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From Mail-In Ballots To Registration: Your Voting Questions, Answered

Professor Edward Foley, director of the election law program at The Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law, answers all of your voting questions.
Your voting questions, answered. (Getty Images)

Your vote counts — and professor Edward Foley is here to remind you of that.

Each individual vote “absolutely matters,” says Foley, director of the election law program at Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law.

Since democracy is a collective enterprise, he says, group determination and turnout is what ultimately determines who takes office on Americans’ behalf.

Mistakes can happen because elections are a human-run process, he says. And during a pandemic year with a mail-in voting surge, he advises to be proactive about creating a voting plan in advance of Nov. 3.

Below, Foley answers questions sent in by Here & Now listeners and readers.

How do I confirm I’m registered to vote?

Many — but not all

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