Five Facts on 'Ballot Harvesting' In recent elections, more Americans are casting their ballots earlier, often by mail. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many states loosened their voting laws to make it easier to vote by mail, including by allowing voters to designate someone else to drop off a ballot for them. Many states allowed this practice for the elderly or infirmed, but there’s growing concern that new laws open the door to ‘ballot harvesting’, a controversial practice where political operatives collect mail-in ballots to submit on the behalf of voters. |
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