Lawmakers introduce legislation to massively expand mail-in voting

The Vote at Home Act would require all registered voters to be sent mail-in ballots prior to Election Day, guarantee that voters had the option to either vote by mail or vote in person at the polls and enact automatic voter registration for all citizens with driver's licenses or permits.

The lawmakers reintroduced it following a general election that saw a huge spike in mail-in voting due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, with just less than half of voters mailing their ballots in 2020.

Oregon is among the states that had allowed mail-in voting prior to 2020, and was the first state to move to voting almost entirely by mail.

Wyden has been among the most vocal senators on election reform and security issues, including pushing hard over the past year to expand mail-in voting during the pandemic.

"We should continue to make voting easier, not harder. This important bill would strengthen and clarify the right to vote at home, the most secure and convenient way for voters to exercise the franchise."

Democrats in both the House and Senate have reintroduced the For the People Act, a sweeping piece of voting reform legislation that would expand voting access and increase election security, among many other measures.

"Some of my key priorities as the Chair of the Rules Committee ... will be to make voting easier and more secure and to halt the flood of special interest and dark money that is drowning out the voices of the American people," Klobuchar said in a statement.

https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/536347-lawmakers-introduce-legislation-to-allow-massively-expand-mail-in-voting