
Breakout Session
How We Vote: In-Person and Absentee/Mail Options
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM ET
Voting options changed dramatically in 2020, and also over the last two decades. In this session, participants learn about absentee/mail voting policy options, as well as the latest on in-person voting, including early voting. Bonus: attendees get a run-down on federal action on elections—a policy area generally reserved for the states.
Presenters

Susan Parnas Frederick
Sr. Federal Affairs Counsel, NCSL
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Brian Hinkle
Research Analyst II, NCSL Elections and Redistricting Program
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Charles Stewart III
Kenan Sahin Distinguished Prof. of Political Science, MIT, Director, MIT Elections Lab
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Amanda Zoch
Public Fellow, NCSL Elections and Redistricting Program
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Resources
- Voting Outside the Polling Place Report
- NCSL’s State Election Legislation Database
- NCSL’s Canvass Newsletter
- MIT Election Lab
- NCSL LegisBrief: Six Policy Decision Points on Absentee/Mail Voting
- State Laws Governing Early Voting
- NCSL Election Resources Table of Contents