Far-right rep pushes for early and accessible voting after challenging absentee voting law: report
US Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is "committing at least $1 million to drive up early GOP turnout in an effort to boost five of her congressional colleagues and help elect two new ones," as New York becomes "a national battleground for control of the House," Politico reports.
Noting that "Balloting by mail and early voting have benefited New York Democrats in recent years," the news outlet notes, "Republicans in most of New York have participated in non-traditional voting at far lower rates than Democrats in recent years."
The GOP has long looked down on the tactics like voting by mail and early voting.
But recently, Politico notes, "Republicans throughout the country have acknowledged over the past year that discouraging their supporters from using every legal means of voting will only give Democrats a big turnout advantage."
Democrats, according to the report, don't think it will work out so well for the right-wing politicians.
"It’s difficult to make the case to your supporters that you want them to vote early when you spent the last year telling them they shouldn’t vote early," state Senate Deputy Leader Mike Gianaris told Politico. "The hypocrisy is showing."
Gianaris, Politico reports, "authored an absentee voting law that Stefanik challenged in court."
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Politico's full report is available here.
