Republican National Committee Co-Chair Lara Trump pointed out a few ways the electoral process could be streamlined nationally to restore faith in elections.
Results were finalized a month after the Nov. 5 election. Now that the Republican Party has a majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate, Lara Trump teased federal legislation to unify election laws in the name of fairness.
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“How do we want to conduct elections in the United States of America? Is it fair to say, ‘You know what, half of the states are going the use voter ID laws, half of them aren’t. Half of them will start counting mail-in ballots before Election Day, half of them will start on Election Day?’” Lara Trump said on Life, Liberty, and Levin Saturday. “But there would be a few simple safeguards that every state could put in place that may prevent things like the in perpetuity it seems counting in states like California in the future. So I do think the American people are ready for that conversation.”
“Maybe that’s something that we see Congress vote on, maybe that’s something they ultimately bring to the floor. It would make a lot of people feel better, and I think it would secure our electoral process,” she said.
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Lara Trump confirmed that the RNC had lawyers positioned in every state watching the polls until every jurisdiction stopped counting ballots. She called for “lasting change” to prevent any skepticism in the future, as she faced a barrage of concerns online surrounding late ballot counts.
There were three congressional races this cycle that came down to fewer than 800 votes. Two of these races were won by Democratic candidates Adam Gray and Derek Tran in California, while the third was won by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA).