A comprehensive examination of the potential problems with mail-in voting and the wide disparities between the states.
But in the 40 other states and Washington, D.C, mail-in ballots accounted for just nine percent of all votes cast in 2018, while 70 percent of the vote was cast on Election Day. And some of the states with the lowest mail-in shares are some of the highest-stakes in the Electoral College: North Carolina , Pennsylvania , Wisconsin , Georgia and Texas .
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 16 states still require some type of excuse to vote absentee, three states require voters to submit a copy of photo ID along with their absentee application or ballot and 11 states require a notary or witness to sign an absentee ballot envelope before it's returned. Furthermore, only 16 states have statutes requiring local election officials to provide return postage for mailed ballots.
In California, officials converted a hotly contested May 12 special election for a vacant congressional seat into an all-mail election and all voters will be sent a ballot automatically, minimizing obstacles and confusion. It helps that two thirds of the district's voters are already on a permanent list to vote by mail.
Since the WHO declared a global pandemic on March 11, four states have held presidential primaries. In Arizona and Florida, both states where majorities of the electorate routinely vote early in person or by mail, the outbreak posed less of an impediment. Total votes cast in the March 17 Democratic presidential primary were up 26 and two percent over 2016 levels, respectively.
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