Voters'busy' in the US pre-voting… Waiting for 11 hours · Out of paper

The pre-voting process for presidential elections, the best in the history of the United States, is increasing confusion in election management.

The BBC reported, citing the'US Election Project', that more than 22 million people participated in the pre-voting in the United States through mail-by-mail and early field voting as of the 16th (current time).

Considering that 6 million people participated in pre-voting at the same time as the 2016 presidential election, this number has increased by nearly four times.

Experts analyzed that the biggest reason for the increase in pre-voting was the fear of Corona 19, which is the day of the presidential election, which is to avoid on-site voting on November 3.

By region, Georgia recorded an all-time high in voting on the 12th, which was the holiday season, while Ohio, a competitive area, saw an increase of 2.3 million vote-by-mail applications compared to four years ago.

Even in Texas, where voting by mail requirements are demanding, the record was set on the 13th, the first day of pre-voting.

The rate of participation in pre-voting by political party was estimated to be twice that of Democrats and Republicans.

In particular, it was found that among Democrats, women and blacks had a high proportion of participation.

However, the BBC explains that it is too early to say that the Democratic Party is necessarily in favor of the presidential election.

Republicans claiming vote-by-mail voting is vulnerable to manipulation can appear at the polls on the day of the presidential election.

BBC reported that vote-by-

early on-site voting. Some voters waited for 11 hours before voting, the BBC said.

The unexpected heat of pre-voting led to a shortage of ballots.

A postal company that has contracts to supply ballots with Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania is overloaded with pre-voting applications and is unable to ship on time.

Eventually, the New York Times (NYT) reported that several regions are printing their own ballots or working on emergency supply plans.

The Washington Post pointed out that although the United States has voted for more than 200 years, elections are not being managed properly.

There was also a distrust of vote-by-mail.

After months of confusion, including delays in mailing, and even President Donald Trump repeatedly raised the'manipulation theory', he chose to vote early on the spot instead of by mail.

A voter in Philadelphia said, "I received a mail ballot two weeks ago, and I haven't opened it as if it had a bomb," he said. "I wonder if my vote will be properly reflected in the vote count."

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In addition, Republicans in some regions, including California, set up'private' early on-site ballot boxes, creating controversy.

Because of the risk of loss or manipulation, the installation of ballot boxes other than official ballot boxes is a violation of California law, but Republicans are confronting that there is no problem as Democrats have legalized collection of ballots by agents.

As the election fever heats up, the WP reported that there were only 365 lawsuits.

As a result, there are concerns that the nightmare of 2000, when the election result was announced in a few days, and a month-long recount would be repeated.

There are even observations that unrest will occur in disagreement with the results of the presidential election.

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