The Newest Dem Fight to Make Vote by Mail Easier

In the lead-up to this year’s primaries, Ohio state Representative Michael Skindell got a call from a voter with considerable clout—his mother. Like many in the state, she felt frustrated having to apply, year after year, to receive mail-in ballots––especially during this year’s electoral chaos, when a tumultuous redistricting battle in the state led to primary elections in both May and August. Why, she asked, couldn’t she just sign up once and be done with it—that is, become a permanent absentee voter?

The calls flooded in, not only from Skindell’s mother, but from her neighbors, too—older voters who told him it was confusing to keep track of off-year elections to ensure that they applied for absentee ballots in time. Skindell’s mother and her friends joked that with age, remembering to vote is hard enough, let alone during odd circumstances like this year’s.

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