How Vote-By-Mail Is Playing Out And What Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s Death Means For Election Day
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COVID-19 is changing how we'll vote this year, in what is expected to be the first presidential election where ballots will be cast almost entirely by mail. Misinformation over vote-by-mail continues, and in-person early voting has already begun in multiple states. This all comes in the wake of former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg's death, which has set off a political race to fill the vacant seat before Election Day. Today on Insight, a look at vote-by-mail and the ramifications of Ginsberg's passing for California.
Today's Guests
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Politico California Playbook co-writer Jeremy B. White checks-in on the ramifications of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg's passing for California
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California Voter Foundation Founder and President Kim Alexander on what National Voter Registration Day means, how vote-by-mail is rolling out across the state, and a new study on rejected ballots
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UC San Diego Department of Political Science Professor and Chair and newelectorateproject.org leader Thad Kousser discusses a new study on partisan polarization over voting by mail, demographics and what matters to voters right now
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The League of Women Voters of California President Carol Moon Goldberg on vote by mail education, barriers to voting and vote-by-mail, and getting the vote out to minorities