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The Texas GOP and Ted Cruz Push Early Voting as Trump Calls for ‘One-Day’ Elections

Trump has repeatedly claimed that fraudulent voting by mail led to his 2020 election loss and given mixed messages about his own views on early voting.

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Republicans at the state level have stepped in to encourage early voting despite Trump’s criticism of the practice. Matt Rourke/AP

The Texas GOP and Sen. Ted Cruz are pushing for more Republicans to vote early this year, even as former President Donald Trump calls for limiting elections to a single day.

The state party and Cruz launched a new campaign called “Deploy Your Vote” last week. It urges Republicans — who are less likely to vote early and less confident in mail-in voting than Democrats — to utilize the state’s early-voting measures.

“In Texas, we do elections the right way, and we have folks on the front lines who will protect your early vote,” Cruz says in a video on the site.