Ben Ginsberg provides an overview of how election rules differ state-by-state and discusses mail-in voting, ballot processing rules, and the impact of federalism on election administration.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
2:58 - Why Florida Announces Results on Election Night
4:09 - Processing vs. Counting Ballots
5:04 - What Florida Does Differently
5:50 - National Conference on State Legislatures
6:30 - Voting Laws in Battleground States
8:15 - Will Michigan Call Its Election on Election Night?
8:25 - What happened in Arizona in 2020 and 2022?
10:00 - Digit matching in Minnesota
10:19 - Why isn’t there a national standard for elections?
13:05 - A preview of the 2024 election
15:32 - What happened in Pennsylvania in 2020?
17:31 - Have early vote counts ever been released early?
19:08 - Will we know who won each state on election night in 2024?
22:07 - What is the difference between mail-in ballots and early in-person ballots?
22:56 - Who does early voting benefit?
25:50 - What does ballot harvesting mean?
29:45 - Where can you go to get more information?
30:32 - The common myth about elections
32:30 - Poll watcher rules across the country
34:28 - Where should people go to volunteer in elections?
35:31 - The Recap
36:04 - Unlikely to change rules until after the election
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