"Coronavirus gives us an opportunity to revamp our electoral system so that it permanently becomes more inclusive and becomes easier for the American people to access," Holder told Time magazine.
And as the Washington Examiner's Andrew Mark Miller notes, the former Obama Attorney General thinks mail-in ballots are the solution.
"There has to be a sea change in our thinking there," Holder told the magazine, adding "Allow people to access their primary American right by voting at home. It's not as if this is an untried concept. Oregon has been doing this for years. But we have to make sure that we're being sensitive to the needs of poor communities and communities of color by doing things like having prepaid postage on envelopes. Construct a system so that you've got expanded in-person voting, you've got expanded at-home voting and expanded no-excuse absentee vote-at-home measures."
The changes, according to Holder, will help "enhance our democracy."
The push for mail-in ballots has gained steam in Congress, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) suggesting that the new system would "remove all obstacles to participation" in the 2020 election.Democrats across the country have been pushing for increased mail-in voting during the coronavirus crisis despite reports over the past week suggesting over 28 million mail-in ballots have been lost in the past 10 years and that thousands of ineligible voters could possibly receive mail-in ballots, including many dead people.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said on his show this week he believes these efforts to push mail-in voting are part of a broader effort on behalf of Democrats to "encourage" voter fraud to win elections. -Washington Examiner
Comment: What she really means is that it would "remove all obstacles" to rigging the election towards their favored puppet, Biden.
Trump and GOP lawmakers have suggested that the scheme is a politically motivated power-grab - warning that the system is "corrupt" and would invite widespread fraud.
"They grab thousands of mail-in ballots and they dump it," Trump told reporters earlier this month, adding that vote-by-mail "doesn't work out for Republicans."
Holder and Pelosi are joined by House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) reportedly suggesting in a March conference call that coronavirus presents political opportunities - referring to it as a "tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision."
Comment: Behind that well manicured appearance and law degree is a corrupt and corrupting political animal who exemplifies everything wrong with Washington and Wall Street. Eric Holder's list of exploits are now legion, so it comes as no surprise that he would try and exert all his influence to get Trump out of office before the sitting president has a chance to further drain the swamp - of which Holder is a part.