SAN ANTONIO ā In recent months, the pandemic has impacted new voter registration activity after seeing a record number of registrations at the beginning of this year.
According to the Center for Election Innovation and Research, voter registration slowed down in March and April across 12 states, compared to 2016.
āAs the pandemic hit, we were concerned that that might have a huge impact on new voter registration activity.
Voter registration activity was strong in January and February, but when most stay-at-home orders went into effect, numbers declined.
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