Had there not been mail in cheating along with the other scams run by dems,
All of the changes made for the 2020 election were done by the state legislatures
In republican run states the changes were made by republicans
After losing, crying about changes you put in place is lame
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-2020-0
Voting Laws Roundup 2020
Legislatures largely made it easier for voters to cast their ballots this year, but a backlash against voting access is expected in 2021.
PUBLISHED: December 8, 2020
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sta...g-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/story?id=72309089
Here's how states have changed the rules around voting amid the coronavirus pandemic
Nine states plus D.C. will send mail-in ballots to active registered voters.
By Quinn Scanlan
September 22, 2020, 6:57 PM
https://www.tennessean.com/story/ne...s-south-now-activists-want-reform/6419005002/
COVID-19 changed election rules in the South. Now activists see chance for reform
Andrew J. Yawn Todd A. Price Maria Clark
The American South
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-2020-0
Voting Laws Roundup 2020
Legislatures largely made it easier for voters to cast their ballots this year, but a backlash against voting access is expected in 2021.
PUBLISHED: December 8, 2020
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sta...g-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/story?id=72309089
Here's how states have changed the rules around voting amid the coronavirus pandemic
Nine states plus D.C. will send mail-in ballots to active registered voters.
By Quinn Scanlan
September 22, 2020, 6:57 PM
https://www.tennessean.com/story/ne...s-south-now-activists-want-reform/6419005002/
COVID-19 changed election rules in the South. Now activists see chance for reform
Andrew J. Yawn Todd A. Price Maria Clark
The American South
What Southern states changed for the pandemic (and what they didn't)
Early voting options and no-excuse absentee ballots are considered the first steps to expanding voting options. Currently,
43 states offer in-person early voting and
34 states don't require excuses to vote absentee.
But fears of spreading COVID-19 at the polls forced states such as South Carolina and Alabama to make their usually strict absentee rules more flexible.
Both states allowed voters to mark COVID-19 as a universal "excuse" to request absentee ballots.
As a result, Alabama saw 318,000 absentee ballots cast, more than three times as many as the previous state record (89,000) set in 2012. The 2.3 million votes cast was also the highest in state history, according to data from the Alabama Secretary of State Office.
South Carolina also shattered previous highs for absentee voting, with absentee ballots comprising 52% of the total votes cast, compared to 23% in 2016. The states also allowed no-excuse, in-person absentee voting prior to Election Day, a rare early voting opportunity for many. And despite the increase, the number of absentee ballots rejected in South Carolina decreased compared to four years ago,
according to a report by The State.
Alison Parker, managing director of the U.S. program of Human Rights Watch, spent time in South Carolina, Arizona, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania ahead of the primaries to
interview local experts and voters about ease of access to the ballots. Parker said they chose those states for regional diversity and because they were "particularly concerned about" voter access.
After November's general election, she said the results show there is a desire for expanded voting options in the state.
"I think we’ve learned that absentee voting by mail is a perfectly safe and actually very efficient way to run an election in this country," Parker said. "Frankly, South Carolina just needs to get rid of the need for an excuse. Election officials have the duty to make voting easy for every eligible voter and one way to make it easy is to ensure that people can vote absentee by mail."
Parker called the pandemic-fueled expansion of voting opportunities one "silver lining" of an otherwise difficult and deadly battle with the novel coronavirus.
But the responses by some states to the pandemic showed there's still a reticence to change firmly entrenched voting practices.
Alabama and South Carolina implemented the no-excuse absentee voting rule while battling federal lawsuits by organizers calling for a loosening of notary and photo ID laws. Both states refused to implement ballot drop boxes or eliminate other absentee voting hurdles.
"We don’t make it as easy as we should," said Gibbs Knotts, political science professor at the College of Charleston. "Clearly you have to make sure your elections have integrity, but I feel like we’ve gone a little on the side of putting up barriers."
