The President threatened election inference this week, as a pandemic rages on and the U.S. Postal Service faces unprecedented shortages. Seems *quite* clear to us that Congress must take action to protect our elections.
Passing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act would be another great first step for Congress. Named in the honor of life’s work of recently departed John Lewis, the act would restore key aspects of the Voting Rights Act, such as preventing states from passing voter suppression tactics and applying strict punishments for those that attempt to. Passed by the House in December , Sen. Mitch McConnell has thus far denied the legislation a vote in the Senate.
VBM will be invaluable in the fall—as it’s a low-risk voting option, in terms of both COVID-19 and fraud. In fact, one 20-year-longshowed that, out of the over 250 VBM million ballots cast, only 143 of those have been proven fraudulent—a rate of .00006 percent. VBM has long been used in elections, dating back to the Civil War. And it is popular: According to NPR,There should be multiple means of requesting mail-in ballots, such as online, in person, over the phone and by mail. Returning a ballot should be easy and responsible as well—by mailing in, of course; but some other ideas include a drive-through or curbside drop-off adaptation, a secure dropbox and polling officials making home visits to collect ballots from those who are strictly quarantining.
Furthermore, not everyone is willing or able to vote by mail. In particular, Black voters, after decades of voter suppression,about their mailed-in ballots not being counted. Those who distrust the process or do not have access to a mail box will need an in-person system—which could include re-opening public spaces, like DMVs or public parks, to serve as polling places, or business owners offering their property to city officials to provide as a polling station.
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