Paul- thanks for your comparison on ballot return rates, but I would reiterate your comments that 2020 was an exception. Most of our vote by mail elections, somewhere between 60 and 66% of total ballots are dropped in the last 96 hours, Or come in by mail during that timeframe or even later. I will be shocked if we don’t reach the levels that are projected perhaps touching into the mid to high 80s. Also, we have a greater number of infrequent voters registered, and to the extent they under perform and turn out they will drag down overall turnout. I have always been a skeptic of young people voting, no matter how hard organizations work to bring them to the polls. I do wonder if this year they will slightly over perform since so many issues are of such great effects to their generation. We will see what happens, but thank you very much for bringing this issue forward. I also greatly appreciate your coverage of campaign financing this whole cycle, even if I disagree at times with some of your emphasis. All the best, subscriber, Larry.
Paul- thanks for your comparison on ballot return rates, but I would reiterate your comments that 2020 was an exception. Most of our vote by mail elections, somewhere between 60 and 66% of total ballots are dropped in the last 96 hours, Or come in by mail during that timeframe or even later. I will be shocked if we don’t reach the levels that are projected perhaps touching into the mid to high 80s. Also, we have a greater number of infrequent voters registered, and to the extent they under perform and turn out they will drag down overall turnout. I have always been a skeptic of young people voting, no matter how hard organizations work to bring them to the polls. I do wonder if this year they will slightly over perform since so many issues are of such great effects to their generation. We will see what happens, but thank you very much for bringing this issue forward. I also greatly appreciate your coverage of campaign financing this whole cycle, even if I disagree at times with some of your emphasis. All the best, subscriber, Larry.