NEW: 58% of voters favor nationwide reform of election rules that would allow all eligible voters to cast their ballots by mail, a new NBCNews /Wall Street Journal poll finds.
Democrats want Congress to mandate that states expand voting by mail and have argued that states may need as much as $4 billion in federal aid to shore up the resources needed for a huge increase in absentee mail voting in the fall due to coronavirus concerns.
But many Republicans, including President Donald Trump, say mail balloting could dramatically increase the likelihood of fraud. Trump said in a news conference this month that he opposes allowing nationwide voting by mail in November, saying he believes"Of the 58 percent who support changing election laws to allow anyone to vote by mail in all elections going forward, 82 percent were Democrats, 61 percent were independents and just 31 percent were Republicans.
And of the combined 67 percent who support either permanent changes to the nation's laws or a one-time exception for November, 88 percent were Democrats, 69 percent were independents and just 44 percent were Republicans. The poll of 900 registered voters was conducted April 13-15. The margin of error is +/- 3.27 percentage points.
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