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Chuck Schumer: “Voters who choose to vote by mail, which is about one in…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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NOW: I'm on the Senate floor, 3.26.26

Published | Video Starts at 01:24

… elections and put in overly restrictive one size fits all approach that accept only a handful of IDs. Let's talk about vote by mail. Under this ridiculous amendment, this amendment, Voters who choose to vote by mail, which is about one in three Americans, guess what they'd have to do. They'd have to add a photocopy of their ID with their ballot. so the election officials would open up the envelope and could see how you voted. The sacred secrecy of our ballot would be undone by this amendment. (01:24–01:36)

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Asserts that one in three Americans vote by mail and would need to include a photocopy of their ID with their ballot under the amendment.

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