US President Donald Trump ratcheted up his anti-universal balloting rhetoric Monday, claiming he has a “right” to stop states from implementing the policy amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Addressing reporters at the White House, the president said that while he has “the right to” issue an executive order to halt the efforts, “we haven’t gotten there yet.”
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“But we’ll see what happens. We will be suing in Nevada, and that’s already been taken care of,” he said. “We’ll probably be filing something tomorrow.”
Trump earlier Monday vowed to sue the southwestern state after its legislature passed a bill on Sunday to allow universal mail-in ballots for the upcoming Nov. 3 presidential contest. Governor Steve Sisolak is expected to sign the bill into law.
Nevada, along with the states of California, Vermont and five others, plan to mail all active voters ballots ahead of the nationwide election.
He continued his criticism at the White House, saying that should mail-in balloting be implemented on a widespread level, it will be “a great embarrassment to our country.” “They’re using COVID to get the mail-in ballots,” he added.