Why Mail-In Voting Is a Bad Idea, Even During a Pandemic
The Daily Signal Podcast
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🗓️ 28 July 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
There is currently a debate raging over how elections are to be held in the fall amid the coronavirus. Is a pandemic reason to hold an election by mail? Would widespread mail-in voting lead to voter fraud and skew election results?
Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation and a former member of the Federal Election Commission, joins the podcast to discuss how states across America can hold a free and fair election while also protecting individuals' health.
We also cover these stories:
- Former Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., passed away July 17 and is lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda.
- Robert O’Brien, national security adviser to President Trump has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
- Google announced its employees will work from home through 2021.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday July 28th. I'm Rachel |
| 0:09.0 | Del Judas. And I'm Virginia Allen. There is currently a debate raging over how elections are to be held in the fall amid the pandemic. |
| 0:17.5 | While mail-in ballots lead to more voter fraud, will we see a spike in COVID-19 cases if Americans go to the polls to vote? |
| 0:26.5 | Hans Vons-Bakofsky Heritage Foundation Senior Legal Fellow joins the podcast to discuss the ramifications of mail and voting and how we can |
| 0:35.5 | ensure a safe and fair election in the fall. Don't forget if you're enjoying |
| 0:40.6 | this podcast please be sure to leave a review or a five-star rating on |
| 0:44.6 | Apple Podcast and encourage others to subscribe. |
| 0:47.6 | Now on to our top news. Former Congressman John Lewis of Georgia who died July 17th is lying in state in the capital rotundum. |
| 1:04.9 | Colleagues of Lewis from the House and the Senate attended a ceremony on Monday honoring |
| 1:10.0 | Lewis's life. Lewis who served over three decades in the house was a leader in the civil |
| 1:14.9 | rights movement and was among the first 13 freedom riders who were black and white |
| 1:19.9 | activists in 1961 who fought segregated interstate travel in the south. |
| 1:25.0 | Lubez's motorcade was driven past the Washington Monument, the MLK Memorial, Lincoln |
| 1:30.8 | Memorial, Black Lives Matter Plaza, and the National Museum of African American History and |
| 1:35.7 | and Culture before arriving at the Capitol per WUSA-9. |
| 1:41.0 | Robert O'Brien National Security Advisor to President Trump has been diagnosed with COVID-19. |
| 1:48.0 | O'Brien is the highest ranking White House official to contract the virus to date. |
| 1:53.0 | Larry Kudlow, the president's economic advisor, told the press on Monday that O'Brien |
| 1:58.1 | was infected by his daughter while taking a few days off to spend time with his family. |
| 2:02.8 | O'Brien is now working remotely from his home with only mild symptoms. |
| 2:08.2 | Everyone who works closely with the president is tested for coronavirus on a regular basis and there appears to be no immediate |
| 2:14.6 | concern that O'Brien could have exposed the president to the virus. |
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