Michelle Obama: Americans should be able to stay safe, vote by mail
Michelle Obama has given her voice to efforts in Congress, championed by Washington and Oregon lawmakers, to allow Americans to vote by mail rather than standing in line for hours during a pandemic as they were forced to do in last week's Wisconsin primary.
Arguing that existing restrictions, created by Republicans, work to hold down turnout by young voters and people of color, the former first lady argued in a statement: "Expanding access to vote-by-mail and online voter registration and early voting are critical steps for this moment -- and they're long overdue."
"There is nothing partisan about striving to live up to the promise of our country, making the democracy we all cherish more accessible, and protecting our neighbors, friends and loved ones as they participate in this cornerstone of American life."
Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Utah and Hawaii have adopted vote by mail with drop boxes where voters can leave their ballots. The move to mail-in voting has boosted turnout and produced not one scintilla of evidence that mail voting is "RIPE for FRAUD" as President Trump warned about in a Tweet last week. Colorado recorded the highest turnout in its history for this year's presidential primary.
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