A new poll finds more than half of voters under 35 say they don't have the resources or knowledge they need to vote by mail in November. 'The problem is we've never voted in a pandemic before, and some of these young people have never even voted before.'
A University of Wisconsin student gets information about registering to vote from a NextGen America worker in Madison, Wis., in 2018.A University of Wisconsin student gets information about registering to vote from a NextGen America worker in Madison, Wis., in 2018.As the coronavirus pandemic has upended normal balloting, more than half of voters under the age of 35 say they don't have the resources or knowledge they need to vote by mail in November, according to a new poll.
"The problem is we've never voted in a pandemic before and some of these young people have never even voted before," said Ben Wessel, NextGen America's executive director."And so when we look at the information about how to print out or, do you have the ability to print out a ballot request form or do you know how to get stamps or do you even know where to find more information? We're really understanding that we have a big job to do.
"A lot of Georgia voters are actually afraid to vote by mail ...," says Mary-Pat Hector."And that's just something we can't afford."Mary-Pat Hector, 22, says she's planning to vote in person this November but says she's also spoken to people who are skeptical of mail-in voting.
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