Trump campaign pleads for New Jersey after its decision to post ballots in November’s election

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has filed in New Jersey, following a decision by his Democratic governor on Friday to send a vote to every voter in the state for the November election, as well as a personal vote. . amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Governor Phil Murphy’s announcement came as Trump, a Republican, stepped up his attacks on voting by mail, which is expected to increase dramatically this fall due to the new coronavirus.

The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for New Jersey late Tuesday to overturn “Executive Order 177.”

The submission was made as a “complaint for declaration and dismissal” and described the move the Democratic governor took as “illegal”.

It made two accusations – in the first place that Murphy exercised the power that belonged to the state legislature in amending the state election law, and secondly, that the changes “are in conflict with the right to vote of civil citizens “.

Trump has said the voting method is susceptible to large-scale fraud, although experts say voter fraud of any kind is extremely rare in the United States.

New Jersey will use methods similar to what it used for its primary vote in July, Murphy said last week, with improvements based on lessons learned then.

“We will have more presence of safe dropboxes, ensure there is physical capacity for voting,” he had said, referring to personal votes.

Residents who choose to go to their local polling stations on Nov. 3 will do so in “preliminary voting rights,” meaning they will have to use paper ballot papers, not voting machines, so officials can protect against double voting, Murphy said.

Electoral officials in most states have encouraged voting at home because the highly contagious nature of the coronavirus has personally made voting a concern.

The re-election campaign of Trump and the Republican National Party this month also prosecuted Nevada for blocking a law that would send a post-vote to every voter for the November election, saying it would result in “inevitability” voter fraud.