This article is from NewsWeek by Alexandra Hutzler:
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the 2020 election, all but four states now offer expanded mail-in voting options.
Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas are the only areas that have not taken any definitive action to amend their approach to absentee balloting amid the global health crisis, according to the grassroots anti-corruption group RepresentUs. Forty-six states and the District of Columbia now allow some form of mail-in voting to all registered residents as a way to maintain public health.
“The need to be able to vote by mail is acute given the pandemic,” said Josh Silver, the organization’s director and co-founder. “Despite anything the president might say or his proxies might say, both parties are realizing they have to embrace absentee voting and safer in-person voting in order to have any hope of prevailing in the elections this year.”
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