FiveThirtyEight
Maya Sweedler

Yeah, Kaleigh’s exactly right. A handful of states expanded no-excuse absentee voting in response to the pandemic — Delaware, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York and South Carolina, for example — and another five said the pandemic doesn’t count as a universally valid excuse.

Maggie Koerth

I’d assume, just psychologically, that it’s hard to put the cat back into the bag for something that makes voting more convenient for people. Further, the norms have been trending towards more early voting in more places since the 1980s.

Kaleigh Rogers

That’s because, hopefully, the pandemic won’t be a major factor the next time we have a national election. Hopefully.


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