Sen. Amy Klobuchar tells smerconish that there needs to be funding in place to ensure mail-in voting for elections. “The less people you have congregating at the polls, the better off we all are.”
The pandemic has reshaped much of American life, and the prospect of having millions of Americans head to the polls in November is raising serious questions about balancing the right to vote with public health.The solution proposed by Democrats and voting rights experts and advocates is to expand voting by mail.
Voting rights was a flashpoint in Abrams' race against Kemp, who was overseeing the Georgia election as secretary of state at the time of the election. The Republican enforced some of the most restrictive voting laws in the nation and was repeatedly accused during the campaign of seeking to suppress the minority vote, which he denied. "We know that the best solution is access to vote by mail," Abrams said on a recent video conference with donors."We know it works.
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