Former President Jimmy Carter Expresses Support of Absentee Ballots

Former President 👤Jimmy Carter fired back in support of mail-in voting after Attorney General William Barr’s disapproval of the voting practice.

Carter released a brief statement in support of absentee ballots as he also confirmed he personally votes using that particular method.

He said on Thursday, “I approve the use of absentee ballots and have been using them for more than five years.”

Additionally, Carter cited the 2005 Commission on Federal Election Reform study he co-chaired.

The former president’s remarks came shortly after Barr’s CNN appearance on Wednesday.

During an exclusive interview with Wolfe Blitzer, Barr suggested that he is in support of President Donald Trump’s assertions as he claimed the possible expansion of mail-in voting would be similar to “playing with fire.”

“We’re a very closely divided country here, and people have to have confidence in the legitimacy of the government,” Barr said. “People trying to change the rules to this methodology, which as a matter of logic is very open to fraud and coercion, is reckless and dangerous, and people are playing with fire.”

Talking about Carter’s 2005 Commission on Federal Election Reform, Barr claimed it found “mail-in voting is fraught with the risk of fraud and coercion.”

See Barr’s remarks below:

Carter’s latest remarks come months after the release of a previous statement