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The ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic means voting by mail will play a key role in the 2020 general election.
by Bethania Palma, March 17, 2020
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As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, voting by mail in the U.S. will play a significant role in the 2020 general election on Nov. 3, 2020. U.S. President Donald Trump has attacked mail-in voting, stating that it is beset by widespread fraud, a claim that is without evidence. Perhaps inevitably, the topic of voting by mail quickly became the subject of misinformation and rumors. Here's a glimpse into what we've fact-checked.
Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who started her career as a daily newspaper reporter and has covered everything from crime to government to national politics. She has written for ... read more
Aug. 6, 2020
"Even if a person receives multiple ballots, only one return ballot can be counted," according t ...
May 26, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly made the claim as states scrambled to establish new elect ...
Aug. 10, 2020
However you slice these numbers, documented examples of such fraud appear to be rare.
July 29, 2020
The USPS does recommend requesting ballots at least 15 days in advance and mailing them at least ...
Aug. 14, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Aug. 11, 2020
While both are election crimes, there is a difference between modifying mail-in ballots and modi ...
May 21, 2020
"Conflating voters choosing not to cast their ballot with 'missing' ballots is a fundamental fla ...
Aug. 14, 2020
The number of U.S. Postal Service collection boxes overall has fallen by at least 60% since the ...
Aug. 10, 2020
The U.S. president has expressed many (and varied) feelings about mail-in voting.
Aug. 6, 2020
U.S. Postal Service workers nationwide reported backlogs of letters and packages in summer 2020. ...
May 28, 2020
Social media posts in May 2020 claimed the incident was an example of the ballot-casting system' ...
May 21, 2020
As Trump criticized voting by mail, some social media users shined a light on the president's ow ...
Oct. 21, 2016
If you're submitting a ballot by mail, you might need additional postage (and the directions pri ...
March 17, 2020
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night — nor a pandemic — has much chance of delaying ...
