Abstract
How voting took place during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, especially the increased use of absentee/mail-in ballots, has been a point of discussion and debate throughout the United States since the 2020 election cycle. This Article takes an in-depth look into absentee/mail-in voting throughout the United States in early 2020 (pre-pandemic), during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and from 2022–2024 (post-pandemic), including a discussion of litigation filed in various states related to the use of absentee/mail-in ballots from the 2020–2024 election cycles. This Article recommends that more states should expand their access to voting by passing no-excuse absentee/mail-in voting laws because such measures that were put in place during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 allowed more citizens the opportunity to participate in the electoral process without risking their health by going to the polls to vote in person, many voters support it, and a majority of other states already utilize no-excuse absentee/mail-in voting as of 2024.
Recommended Citation
Carter, Tracey B.
(2024)
"One's Health Versus One's Right to Vote: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Legal Landscape of Absentee/Mail-in Voting in the United States from the 2020-2024 Election Cycles,"
University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy: Vol. 35:
Iss.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/jlpp/vol35/iss1/1