Amid Controversy, Getting Vote-by-Mail Right
July 28, 2020
In the latest sign of how voting by mail is being politicized, wealthy donors from across the ideological spectrum are pouring money into promoting or resisting mail-in balloting, partly in response to how the coronavirus pandemic is driving states to reconsider how they will conduct upcoming elections. But politics aside, there are some clear lessons, detailed in an Issues online exclusive, for how voting by mail can be done right, including beefing up cybersecurity to deter hackers and making absentee voting easy for people who face difficulties with mail-in ballots.