Voter registration spiked in days immediately following Ruth Bader Ginsburg death
Voter registration and mail-in ballot requests spiked in the days following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to a report by NBC News.
Vote.org, a nonpartisan non-profit organization, tells NBC News that it saw a surge of requests the weekend following Ginsburg's death, with 139,046 registration verifications, or a 118 percent increase compared to the previous weekend.
It's website has tools that let voters double-check that their registration is still active, register to vote and request a mail-in-ballot. It also includes information on voting laws and how to find polling places.
The site also saw 41,000 new voter registrations the weekend of Ginsburg's death, a 68 percent jump from the previous week, and 35,000 mail-in ballot requests, which marked a 42 percent spike.
“I think it means that people are paying attention, that there's a younger generation that's definitely paying attention,” Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey told NBC News. “With 30 some-odd days left to go, people are connecting these major moments in American history with action at the ballot box.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/518655-voter-registration-spiked-in-days-immediately-following-ruth-bader-ginsburg