President Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their ballots after election day.

Thousands of New Yorkers are set to head to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the hotly-contested Democratic mayoral primary election.

You know what? 2020 had to happen that way. It was providential,” Trump was quoted by US Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley as saying.

Casting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year’s presidential election, even as President Donald Trump has tried to undercut the process through a wide-ranging executive order.