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Lessons Learned
from the Primaries:
Recommendations for Avoiding a Crisis in November
Amid a global pandemic, economic crisis, and widespread civil unrest, the 2020 presidential primary season faced a unique set of challenges. Voters cast absentee ballots in unprecedented numbers to avoid exposure to a deadly disease; faced with shortages of poll workers and protective gear, election administrators consolidated the number of in-person voting locations. Yet the primaries also offered a compelling set of lessons that can and should be applied to effectively managing November’s general election. Our recommendations, distilled from these lessons, will help policy makers, election administrators, and the media to secure a free and fair general election. Read our post-primary report and recommendations here & the executive summary here.
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