https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/10/08/lincoln-supreme-court-kamala-harris/
Not entirely true, but not at all false, Lincoln did do that, the same way he demanded the military get their ballots to mail in, even though he knew he was wildly unpopular with the fighting men.
That being said, how do you feel Mike Pence forgetting to mention that the GOP-controlled Senate outright refused to vote on Merrick Garland nine months before an election, because (back then) Mitch McConnell said it was unfair for a justice to be named in an election year?
A month before the election is fine though.