President Donald Trump is “running out of time” in two crucial swing state battles, the Washington Post reported Sunday.
The clock is ticking for Trump’s efforts to limit mail-in voting in Wisconsin and North Carolina amid a fresh legal battle headed to the Supreme Court, according to the report.
“Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections board told local officials on Monday they could start putting ballots in the mail, and by Tuesday at least a few already had,” the Post reported. “And officials in North Carolina mailed ballots to voters on Friday. Election clerks in other states plan to do the same soon.”
What’s more, the ballots going out are following long-standing policies — not the new ones Trump has been trying to impose on states, the Post reported.
Some officials said they wanted to mail ballots as soon as possible because they think Trump’s proposed new rules will be impossible to follow, the Post reported.
“There’s no practical way for Wisconsin clerks to comply,” said Republican Don Millis, chairman of Wisconsin’s elections board.
Millis criticized Trump’s proposed policies, arguing they would “hurt the Republican turnout more than the Democratic turnout.”
Gerry Cohen, a Democrat on an elections board in North Carolina, also criticized the Postal Service’s plans to receive updates on voter lists, noting his county receives about 1,500 registrations a week.
“Tell me you don’t know anything about elections without telling me you don’t know anything about elections,” he said.
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