How To Vote This November

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🗓️ 27 August 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

With the 2020 election just over two months away, it’s time to start thinking about the logistics of voting. To make voting easier and safer during the pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill back in May to mail every active registered voter a ballot. But many voters have concerns, such as questions about signature requirements and how to cast a ballot if you’re experiencing homelessness or displacement and don’t have a mailing address. These issues are compounded by the pressure put on the already-struggling U.S. Postal Service to handle an expected record number of mail-in ballots. We’ll answer your questions on how to vote this November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.9	From KQED. This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
1:12.5	A consistent chunk of mail-in ballots get rejected every election for small things like
1:17.1	forgetting a signature or lateness.
1:19.3	Now, with every active registered voter this year receiving a mail-in ballot for safer voting
1:23.8	during the pandemic, we'll learn how to avoid these common mistakes and how to make
1:28.0	sure your vote is counted if you've been displaced from your home or are experiencing
1:32.1	homelessness. Joining us is Kim Alexander, President and founder of the California Voter Foundation.
1:37.8	Thanks so much for joining us, Kim. Good morning. Thanks for having me. And how many mail
1:43.0	and ballots tend to get thrown out each election?
1:46.7	Well, technically they're not thrown out. They are not counted. They are preserved just like
1:51.4	all the other ballots for 22 months after I don't want to scare everybody. Right. Thanks.
1:55.2	Yeah. You know, it's a small percentage, but it's a persistent one. On average, over the past 10 years, the
2:02.2	study we've been conducting along in collaboration with Dr. Mindy Romero of the Center for Inclusive
2:07.4	Democracy, we've been looking at statewide ballot rejection since 2010 and found that on average,
2:13.1	1.7% of the vote-by-mail ballots casts are being rejected, primarily for arriving too late,
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