Your Shortcut to... Mail-in Voting in the US Election

Published: Aug. 26, 2020, 8 p.m.

The 2020 US presidential election is happening in November, but with the country still in the grip of COVID-19, there's a lot of talk about how the vote will be carried out, and more specifically, the role of mail-in voting. In this episode of Squiz Shortcuts, we take a look at how US elections work, what mail-in voting is, and the issues surrounding it. Squiz Shortcuts gives you the backstory to the big stories. Check out The Squiz Today email and podcast - published 6 am each weekday, it's your shortcut to the news: https://www.thesquiz.com.au/ Squiz Recommends:  FiveThirtyEight article on 2020 US election mail-in voting trends Vox article on Facebook's new voter information centre See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.