Voting is easier in Oregon than any other state in the nation, according to the latest analysis by a team of political scientists tracking the issue. (1/7)
“Oregon, which has one of the most progressive automatic voter registration processes and mail-in voting, maintains the first position as the easiest state in which to vote,” the researchers wrote in a summary of their findings. (2/7)
The other top states for ease of voting are Washington, Utah, Illinois and Maryland. Oregon, Utah and Washington all have permanent vote-by-mail processes. (3/7)
Political scientists maintain an index of how easy or difficult it is for Americans to register to vote and cast a ballot. (4/7)
States with the highest barriers to voting have laws that would confound Oregonians. For example, Texas does not allow voters to register online starting a month before the election. (5/7)
The researchers noted that the United States' decentralized voting system would make it very difficult to sway a national election by “stuffing ballot boxes or casting fake votes.” (6/7)
Read the full story: trib.al/70mJLdf (7/7)
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