State Officials Attempt To Boost Confidence In Upcoming Election As Voters Raise Concerns About Mail Voting
Donald Trump continues to attack the U.S. Postal Service in the wake of nation-wide mail delays, causing voters to raise concerns about their ballots being counted. This has prompted rush among local, state, and federal officials to defend the integrity of the impending election.
Government offices have been receiving thousands of calls from voters that are concerned about the safety of mailing their ballots, according to officials across the country. Attorney general from about six states are coming together to discuss filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration to restrict it from blocking mail service between now and the election, they told The Washington Post.
State leaders, on the other hand, are desperately seeking ways to change riles and give more options to voters, while Democrats are gearing up to organize a massive public education campaign to gain back trust in the Postal Service and the mail-in ballots voting system.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Sunday that she is calling the House back from its summer recess early to vote on legislation, which is slated to take place later this week and block changes to Postal Service operations. Over the weekend, House Democrats said they were planning to call for an emergency hearing on mail delays later this month.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold accused Trump of undermining what he described as the safest voting method amid the still raging pandemic and encouraging people to cast a ballot people, adding that "it is reprehensible."
The urgency to take action comes in the wake of increasing concerns that even if Trump fails to block mail voting, he has created an alarming crisis of confidence that could jeopardize whether American people view the outcome as legitimate. president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonpartisan voting rights group Kristen Clarke said Trump has succeeded enough for everybody to work extra hard to clean up the mess.
Officials in both major political parties have been urging voters to cast their ballots by mail to avoid the spread of coronavirus. The effort has worked, with a large number of American people voting by mail in several primaries this spring and summer, and willing to do it again in Nov., as seen in several public polls. Over 180 million Americans are now eligible to vote by mail after several states lifted the restrictions.