Tell the NCGA to Support SB861’s Safer Voting Options
From Democracy-NC: Senate lawmakers today proposed emergency election legislation that seeks to expand voting access and secure voters’ ability to cast a ballot at home or in-person in the upcoming 2020 elections. Senate Bill 861 would provide critical funding and comprehensive protections for voters and our democracy, which Democracy NC supports.
SB861 would expand absentee voting access by:
- allowing absentee by mail requests by email, phone, fax, and via a secure online portal,
- reducing vote-by-mail witness requirements from two signatures to one, and
- providing absentee voters with pre-paid postage and envelopes.
SB861 would protect in-person voting by:
- increasing flexibility to help counties recruit additional poll workers,
- providing sanitary supplies and protective equipment to maintain healthy polling places, and
- making Election Day a holiday.
