After the unprecedented expansion of mail-in voting in the 2020 election, dozens of states changed their mail-in voting rules. Republican-leaning states tended to introduce measures to make voting more secure, but less convenient. Democrat-leaning states were more likely on the opposite track. At least 36 states passed bills pertaining in some way to mail-in voting,…
Post 2020 Election Sees Barrage of Election Bills Limiting or Expanding Mail-in Voting
December 16, 2021
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