'It's Partly On Me': GOP Official Says Fraud Warnings Hamper Vote-By-Mail Push
Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams campaigned on fighting voter fraud but says it isn't very common. He's now trying to make "the concept of absentee voting less toxic for Republicans."
by Pam Fessler
May 15, 2020
3 minutes
Republican state officials who want to expand absentee and mail-in voting during the pandemic have found themselves in an uncomfortable position due to their party's rhetoric.
President Trump has claimed repeatedly, without providing evidence, that mail-in voting is ripe for fraud and bad for the GOP. He and other Republicans have charged that Democrats might use it to "steal" the election.
Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams told NPR he got his "head taken off" by some fellow Republicans for his plan to
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