COVID-19 has added a great number of challenges to the already difficult task of administering elections. In addition to being good election officials, these unsung heroes now need to be epidemiologists.
While many Americans will choose to vote by mail during this pandemic, we all know that in-person voting is not going to go away. Even states like Oregon that are fully vote by mail offer in-person voting and ballot drop-off
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a major challenge to electoral organizations. The planning horizon for electoral activities will go from weeks to months. How, then, should election officials move from a strategy of postponement, which is a valid strategy in the
A new survey by data services company Dynata shows that most American voters are very concerned that the Coronavirus pandemic may prevent citizens from voting in the upcoming presidential elections and states and jurisdictions must take action.
This pandemic has affected the daily life of citizens worldwide. We are months into the situation, which is as good a time as any to ask ourselves, “how much longer is this situation going to last, and what comes next?”
Recently 70 members of Congress signed a letter to Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern urging Congress to allow its members to use remote voting in times of crisis, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. The note, which you can