Some interesting tidbits on voting from the new @QuinnipiacPoll: 36% of likely voters have voted or plan to vote by mail or absentee ballot, 33% say they plan to vote in person on Election Day, and 28% say they have or will vote in early in-person poll.qu.edu/national/relea…
For comparison, about 23% of the electorate voted by mail/absentee in 2016, 17% voted early-in-person, and 60% voted in-person on Election Day, per @EACgov eac.gov/documents/2017…
"68 percent of likely voters say they are more motivated to vote than in past presidential elections...Compared to the 2016 presidential election, there is a 15-point increase in those who say they are more motivated to vote." poll.qu.edu/national/relea…
Per what @JacobRubashkin was saying the other day, the shadow of 2016 is affecting expectations: "Forty-four percent of likely voters believe Biden will win the presidential election, while 42 percent believe Trump will win and 14 percent don't know." poll.qu.edu/national/relea…

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24 Oct
The lines to vote this morning at the David Rubinstein Atrium in Lincoln Center (Upper West Side) are insane, even while I was taking this video, I was confused to where the lines began/ended
The scaffolding here (and my somewhat poor videography) makes it hard to capture the full extent of the lines, the entire block was absolutely packed with people
I went to Central Park and came back to Lincoln Center about an hour and a half later, and the lines were still just as long. Here’s a sped-up video I took of the line — as you can see, some people brought fold-up chairs to sit on, crossword puzzles, and books #VoteEarlyDay
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22 Oct
New: A couple months ago, I put out a guide on 5 mistakes to avoid while voting by mail. Now with 12 days left to vote in the 2020 presidential election, here are my top 5 tips and best practices to follow for voting in-person early or on Election Day: businessinsider.com/5-tips-for-vot…
If you haven’t requested a mail ballot yet, it’s likely too late to do so, and you should vote in-person, @beckerdavidj says. He recommends voting early in-person if you can — early voting is currently ongoing in most states, and is a great option
businessinsider.com/when-is-early-…
Tip #1: Double-check the location and hours of your in-person voting site, which may have changed since the last time you voted. And for early voting, the hours may be different than on Election Day, so look at that ahead of time and make a plan in advance to beat the crowds
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13 Oct
NEW: The California GOP setting up unauthorized and unofficial drop boxes not only runs afoul of the law (the CA SOS/AG issued cease and desist orders tonight), it puts them at odds with months of Trump and other Rs slamming ballot harvesting as fraudulent businessinsider.com/california-gop…
Tonight, @CASOSvote and @AGBecerra announced they sent cease-and-desist orders to the @CAGOP and county parties in Fresno, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties for setting up illegal dropboxes, hours after the state party doubled down on the practice
While California does indeed have some expansive rules around 3rd-party ballot collection, state law pretty clearly prohibits third parties/political groups that are not election officials from setting up drop boxes — people returning others' ballots must follow specific rules
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25 Sep
New: I dug into ballots rejected for lack of secrecy envelopes, or "naked" ballots in Pennsylvania — there have been projections that up to 100k ballots could be rejected, but the lack of any good data on this makes it very hard to know that w/ confidence businessinsider.com/pennsylvania-b…
Secrecy envelopes are a pretty obscure/outdated practice only still used in a handful of states that date back to a time when absentee ballots were mostly processed at precincts — now, including in Pennsylvania, they’re counted mainly at central processing locations
"The presence of a secrecy sleeve has nothing to do with the eligibility of the voter, the accuracy, or casting of the ballot," @AmberMcReynolds told me — esp given that officials often can't confirm they necessarily sent the inner sleeve in the first place
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23 Sep
Everything today might have left you feeling confused about how, exactly, the Electoral College works and the timeline for determining the President + Vice President. Here’s an explainer I wrote back in August breaking it down and a thread for you 1/ businessinsider.com/how-the-electo…
Nov. 3: The date on which states must appoint their electors to the electoral college, which falls on the 1st Monday after the 1st Tuesday in November. States don't constitutionally or statutorily have to hold popular elections to allocate electors, but today, all do. 2/
The vote count is never truly finalized on Election Day. After Election Day, officials fully canvass and process all absentee, provisional, military/overseas, and otherwise challenged ballots before the results can be officially certified, () 3/
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22 Sep
Today, September 22, is #NationalVoterRegistrationDay!! Here’s an interactive chart I put together with @GraphicsInsider with the voter registration deadlines in every state and everything you need to know about registering to vote in a pandemic. Thread 🧵 businessinsider.com/how-to-registe…
In every state + DC except North Dakota, you must be properly registered in your county to vote. You have to be 18 years old and a US citizen to be eligible to vote anywhere, and will need to provide a driver’s license/state ID card number or the last 4 digits of your SSN 2/
Some states also have specific rules that require you you to be a resident of your county for a specific number of days, and many states prohibit citizens on probation or parole for a felony from voting, so be sure to check w/ your state's rules, esp if you recently moved 3/
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