No Time to Fail | A Passion for Voting
Clip: Season 11 Episode 7 | 1m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
Voters chose to vote by mail and in-person in the middle of the pandemic in 2020.
For the 2020 presidential election, voters chose to vote by mail and in-person in the middle of the pandemic. One of the most well known civic duties and responsibilities in America, voting became a source of division due to mistrust and disinformation yet the turnout was the highest in the 21st century (according to the U.S. Census, 66.8% of registered voters cast their ballots).
Major funding for America ReFramed provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by Open Society Foundations,...
No Time to Fail | A Passion for Voting
Clip: Season 11 Episode 7 | 1m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
For the 2020 presidential election, voters chose to vote by mail and in-person in the middle of the pandemic. One of the most well known civic duties and responsibilities in America, voting became a source of division due to mistrust and disinformation yet the turnout was the highest in the 21st century (according to the U.S. Census, 66.8% of registered voters cast their ballots).
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