RNC Removes ‘Bank Your Vote’ Website, Plans Overhaul Of Early Voting Initiative

The Republican National Committee (RNC) plans to overhaul the early voting “Bank Your Vote” initiative launched by former Chair Ronna McDaniel in favor of a new program, which the RNC says will include an effort to bank Republican votes. After The Federalist inquired about the departure from McDaniels’ program on Friday, the “Bank Your Vote” website (archived here) was taken down.

Danielle Alvarez from the RNC told The Federalist that “the website is down for reconstruction as we refocus our operation on not only banking votes but growing votes.” Banking votes means encouraging voters to take advantage of opportunities to vote early, either via mail or in-person.

The RNC told The Federalist that its new plan would include a vote-banking program in addition

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