The sharp reduction in voter registration complicates campaign efforts in battleground states ahead of the 2020 election.
WASHINGTON – The registration of new voters dropped dramatically in the USA amid the coronavirus pandemic, challenging efforts of both major political parties to enlist supporters in battleground states before the 2020 election.
By April, registration plummeted as the two most popular methods of signing up voters – third-party at schools and other public venues and"motor voter registration" – virtually halted. The latter refers to a federal law that requires states to give individuals the opportunity to register to vote when they apply for or renew a driver's license.
Voter registration in Illinois, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia each dropped by more than 50%. Voting rights activists and Democrats, including Biden, have made vote-by-mail expansion a national rallying cry to prepare for the possibility of a presidential election in November during a pandemic. President Donald Trump has opposed these efforts.
To boost registration, several of the states analyzed, including California, Georgia and Illinois, passed laws since 2016 to automatically register citizens to vote when they receive or renew their driver's licenses. But many states closed their departments of motor vehicles during the pandemic.
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