How does vote-by-mail work and does it increase election fraud?

Published: 21 September 2020
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In response to public health concerns related to COVID-19, many states are increasing voters’ access to mail balloting—but occasionally, those actions are met with backlash and misinformation. After all, a contentious election tends to bring controversy to the voting process. So, how does mail balloting work? Does access to mail balloting lead to partisan gain or increase the chance of electoral fraud? Darrell West, the vice president and director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, addresses these and other questions about voting by mail. For more information, visit: https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/...

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