Fact-check: “Non absentee ballot voting will suppress voter turnout”
Verdict: Unverifiable (0% confidence)
The claim implies that requiring in-person voting suppresses turnout, but the research literature shows the effect of absentee/mail voting on turnout is modest and mixed — most large studies find that expanding mail voting raises turnout by only about 2–4 percentage points, with some studies finding no effect at all, and a few finding slight decreases. That means restricting mail access could modestly depress turnout, but the sweeping claim that in-person-only requirements broadly 'suppress' tu…
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