Firehouse Partner Matt Terrill Comments on Trump’s Continued Attacks on The Vote-By-Mail System in the Las Vegas Review Journal
August 7, 2020
Trump continues verbal assault on new Nevada vote-by-mail law
In the November general election, at least 77 percent of American voters will be able to vote by mail, according to a Washington Post tracker of state rules.
Matt Terrill, a partner in the public affairs firm Firehouse Strategies and chief of staff to Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign, said Trump’s about-face showed “the president recognizing that he has to quickly change his tactics and strategy to win this race.”
Seniors, who are at higher risk if they contract the coronavirus, may not feel comfortable voting in person, but they also may not have voted by mail before. The Trump campaign should try to educate the public, Terrill said, by showing them “a healthy way to vote come November.”
Timing is key here, Terrill added, because “absentee voting starts early” and “elections are no longer decided on Election Day.”
It’s not clear what Trump meant when he argued Florida had cleaned up its system.
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