The coronavirus outbreak upended the presidential and statewide primary calendar, leading many states to not only change the date of their elections, but also change how they conducted those elections.
Absent Congress passing a bill and the president signing that bill into law -- and there are no signs Congress is considering such a serious move -- the Election Day remains set for Nov. 3, the first Tuesday of the month.Absentee ballot election workers stuff ballot applications at the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections office in Charlotte, North Carolina, Sept. 4, 2020.
State and local election officials have been gearing up for a presidential election like no other before -- one voters should think about as an election season rather than just Election Day.has been made more accessible for the upcoming election:Voting advocates have touted mail-in voting as a safe and secure alternative to voting in person since the pandemic started. The statewide primaries that took place early in the pandemic served as trial runs for states from coast to coast.
Don't see the state you live in listed? That doesn't necessarily mean it will be hard for voters to cast mail-in ballots. Prior to the 2020 election cycle, some states -- like Arizona, Colorado, Florida and Washington -- already had robust or predominantly vote-by-mail elections, so there hasn't necessarily been a need for them to change the rules.
There has also been growing concern over whether the United States Postal Service will be able to deliver mail in ballots in a timely manner. In mid-August, ABC News reported thatto 46 states and the District of Columbia saying that their absentee voting deadlines may be"incongruous" with the agency's delivery standards.
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