Mail-In Voting Fact Check

With recent statements and proposed plans to eliminate mail-in voting in the U.S., we at the ETA wanted to highlight some things that are true:

1. Mail-in voting is used by multiple countries, not just the U.S.

2. Hand-marked, hand-counted paper ballots are the gold standard for safe, secure elections globally. That can and often does include mail-in voting.

3. Non-transparent vote-counting methods should receive additional scrutiny.

Here’s a sharable infographic we made to help clarify the facts:

Sources from the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance are linked here and here. Another good resource on how different countries around the world run their elections can be found here from the Pew Research Center.

A MIX OF VOTING OPTIONS WORKS. WHAT MATTERS IS HOW THE VOTES ARE COUNTED.

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