Podcast: The impact of mail-in voting on the presidential election
The bipartisan Virtual Congress Task Force has met twice to discuss the possibility of remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Creative Commons)
Amid fears of a coronavirus resurgence, mail-in voting is at the center of this year’s discussion about how to safely and effectively host November’s presidential election. Critics argue that voting from home could delay election results, possibly up to a few weeks, and mail-in ballots are susceptible to tampering.
But Audrey Kline, the National Policy Director at the Vote at Home Institute, argues that mail-in ballots could increase engagement and education among voters. On this week’s episode, Kline talks about the difference between absentee-ballots and mail-in ballots, if voting from home will affect how presidential candidates campaign across the country and how long could voters wait before election results will be released.
