Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「More voting by mail, expanded early in-person voting and other changes states adopted for the pandemic helped roughly 159 million Americans cast ballots in the 2020 general election. The nation is now debating what changes will stick and how voting might differ in the future.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Some fiercely contested states are drawing battle lines over the rules going forward. Many Republicans say clearer rules are needed to bolster security and confidence, while Democrats oppose such proposals as trying to make it harder to vote.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ About 99% of those who voted by mail said it was very or somewhat easy to cast their ballots, according to a national survey of 18,200 registered voters overseen by Charles Stewart, a political-science professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Some 81% of mail voters said they were very or somewhat likely to vote by mail in the future.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ This year about 10 states loosened their rules to effectively allow any voter to vote by mail because of the public-health crisis. In many other states, requesting a mail ballot was already an option, and record numbers of voters availed themselves.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠In many cases, Republicans and Democrats tussled over rules in state legislatures and courts, including over state deadlines for receiving ballots in the mail.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Read more at the link in our bio.」12月29日 0時51分