ABA Survey: Majority Now Support Online Voting; 72 Percent Support Early Voting in Light of Pandemic

ABA:

In the midst of a nationwide debate over when and how voting can take place during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. residents have undergone a dramatic shift in their support of online voting. As the pandemic continues, mor than half (55%) of adults in the U.S. now support online voting. This is a significant increase from the 34% who said they supported online voting when asked before the pandemic had fully struck the U.S., according to polling by the American Bar Association as part of its ABA 2020 Survey of Civic Literacy. In a survey update conducted April 7-11, 2020, opposition to online voting dropped 23 percentage points to 40% from 63%, a change the pollster termed “earthshattering.”



Permitting voting before the official Election Day, a source of dispute in some states as mail-in absentee voting surges, remained a popular option. Support dropped slightly, from 78% before the pandemic spread, to 72% during the crisis.

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