One Big Thing: Do you think the November Presidential election date should be honored?

What is it?

• Recently, President Trump proposed postponing the November election date claiming that universal mail-in voting will lead to inaccurate results and voter fraud.
• Many Republicans and Democrats have come out against this idea, maintaining that the election must be held as scheduled.
• So far, there have been no cases of voter fraud in Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington and Utah who employ in-person voting and ballot drop-off sites.

Why is it important?

• Elections are essential to the democratic process and the U.S. constitution only allows them to be changed by majority support of both houses of Congress.
• Many have called for law makers to allocate more funding for mail in voting to prepare to the election. Mail in ballot printers have also increased their production to account for the surge in demand.
• Despite the efforts to prepare to host nationwide election amid a pandemic, 2/3 of Americans believe that it will be disrupted by the virus.

What can you do?

• For more on how mail in voting works, check out Brookings Institute
• Read more about who can postpone an election from The National Constitution Center