RNC chief on criticism of early voting: ‘We need to stop that’

The Hill ^ | 12/07/2022 | JULIA SHAPERO

[ChicagoConservative27]

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Tuesday urged members of her party to stop discouraging early voting and vote by mail.

“Our voters need to vote early,” McDaniel told Fox News. “I have said this over and over again. There were many in 2020 saying, ‘Don’t vote by mail, don’t vote early.’ And we have to stop that and understand that if Democrats are getting ballots in for a month, we can’t expect to get it all done in one day.”

Former President Trump was among the leading voices that questioned the security and validity of early and mail voting in 2020, baselessly claiming they allowed for fraud and rigged the election against him.

An RNC spokesperson later sought to clarify that the chairwoman was not speaking about the former president in her comments to Fox News.

[pierrem15]

Useless as tits on a bull. These RINO nitwits need to be purged.

[TakebackGOP]

I thought he was filmed walking out of a polling place.

[pierrem15]

We need more winning and less whining

When precinct after precinct in big, Dem controlled cities report 90+% voter turnout and 90+% Dem voting, you can't win.

It's not possible to overcome that level of voter fraud in big cities to win state-wide races or the Electoral College.

[Striperman]

She needs to go agree but is spot on on this point, if we don’t adopt early voting , ballot harvesting and other stuff weare screwed, now democrats just break sown voting machines on voting day and make it inconvienced for us to vote, we can’t have one day of voting for republicans and a month or more for democrat, we have to flex and adapt or continue to loose.

[TheConservativeTejano]

She’s not retarded, she’s evil: she’s a Romney.

Rhonda should wave us all a good bye.

You need a fighter as the RNC chief and Rhonda is a relative of "Romney".

This is enough of Rhonda if she is related to the idiot Romney.

[Pollard]

I see a problem with unchecked, mass mailed, absentee ballots

States that mass mail out ballots to everyone on the voter rolls. CA, CO, HI, NV, OR, UT and as of this year, VT which will take effect for 2024.

For ballot harvesting

• 25 states and D.C. allow someone chosen by the voter to return their ballot.
• 11 states specify who may return ballots on behalf of voters. Many of these laws specify that household members, caregivers, and/or family members may return ballots.
• 1 state specifies that only the voter may return their mail ballot.(Alabama)
• 13 states do not have laws specifying whether someone may return ballots on behalf of voters.
• 9 states name specific groups of individuals who may not return mail ballots
• 12 states place limits on how many ballots a person may return on others’ behalf or on how many voters for whom one may return ballots.
• 7 states and D.C. only allow another person to return a voter’s ballot if that voter meets specific criteria, such as having a disability or qualifying for an emergency ballot.

[gibsonguy]

“baselessly claiming they allowed for fraud and rigged the election against him.”

The Hill: a festering cesspool.

[Izzatso]

I thought he was filmed walking out of a polling place.

He probably was since this time around he voted in person, on election day. Trump criticizes both mail-in ballot and early voting regardless of the fact he's done both himself. He even gave one of his mail-in ballot to a third party to be delivered, which IIRC is frowned upon.

[G Larry]

We need to STOP EARLY VOTING PERIOD!!!

The Constitution says ELECTION DAY not "Election Season"!!!!!

[Belteshazzar]

Were she a corporate executive, she would have been fired the day after the election.

[Izzatso]

The Constitution says ELECTION DAY not "Election Season"!!!!!

Not saying you're wrong, but do you have a quote from the Constitution to cite?

[Rich21IE]

Think she’s correct; vote early, vote often. Harvest votes as much as possible from anyone incapable of getting to the polls or making proper decisions.

The Dems have a political machine that takes every advantage.

The GOP doesn’t even have a bus with buckets of fried chicken.

[Boogieman]

“Our voters need to vote early,”

Sure, so Dems and RINOs have even more time to throw our ballots in the garbage.

[joesbucks]

Quit being rational.

[joesbucks]

How many people would have wanted to change their vote? And what do you do if a major revelation is made the day after Election Day?

[joesbucks]

Yes, Trump does vote early and by mail. He’s privileged. He doesn’t want us to be.

[joesbucks]

So Trump votes as a blatantly compromised ghetto voter? He votes early. He mails in.

[G Larry]

Article II, Section 1:

The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.

[Dr. Franklin]

I don’t see a problem with early voting.

The longer the ballots are lying around, the easier it is for some corrupt pol to swap them out for different ballots for the "right" candidate. The shorter the time to count the votes, the less time for fraud. The more time to count the votes, the more time for fraud. All of the mail in voting needs to be extremely limited, or we get the massive fraud of late.

[central_va]

President Trump voted early in Florida on Saturday morning, the first time he’s cast a ballot in person in the state since becoming a resident about a year ago. “I voted for a guy named Trump,” the president told reporters with a smile. “Everything was perfect, right by the rules … very secure.”

Mr. Trump cast his ballot in at the Palm Beach County Library, near his Mar-a-Lago resort.