Exclusive: As Trump ramps up attacks, Republicans less confident than Democrats in voting by mail, poll finds


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  • Friday, 29 May 2020

FILE PHOTO: A resident drops off a mail-in ballot at the Edmondson Westside High School Polling site, during the special election for Maryland's 7th congressional district seat, previously held by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans are much more skeptical than Democrats their ballots will count if cast by mail and less confident they will be able to vote in November's election if their state switches to all-mail voting, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday.

In a sign of the deep partisan divisions around voting by mail sparked by Republican President Donald Trump's relentless criticism of the practice, the poll found nearly twice as many Democrats as Republicans support efforts to expand mail balloting options.

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