“Mail-In Voting Fight Pits Donald Trump Against Ron DeSantis, Other GOP Leaders”

Alex Leary and Lindsay Wise in the Wall Street Journal:

The issue of mail-in voting has divided Republicans in the wake of disappointing midterm elections, with most key GOP leaders urging the party to embrace the practice and former President Donald Trump continuing to warn against it.

Republicans including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis say the party has been hurt by relying more heavily on Election Day turnout while Democrats encourage supporters to vote early and by mail. Intraparty criticism intensified following Herschel Walker’s loss Tuesday in Georgia’s Senate runoff.

“If we don’t bank ballots early, we’re going to keep losing,” Kellyanne Conway, an adviser to Mr. Trump, said Tuesday night on Fox News. Host Laura Ingraham shot back, “But we didn’t do it in 2020 because everyone said, ‘Don’t vote early because that’s corrupt.’”

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