Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says it was “disheartening” to see Trump’s tweet threatening her state over its absentee ballot plan: “We gotta take politics out of this crisis moment.”
President Trump on Wednesday threatened to halt federal funding to Michigan and Nevada over the distribution of absentee ballots in those states amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak that has left more than 90,000 Americans dead.
The president is scheduled to visit a Ford ventilator-assembly plant in Ypsilanti, Mich., on Thursday. “By mailing applications, we have ensured that no Michigander has to choose between their health and their right to vote,” Benson said in a statement. “Voting by mail is easy, convenient, safe and secure, and every voter in Michigan has the right to do it.”
Nevada has made its June 9 state primaries an all-mail election, sending absentee ballots to registered voters. According to Reuters, the state official responsible for elections is a Republican. “No, mail ballots, they cheat,” he said. “OK, people cheat. Mail ballots are a very dangerous thing for this country because they are cheaters.”
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