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Trump proposes new voting limits, rails against "monster" voting rights bill

Published 02/28/2021, 08:30 PM
Updated 03/01/2021, 12:00 AM
© Reuters. Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando

© Reuters. Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday laid out a variety of election proposals, such as limiting absentee voting and days when Americans can vote, in his first public speech after his stinging Nov. 3 election loss.

Democrats' nationwide push to register new voters, including Black voters and young people, and Trump's refusal to urge his Republican supporters to vote by absentee ballot are believed to have been factors in his 7 million vote loss to Joe Biden.

At a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, Trump said Election Day should be only one day, not a number of days leading up to the actual voting day.

"There should be a legitimate reason for someone to vote absentee," he said.

He also proposed eliminating mail-in voting, another factor in his loss, as well as requiring voters to show identification when they vote in person and universal signature matching for those who vote by absentee ballot.

Trump's speech, which had been crafted with the help of former adviser Stephen Miller, comes as the Republican Party is pushing to change election laws and put new restrictions on voting after losing the White House and Senate in 2020.

Dozens of local Republican lawmakers have introduced bills to limit voting access in states across the country since then. A Georgia bill that would limit the use of drop boxes and eliminate early voting on Sundays would curtail traditional “Souls to the Polls” voter turnout programs in Black churches, and be devastating for Black voters, activists say.

Trump said Republicans need to fight hard against a new voting rights bill, HR-1, which would overhaul voting rules and includes a provision that independent commissions redraw congressional districts instead of state legislatures.

© Reuters. Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando

"This monster must be stopped," said Trump.

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Every advanced nation on the planet has outlawed mail in voting because they know it leads to election fraud. The ONLY reason the dems want this is because they have to cheat to steal elections. Everyone knows that. The entire world knows that. Time to grow up folks!
"The monster must be stopped" - he was stopped on Nov. 3rd! Unfortunately, he can't stand not being the center of attention anymore, nor the fact that he lost the election fair and square. Now he's using it as an excuse to try and further disenfranchise American voters.
Does this Delude realize it not Fake Pres. anymore nor God , geez ?! The expiration date on this old cow has far pasted !
"There should be a legitimate reason for someone to vote absentee,"  - says the orange guy who voted by mail all the time before 2016
Trump destroyed so many lives as he had them attac k our capital and go after our represenatives to ki ll then and collapse our government.
Test drive a TSLA today
Too much bad you get one life to live and his final days will be lawsuits after lawsuits, something Mr. Treason is use to.
He's 100% correct. Excessive absentee and mail in voting leads directly to voter fraud and stolen elections. Every advanced nation on Earth knows this and has laws against it, but the socialists in America think they know better than all other countries. The Dems and their racism industry are doomed to failure. Hate is not a platform for success.
looool
Funny if it were not so sick and sad.
"Excessive absentee and mail in voting....."  -- you know who used mail in voting all the time before 2016?  Donald J Trump
Sad loser, soon forgotten
"Momma', why can't this bad man just go away?" "Momma', my nightmares have returned."
who cares what this huge loser wants no one wants to hear him anymore
trump ends his career as a loser
Trump is a joke... he still think he won... the facts are in... game over...
Trump is a ter rorist. Period.  That's all that's needed.
Surprised that he wasnt awarded a obel peace prize. Lol
Trump is a ******* Period.  He destroyed so many lives sending them to attack our representatives in our capital in his attempt to cripple and destroy the US government.
Democratic party will waste no time ruining the country. 2022 will be a red wave.We need a 3rd and 4th party. Basically for the purple democrats and Republicans.
all i hear is mimimi and blablabla, sour snowflake loser
Trump is exactly right.
Validating signatures on democrats being recalled is fine, ensuring that same level of protection in general ballots is racist I guess. Crazy world
Everywhere in thw world people have to show ID when voting in person but no in US what???? joke
no more Fox news for you...
yeah everyone must follow dictator Trump rules. that does not looks like to me free and fair elections . just saying
If you cant cheat you cant win?
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