Between anticipated mail-in ballot records, early voting surges and a slew of novel coronavirus-related safety precautions, the global pandemic has shaped almost every facet of voting. State and local election officials have been gearing up for this most unusual election cycle for months. With early
This year's general election is shaping up to be one for the history books. Between anticipated mail-in ballot records, early voting surges and a slew of novel coronavirus-related safety precautions, the global pandemic has shaped almost every facet of voting.
— CA SOS Vote October 14, 2020 Voting by mail is"going to be the real story of this cycle," Matthew Weil, director of the Elections Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, told ABC News."The jump from 2016 to 2020 is going to be huge," he said. Adding to the complexities this year are President Donald Trump's repeated attempts to sow doubt on mail-in voting through false and conspiratorial claims about voter fraud. Legal experts told ABC News there hasn't been evidence of widespread or systematic voter fraud with mail voting.
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. "It is a more forward-looking use of technology in our election sphere," Klain said."That's exciting to see, and helpful, especially in a year where, again, we're seeing high levels of turnout."
"We should try to take as much pressure off of Election Day at the polling places as possible," he said."If individually we can all make that decision, I think the entire election season will go better." "We're seeing innovations like that across the country," Klain said."I do think county election officials are doing their best to keep people safe."
"I think that is the gold standard," he said."You want voters to be turning to their state election officials."
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