Some GOP-Led States Defy Trump to Push for Expanded Voter Access

  • Down-ballot candidates thrived with high turnout, more options
  • Increased early voting, easier vote by mail are possible moves
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Some Republican state officials are newly open to expanded voting options after such moves proved popular and the party’s down-ballot candidates won in a high-turnout election, despite President Donald Trump railing against the changes.

Republican elections officials and state lawmakers in Kentucky, Missouri and Texas are considering changes that would either make vote-by-mail more accessible or increase early in-person voting.