SLC Tribune - Heavily Republican Utah likes voting by mail, but national GOP declares war on it

[TomCADem]

Utah has voted for years by mail, but just as a few Democratic start to embrace it, Republicans suddenly hate it. It is all about Republicans embracing the idea that Democracy in inherently suspect even as they attend rallies for "Freedum."

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2020/05/18/heavily-republican-utah/

Heavily Republican Utah is one of just five states that for years have voted primarily by mail (the others lean Democratic), and leaders here say it increases turnout by making voting easier.

But national GOP leaders denounced the practice Monday as part of a Democratic plot to use coronavirus scares to alter elections in ways that could increase fraud.

They vowed to fight voting by mail and other election proposals they dislike with a $20 million legal fund.

“A national vote-by-mail system would open the door to a new set of problems, such as potential election fraud,” said Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, the niece of Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah. “At this time of uncertainty, we need to have faith in our election process.”

[SouthernCal_Dem]

1. Republicans obviously don't mind Utah voting by mail because of the large white population there

and their tendency to vote Republican.

However, other states moving to vote-by-mail will irk Republicans because it will prevent them from suppressing the votes of minorities.