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Trump says mail-in voting is top threat to his re-election

Trump says mail-in voting is top threat to his re-election

Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump said expanded mail-in voting could cost him the re-election in November, as states continue to press for absentee balloting amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

"My biggest risk is that we don’t win lawsuits," Trump told Politico in an interview, conducted on Thursday.

Trump and his fellow Republicans have said voting by mail invites tampering, although numerous studies have found little evidence of widespread voter fraud connected to mail-in balloting, and have filed lawsuits and threatened to withhold federal funding over the issue.

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"If we don’t win those lawsuits ... I think it puts the election at risk," he added.

The coronavirus outbreak has killed more than 118,000 Americans and led to fears of a second wave of infections in the autumn. Some parts of the country have seen a recent spike in cases.

This has pushed a number states to expand mail-in voting.

Lawsuits over mail-in voting have been filed in several states, including California, Texas and Arizona.

Asked if he would accept the results of the election no matter the outcome, Trump told Politico that was a question "you can never answer."

He told Fox News last week he would "go on and do other things" if he did not win a second term.