In March, it became clear that states needed to reconfigure in-person voting and significantly scale up mail voting so that Americans could vote during a pandemic. Since then, we’ve seen postponed elections, consolidated polling places, long lines, mail ballots that never reached voters, and long delays in counting those ballots. Will the U.S. be ready in November?

FiveThirtyEight Politics

ABC News, 538, FiveThirtyEight, Galen Druke

The U.S. Still Isn't Prepared For A Pandemic Election

JUL 23, 202039 MIN
FiveThirtyEight Politics

The U.S. Still Isn't Prepared For A Pandemic Election

JUL 23, 202039 MIN

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In March, it became clear that states needed to reconfigure in-person voting and significantly scale up mail voting so that Americans could vote during a pandemic. Since then, we’ve seen postponed elections, consolidated polling places, long lines, mail ballots that never reached voters, and long delays in counting those ballots. Will the U.S. be ready in November?