ELECTION 2020

[HairOfTheDog]

We could cut the spending on "Space Force", that would easily cover the cost.

 
Space Force is safe!   ")

Pelosi is really quite a negotiator.  I was pleasantly surprised to see that she managed to get federal funding to cover a good chunk of the cost for expanding voting options.

She got $400 million in the coronavirus relief legislation, approved by the Senate, for states to put towards extending absentee and mail-in ballots for the November presidential and congressional elections.

To me, voting directly ties to coronavirus funding in that the citizens ought to be able to safely choose who they want to manage the health and economic impacts (and all esle), without delay.

I don't imagine some of the Republican governors and Attorneys General who've routinely tried to suppress voter turn-out will be anxious to use it.  But, they may not have an alternative if the election cannot, constitutionally, be postponed or cancelled and there are still public health concerns.