Democratic voters are more likely to vote by mail this fall than Republican voters — and that just might deliver Donald Trump a second term. Here's why
To mail it in or not to mail it in, that is a question. Photo: George Frey/Getty Images Democratic voters are more likely to vote by mail this fall than Republican voters — and that just might deliver Donald Trump a second term.
Separately, slowdowns in mail delivery apparently engineered by GOP donor turned postmaster general Louis DeJoy have threatened to disenfranchise mail-in voters by causing their ballots to arrive after state deadlines. Thanks to congressional scrutiny and judicial action, these issues appear to have been resolved.
In North Carolina, absentee ballots have already been sent back and the state has been updating statistics on those ballots daily. As of September 17, Black voters’ ballots are being rejected at more than four times the rate of white voters, according to the state’s numbers. [1] Black voters have mailed in 13,747 ballots, with 642 rejected, or 4.7 percent. White voters have cast 60,954 mail-in ballots, with 681 — or 1.
Given that 2020 will see an unprecedented number of first-time mail-in voters, it’s quite plausible that this year’s rejection rate will be higher. Historically, as one would expect, first-time voters make errors on their mail-in ballots at a higher than average rate. Thus, to the extent that Democrats are more likely than Republicans to vote by mail, they will also be more likely to have their votes thrown out — even in the absence of any corruption in election administration.
[E]lection officials warn that there could be long lines as they try to space people six feet apart. The search is on for bigger venues — the National Basketball Association has offered up arenas, and vote-by-mail advocates are in talks with major concert halls to do the same.
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