Republicans are set to push mail ballots and other voting methods they previously blasted as recipes for fraud
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
Associated Press
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who once served Donald Trump loyally, on Wednesday blasted his former boss for his role in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol and said he would challenge Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
ATLANTA — After years of criticizing mail voting and so-called ballot harvesting as ripe for fraud, Republicans at the top of the party want to change course.
FILE - People wait in line to early vote for the U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia between Sen. Raphael Warnock and challenger Herschel Walker, on Nov. 28, 2022, in Kennesaw, Ga., near Atlanta. After years of criticizing mail voting and trying to ban so-called "ballot harvesting," Republicans are reversing course. They are poised to launch aggressive get-out-the-vote campaigns for 2024 that employ just those strategies.(AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
FILE - Republican National Committee chairman Ronna McDaniel speaks during a Get Out To Vote rally on Oct. 18, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. After years of criticizing mail voting and trying to ban so-called "ballot harvesting," Republicans are reversing course. They are poised to launch aggressive get-out-the-vote campaigns for 2024 that employ just those strategies. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
FILE - A voter casts their ballot at a secure ballot drop box at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Nov. 1, 2022. After years of criticizing mail voting and trying to ban so-called "ballot harvesting," Republicans are reversing course. They are poised to launch aggressive get-out-the-vote campaigns for 2024 that employ just those strategies. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
FILE - Republican National Committee chairman Ronna McDaniel speaks during a Get Out To Vote rally on Oct. 18, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. After years of criticizing mail voting and trying to ban so-called "ballot harvesting," Republicans are reversing course. They are poised to launch aggressive get-out-the-vote campaigns for 2024 that employ just those strategies. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
FILE - People wait in line to early vote for the U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia between Sen. Raphael Warnock and challenger Herschel Walker, on Nov. 28, 2022, in Kennesaw, Ga., near Atlanta. After years of criticizing mail voting and trying to ban so-called "ballot harvesting," Republicans are reversing course. They are poised to launch aggressive get-out-the-vote campaigns for 2024 that employ just those strategies.(AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
FILE - A voter casts their ballot at a secure ballot drop box at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Nov. 1, 2022. After years of criticizing mail voting and trying to ban so-called "ballot harvesting," Republicans are reversing course. They are poised to launch aggressive get-out-the-vote campaigns for 2024 that employ just those strategies. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
