Many US states don't offer the policies and flexibility that voters will need to avoid COVID-19 infection during the upcoming general election on Nov 3—and don't have much time to correct the deficiencies, according to two Rand Corp studies published today to inform state lawmakers and election officials on mitigating health risks and ensuring election integrity.In the first report, researchers looked at whether states offered absentee voting, early voting, and online voter registration that would lessen voter exposure and community spread amid a coronavirus pandemic that shows no signs of abating.
Nine states have no automatic registration, early voting, or no-excuse mail-in options, while 12 states and Washington, DC, support all three