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More registered Republicans voted by post in 2024 in Ohio than Democrats, but President Donald Trump wants to prohibit this option because of unjustified claims for fraud.
Only in the universal elections in November 2024 1.1 million Ohioans voted by post.
“I like to vote because I think that our democracy works best when we all participate,” said Jen Miller from League of Women Voters of Ohio.
Miller said that it turns out that he is secure, secure and effective for each party.
Data from universal elections in 2024 show that the main demographic group using absent voting cards is voters over 65 for a significant amount. This age group returned about 520,000 voting cards by post, while the second closest was 55-64 of around 205,000.
Unrelated voters led the package. Registered Republicans took second place and democratic voters. Ohioans do not have to register in the party to vote in elections, only in the basics in which most of the registered voters do not participate.
“This is especially important in the case of older adults, military members, rural Ohioans, disabled voters and students,” Miller said about voting by post.
The Republican Secretary of State Frank Larose carried out checks on all elections he presided. Nobody showed evidence Widespread fraud of voters.
However, Trump wants to stop this voting method.
“Postal control is corrupt,” Trump said on Monday. “Postal controls, you can never have real democracy with voting cards.”
The president said that his team is developing an executive order to prohibit the apply of not only voting cards, but also voting machines and tabs that allow Ohio election boards to obtain results on election night.
“Huge fraud in the whole place,” said Trump.
Case Western Reserve University, impartial election, Professor Atiba Ellis said that Trump’s plan would not work.
“Trump is not to do this,” said Ellis. “At best, this is in the hands of Congress to dictate the operation of federal elections, and therefore, it is simply not possible, according to the ordinance, to change the way American democracy works – and has been safely worked for centuries.”
Larose advertises Ohio as the “golden standard” of elections. We sent him a list of questions about Trump’s comments.
“We are looking forward to checking the details of what the president proposes,” said spokesman Larose Ben Kindel. “Changes in the Ohio voting process require voting in the General Assembly, so I’m sure we’ll talk to them.”
We also achieved questions both to the main announced candidates for the Secretary of State, the Republican Treasurer Robert Spague and the Democratic Dr. Bryan Hambley.
“We divide many fears of President Trump about the integrity of elections. We are eagerly awaiting his executive order and cooperation with the administration to ensure that Ohio elections remained honest and honest,” said spokesman for the Sporta Dalton Throckmorton campaign.
After asking, the campaign refused to state which fears they shared with Trump. Hambley was without him.
“Both of these suggestions are bad ideas. There is no evidence for the widespread fraud of voters, and the current Secretary of State Ohio stated that our elections are secure. The merit of voting by post would make it hard for people to vote on voting. Ultimately, taxpayers cost much more due to the hours of work.
Ellis said that the perspective of the state is necessary for the debate.
“States may issue rules, including allowing various forms of voting,” added Ellis.
Miller consistently fought against the efforts of the Republicans of Ohio to impose greater restrictions on voting, including the requirement of a photographic identifier and limiting access to the voting card – both were introduced to the right. Trump’s rhetoric worries that the state will look for even more ways to make voting hard.
“If we have this drastic renovation, it will probably mean more work in the field of electoral councils, more costs for taxpayers, more access for voters and in general the election system, which also does not work,” said Miller.
Groups of voice rights claim that they are ready to file a lawsuit against any federal executive ordinance trying to change the way Ohio is currently voting.
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