Young Americans Embrace Mail In Voting If They Figure Out How

[RAMROD 117,328]

Younger Americans embrace mail-in voting, if they can figure out how

A poll shows voters under 29 are enthusiastic about voting by mail during the pandemic, but getting information on how to do it is a challenge for some.

Engagement among young voters is higher this year than it was in the 2016 and 2018 elections, and they're enthusiastic about voting by mail in November, but access to information about registration and how to vote during the coronavirus pandemic could be an issue, a new poll shows.

The poll, ( https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/poll-young-people-believe-they-can-lead-change-unprecedented-election-cycle ), by the nonpartisan Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement, or CIRCLE, found that 83 percent of young voters said they believe young people have the power to change the country, with 60 percent feeling they're part of a movement that will vote to express its views and 79 percent saying the pandemic has helped them realize that politics affect their lives.

But the survey also highlighted the challenges to participating in the election because it's being held during a national health crisis and young voters aren't getting clear and accurate information about online registration and mail-in voting.

A third said they didn't know whether they could register to vote online in their states. Among those who said they did know, 25 percent were incorrect. In addition, only 24 percent of those polled had voted by mail before.

The poll showed that 34.5 percent of young Asian American voters and 25 percent of whites have had experience with voting by mail, compared to 22 percent of Blacks and 20 percent of Latinos. The numbers were heavily influenced by geography — young Asian American voters are concentrated in Western states, where voting by mail is more common, while young Black voters are concentrated in the South, where an excuse is often required to vote absentee.

While Trump has argued that mail-in voting would lead to fraudulent ballots and claimed without evidence that foreign countries will manufacture fake mail-in ballots to rig the election, several states already allow all-mail voting, and even more have loosened absentee voting rules because of the pandemic.

And new research from PNAS, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, found that voting by mail doesn't affect either party's turnout or share of the vote.

 

Source:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/younger-americans-embrace-mail-voting-if-they-can-figure-out-n1232929?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

 

With the use of internet, social media, please be more retroactive at finding informations, younger hennies. We cannot afford another 4 years of Trump.

[Maleficent 6]

Already planning on voting blue up and down my absentee ballot come October for my first election!

Spoiler

not that it matters, since im registered in western LA County, but can't wait to stick it to trump 

 

[PartySick 173,132]

Thankfully, Florida does this right at least. You don't need a reason, simply request a mail in ballot from the board of elections and you're set.

I'm ready to actually vote this time  I couldn't in the primary because of the stupid long line but Biden would have gotten Florida regardless so

[River 127,834]

Young confused American, would like to know how to vo-voting

[Maleficent 6]

1 minute ago, PartySick said:

I couldn't in the primary

i couldn't in the primary either bc i'm registered independent. Sorry Liz, you deserved to have been the nominee 

[WildAmerican 13,672]

If you're confused, go to your county's board of elections website, and that will have all the info regarding how to safely and easily vote by mail 

Feel free to PM me if you need voting help, that's my thing, campaign worker here 

[PartySick 173,132]

3 minutes ago, Maleficent said:

i couldn't in the primary either bc i'm registered independent. Sorry Liz, you deserved to have been the nominee 

Old wounds  she deserved better

I was going to vote for Bernie though since at that point it was really down to him or Biden and I preferred Bernie

[Batwings 12,958]

A lot of deep red conservative states like the one I live in  want to make mail-in voting more difficult because they know that minorities and younger people, folks who would be more likely to use mail-in ballots, tend to vote Democrat. 

It's so frustrating because several states already have mail-in voting, and the military, and EVEN ****ing TRUMP HIMSELF votes by mail. But they believe all the far-right conspiracy theories that Democrats are going to use mail-in votes to rig the election, even thought they can't even explain how that will work. 

[MJHolland 12,725]

Voting should be easier than paying taxes.

It's so beyond frustrating that politicians are trying to disenfranchise people by making it nearly impossible to vote by mail during a global pandemic.