The US presidential election is planned to happen just over three months from now.
With the number of coronavirus infections still rising in the world’s worst-affected country, many states are making postal voting easier so Americans won’t need to queue at polling stations.
But Donald Trump says mail-in ballots will lead to fraud, without providing evidence.
The President’s tweeted about wanting to delay the election, prompting criticism from Democrats and even his Republican supporters.
So can the vote be postponed?
Presenter: Imran Khan
Guests:
Adam Goodman – Republican party Strategist
Clyde Wilcox – Professor of Government at Georgetown University
Simon Rosenberg – President of the New Democrat Network think tank
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Voting is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, in order to make a collective decision or express an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a place represented by an elected official are called “constituents”, and those constituents who cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called “voters”. There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections.
In smaller organizations, voting can occur in different ways. Formally via ballot to elect others for example within a workplace, to elect members of political associations or to choose roles for others. Informally voting could occur as a spoken agreement or as a verbal gesture like a raised hand or electronically.
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