How should voters return mail ballots in 2026, according to Eric Holder?

Eric Holder agreed with UCLA election-law professor Rick Hasen: fill the ballot out early and hand it in at an official drop box or polling location rather than mailing it. Holder thinks the postal service will be fine, but points to North Carolina rejecting ballots whose inner envelope was not sealed, a technicality that says nothing about tampering.

• Holder said early in-person voting is rising while mail ballots are falling, which he reads as a good sign.
• Holder's standing advice to voters is to make a plan and find their polling place in advance.

Source: our own transcription of the episode. The full conversation is on Pod Save America (2026-10-25). Read the whole episode summary →

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