The Effects of Vote by Mail in 2020

A group at Stanford a lot of the same authors as the previous vote by mail Study Jesse Yoder is the lead author they have released a new paper about the effects of vote by mail in 2020. They find a not much of an effect it turns out it didn't matter much even though we had record turnout in 2020 It doesn't look like the increase in the turnout was no different in the places that were introducing mail elections for the first time Then it was in the placesThat say already had mail elections and then the other analysis focuses on Texas where they have a law that essentially says you need an excuse to vote by mail Normally, but if you're over 65 you don't need an excuse