Trump Escalates Attack Against Absentee Balloting

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President Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal aid from two Democratic-led states that are expanding vote-by-mail efforts because of the coronavirus pandemic. He falsely claimed Michigan was mailing out millions of absentee ballots, rather than applications, and he inaccurately stated Nevada's plan to provide residents with mail-in ballots was illegal, saying it'd create "a great Voter Fraud scenario for the State and the U.S."