Louisiana allows early voting but did not allow COVID-19 to be used as an absentee excuse. Mississippi only allowed COVID-19 as an excuse for those who had tested positive for the virus or were quarantined. While North Carolina and South Carolina allowed curbside voting, Alabama denied it. A federal judge ruled that Mississippi had to provide curbside voting, but it was only offered to those who showed symptoms or believed they had been exposed to COVID-19.
Mississippi still saw a record number of absentee ballots cast, but Mississippi League of Women Voters co-president Christy Wheeler said improvements have to be made ahead of the 2021 municipal elections as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
"Mississippi is one of those states it is the hardest one to vote in. It is disappointing and disenfranchising," Wheeler said. "We are looking at trying to get online voter registration approved. Working with legislatures to expand COVID allowances so if you are afraid of going to the polls you can vote absentee.”
Early voting options and no-excuse absentee ballots are considered the first steps to expanding voting options. Currently,
43 states offer in-person early voting and
34 states don't require excuses to vote absentee.
But fears of spreading COVID-19 at the polls forced states such as South Carolina and Alabama to make their usually strict absentee rules more flexible.
Both states allowed voters to mark COVID-19 as a universal "excuse" to request absentee ballots.
As a result, Alabama saw 318,000 absentee ballots cast, more than three times as many as the previous state record (89,000) set in 2012. The 2.3 million votes cast was also the highest in state history, according to data from the Alabama Secretary of State Office.
South Carolina also shattered previous highs for absentee voting, with absentee ballots comprising 52% of the total votes cast, compared to 23% in 2016. The states also allowed no-excuse, in-person absentee voting prior to Election Day, a rare early voting opportunity for many. And despite the increase, the number of absentee ballots rejected in South Carolina decreased compared to four years ago,
according to a report by The State.
Alison Parker, managing director of the U.S. program of Human Rights Watch, spent time in South Carolina, Arizona, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania ahead of the primaries to
interview local experts and voters about ease of access to the ballots. Parker said they chose those states for regional diversity and because they were "particularly concerned about" voter access.
After November's general election, she said the results show there is a desire for expanded voting options in the state.
"I think we’ve learned that absentee voting by mail is a perfectly safe and actually very efficient way to run an election in this country," Parker said. "Frankly, South Carolina just needs to get rid of the need for an excuse. Election officials have the duty to make voting easy for every eligible voter and one way to make it easy is to ensure that people can vote absentee by mail."
Parker called the pandemic-fueled expansion of voting opportunities one "silver lining" of an otherwise difficult and deadly battle with the novel coronavirus.
But the responses by some states to the pandemic showed there's still a reticence to change firmly entrenched voting practices.
Alabama and South Carolina implemented the no-excuse absentee voting rule while battling federal lawsuits by organizers calling for a loosening of notary and photo ID laws. Both states refused to implement ballot drop boxes or eliminate other absentee voting hurdles.
"We don’t make it as easy as we should," said Gibbs Knotts, political science professor at the College of Charleston. "Clearly you have to make sure your elections have integrity, but I feel like we’ve gone a little on the side of putting up barriers."
Louisiana allows early voting but did not allow COVID-19 to be used as an absentee excuse. Mississippi only allowed COVID-19 as an excuse for those who had tested positive for the virus or were quarantined. While North Carolina and South Carolina allowed curbside voting, Alabama denied it. A federal judge ruled that Mississippi had to provide curbside voting, but it was only offered to those who showed symptoms or believed they had been exposed to COVID-19.
Mississippi still saw a record number of absentee ballots cast, but Mississippi League of Women Voters co-president Christy Wheeler said improvements have to be made ahead of the 2021 municipal elections as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
"Mississippi is one of those states it is the hardest one to vote in. It is disappointing and disenfranchising," Wheeler said. "We are looking at trying to get online voter registration approved. Working with legislatures to expand COVID allowances so if you are afraid of going to the polls you can vote absentee.”