Coronavirus sparks mail-in voting war between Democrats and GOP

By Joseph Simonson

Published April 22, 2020 7:35pm ET

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The coronavirus pandemic has given Democrats a new opportunity to expand mail-in voting across the country amid the objections of Republicans, who fear it will lead to fraud.

An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Tuesday found that a strong majority of voters, 58%, favor a permanent federal change to allow mail-in ballots, with 68% saying the rules should be changed for just the general election in November.

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