A Black Lives Matter protest more accessible to those in the disabled community is being organized for next Friday in Portsmouth.
With the COVID-19 pandemic happening during a critical election cycle, it’s no surprise many voters are turning to mail-in absentee ballots this year. That’s left many people wondering how their vote will be protected in transit to their local clerk’s office.
However, voting by mail is something the military has been doing since the Civil War in 1864, and the processes they have in place have allowed the safe transfer of ballots from soldiers stationed stateside and globally.
With New Hampshire now allowing all voters to claim COVID-19 as a reason for voting absentee, more Granite Staters than ever will likely cast absentee ballots in this year’s election.
But with concerns around an overloaded mail system amid a global pandemic, how can you make sure your absentee ballot is counted?
A few states, including California, allow anyone to collect ballots for drop off, the idea being that some voters may not have an immediate family member available to do so for them, as is the restriction in many states. But the practice has raised concerns about election security, especially as some campaigns and political parties use ballot collection as a strategy to get out the vote.
