221; to encourage mail-in voting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3166,"featured_media":2266964,"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\/AP22290371492503-1024x614.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2266963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP22290371492503-1024x614.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266963","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\/3166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2266963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2266964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2266963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2266963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}