WASHINGTON: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday (Apr 1) she wants to virus-proof the November election by including funding to boost ...
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a signing ceremony after the House of Representatives approved a $2.2 trillion coronavirus aid package at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Tom BrennerWASHINGTON: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she wants to virus-proof the November election by including funding to boost voting by mail in the next pandemic response plan being put together by Democrats in the House of Representatives.
"Vote by mail is so important to ... our democracy so that people have access to voting and not be deterred, especially at this time, by the admonition to stay home," Pelosi told reporters. "When I was chair of the California Democratic party many years ago, the Republicans always prevailed in the absentee ballots," she said."They know how to do this."Indeed, some Democrats fear voting by mail could disenfranchise minorities and low-income voters who tend to move more frequently.
But Democrats want more money to prepare states for a possible surge in voting by mail in the fall as millions of voters are set to choose the nation's next president on Nov 3. Pelosi said the Postal Service also needs more money.Three states - Wyoming, Hawaii and Alaska - have scrapped in-person voting for Democratic primaries on Apr 4, and will only permit voting by mail. Ohio and at least eight other states pushed their primaries back to May or June.
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