The Carter-Baker Commission, 16 Years Later: Voting by Mail
Apr. 28, 2021
https://www.bakerinstitute.org/event/carter-baker-commission-16-years-later-voting-mail
In 2005, former President Jimmy Carter and former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, co-chaired the Commission on Federal Election Reform, which produced a report on the U.S. electoral process and recommendations on maximizing ballot access and election integrity.
Sixteen years later, many of the recommendations remain relevant. While the COVID-19 pandemic and record number of voters who cast absentee or mail-in ballots raised concerns about the security of the 2020 absentee process, the Carter-Baker report warned:
“Absentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraud.”
At this event, panelists discussed ways to secure absentee and vote-by-mail processes so that Americans can vote safely from home and voter participation can increase.
