Republicans are worried that voting by mail may increase turnout, particularly among low-income and minority voters.
Republican voters in states that already have widespread vote by mail support the program overwhelmingly.
Some sensibly argue that vote by mail might actually help Republicans this fall because older voters — who tend to be more conservative — are more likely to be reluctant to expose themselves to the virus by going to crowded voting places.
Wisconsin Republicans in control of the state legislature blocked the Democratic governor’s effort to allow widespread vote by mail in the primary.
Purging voters, blocking vote by mail, requiring official voter ID, closing precincts, limiting early voting, limiting the hours that voting booths are open, blocking same-day or automatic voter registration, gerrymandering to segregate the minority vote — the list goes on.
