The Myth The Myth: There's Only One Good Way for Everyone to Vote If you’ve been voting in person on Election Day all your adult life, you may think everyone should vote the same way in every election. But voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams explains why election systems works better when people have multiple ways to cast their ballots.
The Myth The Myth: Voting By Mail Is New and Dangerous If you’ve never voted by mail before, it might seem new and even a little dangerous. But mail-in voting actually dates back to the Civil War. Chase Cain explains the long and uncontroversial history of voting by mail.
The Myth The Myth: Registering to Vote is Difficult Have you been putting off registering to vote because you think it’s going to be hard or take too much time? In most states, nothing could be further from the truth.
Mail-in Voting 6 Myths About Mail-In Voting Debunked NBCLX's Chase Cain exposes the truth about six circulating vote-by-mail myths ahead of the 2020 election.
The Myth The Myth: Absentee and Mail-In Ballots Are Different President Trump has slammed mail-in voting as riddled with fraud, while telling his supporters that it’s perfectly fine to submit absentee ballots in some key swing states. But is there a difference between absentee and mail-in ballots? In the latest episode of our series “The Myth,” Chase Cain is debunking this claim.
postal service The Myth: The U.S. Postal Service Is Supposed to Be Profitable President Trump has slammed the U.S. Postal Service for losing money. But as NBCLX’s Chase Cain explains, the USPS is designed to be a service, not a for-profit business. In this episode of our series “The Myth,” we’re debunking the fiction of a profitable post office.
Election 2020 The Myth: My Vote Doesn't Matter This is one of the biggest lies in any election. Your vote does matter. Not convinced? NBCLX’s Chase Cain uncovers why 2 people made a big difference in 2016, and how your vote matters in even the very red or blue states.
LX The Myth: Missing Mail-In Ballots You go out to dinner and ask for a dessert menu, but you decide not to order a treat. Did that dessert go missing? NBCLX’s Chase Cain uncovers the myth about missing ballots. Spoiler alert: it’s not a real issue. Here’s why the evidence for this myth is missing in action.
Mail-in Voting The Myth: Mail-In Voting Will Lead to Fraud and Abuse Claims of widespread vote-by-mail fraud have been tweeted and retweeted by President Trump. However there is little to no evidence to back them up. NBCLX’s Chase Cain takes measures into his own hands to uncover the truth about mail-in ballots as part of his new series about election myths and conspiracy theories.
