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Mail-in voting is safe and reliable – 5 essential reads

  • Written by Jeff Inglis, Politics + Society Editor, The Conversation US
imageAn election worker in Pennsylvania handles mailed ballots during that state's primary election in May.AP Photo/Matt Rourke

Time is running out for Americans who want to cast their ballots by mail.

If you want to vote this way but haven’t yet requested a ballot, you should know that it takes time for ballot requests to get from voters to their...

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