Coronavirus has made mail-in voting and the general election more complicated in 2020. Voting by mail is 'going to be the real story of this cycle,' one expert said.
that will make it easier and more accessible for voters to cast their ballots from home. These changes include removing strict excuse requirements or allowing COVID-19 concerns to be a valid excuse to vote absentee, allowing ballot drop boxes, offering prepaid postage on election mail and proactively sending all active registered voters applications to request an absentee ballot -- with some, such as California, skipping that step and sending the actual ballots.
"With a lot of voters voting in a different way than they ever had before," Weil said,"are we going to see a higher number of these absentee ballots rejected?"Joe Raedle/Getty Images Amid the historic turnout, long lines have been reported at some polling locations -- though experts are quick to point out that long lines might not necessarily mean long wait times, and voters should not be deterred from voting as a result.
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