groups have succeeded in having ballots tossed with a missing or incorrect date on the envelope in ohio, georgia, and florida, the gop is defending restrictions on ballot drop boxes, even in new york, a blue bastion, republicans are challenging major vote-by-mail expansion enacted last year. >> we want this to be the biggest moos pro-active election integrity campaign ever. the >> lawsuits are partly to >> placate trump, who emerged from his 2020 defeat, refusing to accept he had lost and instead complaining he lacked the legal firepower needed to win election challenges to keep him in the white house. and while gop officials insist trump is coming around, the president has been very consistent lately, right? what he has said is that that we would like ultimately there to only be voting on section day, but that's not the law. >> his harsh criticism has made it harder for battleground state republicans to catch up to democrats advantage with early voters >> hi, my name is tom edey i'm the chairman of the erie county republican party. i'd like to talk to my fellow republicans about voting by mail