President Donald Trump's reelection campaign resisted New Jersey Tuesday over the nation's decision to use a hybrid voting model for November's election where all residents will be sent a ballot, leaving it up to them to choose if they'd like to vote by email or in person.
Donald J. Trump for President, the Republican National Committee and the New Jersey Republican State Committee brought the lawsuit asking the court to overturn Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's executive order instituting the rules that aim to give voters the choice of preventing voting in person throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump himself has said that expanding mail-in voting options will result in fraud. In reality, there's absolutely no widespread voter fraud in US elections, and nonpartisan experts say neither party automatically benefits when states expand entry to mail-in voting.
The lawsuit alleges that the executive order usurps the legislature's ability to decide if and how elections are held. It also alleges that the"system will offend qualified citizens' right to vote" which"fraudulent and invalid votes dilute the votes of honest citizens and deprive them of the right to vote in violation of their Fourteenth Amendment."
The governor's office and Secretary of State Tahesha Way stated they could not comment on pending litigation.
As a result of outbreak, voting by mail is becoming an increasingly popular choice since many voters may prefer not to wait patiently in long lines at polling stations. New Jersey will be the ninth state, along with Washington, DC, to mail all registered voters ballots for the November election.
Murphy told CNN Friday that New Jersey was expanding the version of voting they utilized during the primary.
"We mailed ballots to people that were enrolled at either party. We mailed applications to people who were not. And we also supplied in-person voting capacity at least 50% in every county and at one place in each municipality. It was a success. Not ideal, but a success," he said.
Murphy also stated the nation learned some lessons since the primary and will"have more existence of secure drop boxes, so make sure there is that bodily in voting ability, and as it relates to mail-in ballots, the fantastic news is in a general election, and it doesn't matter what party you're in, everyone receives a ballot."
For those who want to vote in person, Murphy stated they will"do that which we call'Honorable voting' because the folks won't always know at the voting location whether or not if you actually already mailed a ballot in. That is what we did at the primary. Little bit more cumbersome, but it works"
The Trump campaign has also filed a lawsuit against the state of Nevada, which has a similar strategy to send absentee ballots to all active voters this November.
Donald J. Trump for President, the Republican National Committee and the New Jersey Republican State Committee brought the lawsuit asking the court to overturn Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's executive order instituting the rules that aim to give voters the choice of preventing voting in person throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump himself has said that expanding mail-in voting options will result in fraud. In reality, there's absolutely no widespread voter fraud in US elections, and nonpartisan experts say neither party automatically benefits when states expand entry to mail-in voting.
The lawsuit alleges that the executive order usurps the legislature's ability to decide if and how elections are held. It also alleges that the"system will offend qualified citizens' right to vote" which"fraudulent and invalid votes dilute the votes of honest citizens and deprive them of the right to vote in violation of their Fourteenth Amendment."
The governor's office and Secretary of State Tahesha Way stated they could not comment on pending litigation.
As a result of outbreak, voting by mail is becoming an increasingly popular choice since many voters may prefer not to wait patiently in long lines at polling stations. New Jersey will be the ninth state, along with Washington, DC, to mail all registered voters ballots for the November election.
Murphy told CNN Friday that New Jersey was expanding the version of voting they utilized during the primary.
"We mailed ballots to people that were enrolled at either party. We mailed applications to people who were not. And we also supplied in-person voting capacity at least 50% in every county and at one place in each municipality. It was a success. Not ideal, but a success," he said.
Murphy also stated the nation learned some lessons since the primary and will"have more existence of secure drop boxes, so make sure there is that bodily in voting ability, and as it relates to mail-in ballots, the fantastic news is in a general election, and it doesn't matter what party you're in, everyone receives a ballot."
For those who want to vote in person, Murphy stated they will"do that which we call'Honorable voting' because the folks won't always know at the voting location whether or not if you actually already mailed a ballot in. That is what we did at the primary. Little bit more cumbersome, but it works"
The Trump campaign has also filed a lawsuit against the state of Nevada, which has a similar strategy to send absentee ballots to all active voters this November.