Primaries are still on-going as the November 2020 elections close in. Coronavirus remains the most important test in the latest round of primaries.
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These States Still Haven’t Expanded Mail-In Voting Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus imposed mail-in voting. While some states have taken steps to ensure its implementation, four states in particular are lagging behind.
College athletes on voter-registration spree: ‘We have a chance to change the world’
College athletes believe there is an opportunity in new voter-registration spree. They think they have a change to change the world.
States are facing major challenges in making vote-by-mail effective for November 2020
Traditional voting has intrinsic challenges. States are facing major novel hurdles preparing for coronavirus vote-by-mail elections in November 2020.
States limiting access to vote-by-mail based on age are in breach of the constitution
There is a legal age for voting, 18 in the U.S. Some states are limiting access to absentee voting using age. Rights groups warned this is unconstitutional.
While Trump tries to discredit mail voting, GOP officials move ahead with plans
Trump persists in discrediting vote-by-mail warranted by coronavirus. This has not stopped some GOP officials from pushing on with increasing mail-in voting
States push millions of people toward absentee voting amid pandemic
Mail-in voting is viewed as the way to go in 2020 elections due to the coronavirus. State and local election administrators are pushing voters to use it.
Coronavirus has made the 2020 election a perfect storm for voting rights lawsuits
The coronavirus pandemic imposed a modification of election methods. This has, in turn, provoked legal battles of potentially historical proportions.
America Is Woefully Unprepared for a COVID-19 Election
It is becoming increasingly evident that America is unprepared for a COVID-19 election. This is worrying as 1 million votes are at stake.
House Democrats include $3.6 billion for mail-in voting in new stimulus bill
House Democrats have included $3.6 billion in election funding as part of the $3 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill they rolled out on Tuesday, The Hill.