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InfluenceWatch Podcast #186:
Is Mail-In Balloting Here to Stay?


If you live in Virginia, buckle up—a new wave of absentee-ballot mailers is about to overwhelm mailboxes across the commonwealth, courtesy of the same professional activists who flooded the Old Dominion in 2020.

A newly obtained memo reveals correspondence from a pair of left-wing nonprofits in Washington, DC—the Voter Participation Center (VPC) and Center for Voter Information (CVI)—detailing a plan to flood Virginia with 2 million mail-in ballot applications ahead of the November gubernatorial race. While COVID restrictions were the original justification for expanding mail-in ballots, there appears to be an effort to keep pervasive mail-in balloting as part of American elections for the foreseeable future.

But is this a good thing?

Listen to find out.

Listen to “Episode 186: Is Mail-In Balloting Here to Stay?” on Spreaker.

  • Watch Out, Virginia—Another Flood of Mail-In Ballot Mailers Headed Your Way” — Hayden Ludwig
  • InfluenceWatch: Voter Participation Center
  • InfluenceWatch: Center for Voter Information
  • InfluenceWatch: Page Gardner
  • Sarah Lee

    Sarah Lee was born and raised in Atlanta, Ga., but found herself drawn to Washington, DC, the birthplace of her mother, after completing a master’s degree in public administration from…
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    Hayden Ludwig

    Hayden Ludwig is the Director of Policy Research at Restoration of America. He was formerly Senior Investigative Researcher at Capital Research Center. Ludwig is a native of Orange County, California,…
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