scholarly journals How did absentee voting affect the 2020 U.S. election?

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (52) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Yoder ◽  
Cassandra Handan-Nader ◽  
Andrew Myers ◽  
Tobias Nowacki ◽  
Daniel M. Thompson ◽  
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Absentee Voting

Contested US polls are possible due to virus

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
General Election ◽  
Voting Systems ◽  
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The Supreme Court ◽  
Absentee Voting

Significance Already, one territory and twelve states have delayed their primary and caucus votes that decide which candidates contest the general election, and there are worries that polling places will be sites for COVID-19 to spread. Impacts If greater use is made of postal balloting, more money will be needed to establish these voting systems, and quickly. Postal voting systems will be vulnerable to tampering, which will risk voters’ faith in the system. Both parties will litigate any voting irregularities, which would delay confirmation of results. If Republicans litigated results in the Supreme Court, the court’s conservative lean could give them an advantage. In states that allow it, there will be above-average applications for absentee voting.

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