The Republican who brought vote-by-mail to Washington State still believes in it
Washington State started conducting all-mail elections in 2014 and it’s mostly been smooth sailing since then.
But a national explosion of vote-by-mail during the 2020 election due to Covid sparked a partisan backlash against the practice. President Trump made claims that voting by mail would lead to widespread fraud, accusations that grew louder after he lost that election to President Biden. Now the Washington State Republican Party has officially come out against vote-by-mail, with Chairman Jim Walsh saying “We want to get back to in-person voting.”
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