{"id":24383,"date":"2020-05-04T15:47:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T22:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=24383"},"modified":"2020-05-04T15:47:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T22:47:01","slug":"support-rises-for-vote-by-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=24383","title":{"rendered":"Support rises for vote by mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they would support voting by mail as an alternative to in-person voting on Election Day if the coronavirus continues to pose a public health threat in November, according to a poll released Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qgwhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprhfdhvn_rggcggnrnpcgwwvrtglk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qgwhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprhfdhvn_rggcggnrnpcgwwvrtglk.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1588714345836000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEngcG3AgnSBPkUzh0xlUiatbSE3A\">USA Today-Suffolk University poll<\/a>\u00a0found that 65 percent of respondents endorsed mail-in voting as an alternative, while just 32 percent said they opposed it. Three percent said they were undecided.<\/p>\n<p>Opinions broke primarily along partisan lines, with Republicans being far more wary of voting by mail. Forty-three percent of GOP respondents said they supported vote-by-mail as an alternative during the pandemic, while 53 percent opposed it. Among Democrats, 84 percent said they supported it, with 14 percent opposed.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-six percent of independents said they supported vote-by-mail.<\/p>\n<p>The survey results come amid a heated debate over mail-in voting, with proponents voicing concerns about having large gatherings at polling stations during the pandemic. Some\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/mnysmzwgpccljzjcltnpplsspwlvcwckkdpgzbvsdpstc_rggcggnrnpcgwwvrtglk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/mnysmzwgpccljzjcltnpplsspwlvcwckkdpgzbvsdpstc_rggcggnrnpcgwwvrtglk.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1588714345836000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEO0PZYv9lFuQ4UFH5aryvcMBaUCg\">Democratic lawmakers<\/a>\u00a0are calling for states to expand mail-in voting ahead of November.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump, meanwhile, has come out against mail-in voting, arguing it has \u201ctremendous potential for voter fraud\u201d and gives Democrats an advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Five states \u2014 Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah and Washington \u2014 already hold elections almost entirely by mail. Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia give voters the option. Voting by mail is only available in certain circumstances in the remaining states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24384,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24383\/revisions\/24384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}