Unclear Whether Michigan Can Send Unsolicited Vote by Mail Applications
Posted on AllSides May 21st, 2020
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FACT CHECK
CLAIM: It is legal for Michigan to send unsolicited applications to vote by mail to every registered voter in the state.
VERDICT: UNCLEAR. The New York Times claims it is legal but dances around the central legal obstacle to doing so.
President Donald Trump criticized Michigan on Wednesday for announcing that it would send absentee ballot applications to all of the state’s 7.7 million voters. (He originally stated, incorrectly, that it was already sending the ballots.)
It is probably unlikely that the president can withhold federal funding to assist with...
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