As Voters Turn Out in Record Numbers, We Take Your Voting Questions

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🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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More than 33 million Americans have already voted as of Tuesday -- roughly 70% of total 2016 early voting. On Monday, the Supreme Court denied a request by Pennsylvania Republicans to shorten the deadlines for mail-in ballots in the state. We’ll get the national picture on voting from NPR’s Miles Parks and hear how voting systems are handling the record turnout. Then, president and founder of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation Kim Alexander joins Forum to take your questions on voting. We’ll cover topics like locating and using official ballot drop boxes, voting in-person after applying to vote by mail and correcting a mistake on your ballot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:15.1	Coming up on forum, have you already voted?
1:17.5	More than 40 million Americans have, dramatically outpacing early voting in 2016.
1:23.2	We'll get an update on how voting is going nationwide from NPR's Miles Parks.
1:28.4	Then, President and founder of the Nonpartisan California Voter Foundation, Kim Alexander,
1:33.3	returns to answer your questions about voting, including using official ballot dropboxes,
1:39.2	voting in person safely, and what to do if you've already filled out your mail-in ballot, but you think you made a mistake.
1:46.0	Join us.
1:47.0	This is Forum. I'm Nina Kim. Wisconsin began early voting yesterday. Monday was the first day of early voting across Florida. Monday also saw the U.S. Supreme Court deny a request by Pennsylvania Republicans to shorten the deadline for mail-in ballots to be received in the state. We get the national picture on voting from NPR's Miles Parks.
2:20.3	Miles Parks, thanks so much for joining us.
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