Fact-check: “Name the states where absentee voting is illegal”
Verdict: False (97% confidence)
No U.S. state makes absentee voting illegal — every state offers some form of absentee or mail-in voting. The legal distinction that exists is between states that require a qualifying excuse and those that allow no-excuse absentee voting; as of 2026, about 13 states fall in the excuse-required category, but that is a restriction on eligibility, not a prohibition. Multiple authoritative sources — USA.gov (updated February 2026), NCSL (updated July 2026), and the MAP Research democracy tracker (a…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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