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Ezra Klein: “What would a system that wanted people to vote look like?”
Stacey Abrams: “Oregon.”
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/id1081584611?i=1000496884178
Stacey Abrams: “Oregon.”
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/id1081584611?i=1000496884178
Oregon has served as model for safe, secure, elections even during a pandemic. https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2020/03/opinion-oregons-vote-by-mail-system-a-model-for-virus-proof-elections.html
And -- BONUS! -- it's cheaper to run all #VoteByMail elections, too. https://www.sightline.org/2015/03/25/voter-suppression-is-exorbitantly-expensive/
Other states are doing great on #VoteByMail too -- Washington, Colorado, Utah also make sure voters can vote from home. https://www.sightline.org/2020/06/26/whats-your-states-grade-for-safe-elections/
Add in #AutomaticVoterRegistration to make sure eligible voters are on the list with their most recent address... https://www.sightline.org/2016/11/16/oregons-new-motor-voter-law-registered-a-quarter-million-new-voters-this-year/
And it's no surprise that Oregon enjoys very high voter turnout. https://www.sightline.org/2018/12/13/voter-turnout-oregon-tops-charts-2018-midterms/
Find more proven solutions that states can do to make sure everyone can vote and every vote counts in my new book: http://becomingademocracy.com
