[9/20/2024] At practically every Donald Trump rally, scripted words encouraging early voting get loaded into the teleprompter. But those words are rarely the actual message the former president delivers to his audience. 

The Republican National Committee has embraced early voting in 2024. Trump has promoted it in recordings the GOP played at its convention and in ads distributed around the country, as well as in copies of his prepared remarks at rallies. But live and on the trail, Trump’s tenor on the subject has remained inconsistent, often veering off remarks and instead sowing doubt in the legitimacy of the early voting process, confusing Republican voters — and potentially getting in the way of the party’s efforts to chase votes this fall.