Election FAQs: Postmark Deadlines, Ballot Security And How To Track Your Vote
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🗓️ 20 October 2020
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| 0:00.0 | In some ways, voting is easier this year. |
| 0:02.8 | For instance, many states have made it easier to get a ballot by mail and return it that way too, |
| 0:08.2 | or by dropping it off at a drop box or a local election office. |
| 0:12.4 | But in other ways, voting has gotten more complicated. |
| 0:16.0 | All right, so just to put this all in one place, you will fill out your ballot, |
| 0:20.3 | fold it in half. Your ballot will go inside of the secrecy envelope. |
| 0:25.6 | The secrecy envelope with the ballot will go inside of your declaration envelope. |
| 0:30.7 | In Pennsylvania, local news stations like this one in Pittsburgh have been trying to help people |
| 0:35.1 | keep track of the state's shifting ballot requirements. State law requires a ballot be returned in two |
| 0:41.2 | envelopes, one tucked inside the other. If your ballot is not inside the secrecy envelope, |
| 0:48.0 | otherwise called a naked ballot, it can't be counted. |
| 0:52.4 | But that's a new rule. It was only a month ago that individual counties in Pennsylvania could |
| 0:57.6 | make the call based on state guidance, whether to count so-called naked ballots. |
| 1:02.7 | Then in September, the state Supreme Court said naked ballots are void. |
| 1:07.5 | Stay wide experts worry that could mean around 100,000 uncounted ballots this November, |
| 1:13.0 | President Trump won Pennsylvania by 44,000 votes in 2016. |
| 1:17.6 | And this is not the only Pennsylvania ballot story that could have huge ramifications for the election. |
| 1:23.7 | We begin with breaking commitment 2020 coverage and the Supreme Court. |
| 1:28.0 | This week, the US Supreme Court said the state could count ballots received up to three days after |
| 1:33.6 | election day, as long as they're postmarked November 3rd. Republicans, including President |
| 1:38.4 | Donald Trump's campaign, have opposed such an extension. They argue it violates federal law. |
| 1:43.6 | Consider this. From postmarks to signatures, every vote will be scrutinized in this high-stake |
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