Many House Republicans who complained about early and absentee voting in the 2020 election voted that same way themselves, according to a New York Times analysis.
Many House Republicans who complained about early and absentee voting in the 2020 election voted that same way themselves,At least half of the 139 House lawmakers who objected to certifying at least one of the states Joe Biden won voted either early or absentee, the Times found. Another 18% voted on election day and the Times was unable to find data for another 32% of lawmakers. The Times based its data on publicly available information about voting.
Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas is among the Republicans who belong to this group. He told the paper that increasing the amount of mail-in voting left"ripe" opportunities for fraud. "Any time you increase and you use the mail system, in this country, for voting, it's going to be rife with fraud," he told the paper. Nehls himself voted either early or absentee in 2020. His office did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment., traced the impetus and the aftermath of the GOP push to defend President Donald Trump's election lies on January 6.
According to the Times, Republicans rallied around a push to raise constitutional questions about whether court actions could change aspects of voting amid the COVID-19 pandemic without state legislative approval. Others also echoed Trump's concern that mail-in voting was more susceptible to fraud.
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