Concerns about the validity and integrity of mail-in election ballots are unfounded, according to the U.S. League of Women Voters.

“Our message is that, at this point there is no clear evidence that there is any significant fraud within our mail-in voting system. There are many states that have been using this successfully for many years,” Dr. Deborah Turner, the League’s president, said in an interview with Yahoo Finance’s On The Move.

Concern about the the upcoming election is mounting as the US Postal service warned that millions of mail-in votes may not arrive in time to be counted on election day, November 3.

President Trump is fueling the debate about mail-in ballots, sowing doubts about voter fraud and vowing to block additional funding for the USPS to facilitate mail-in voting. Critics have pointed out that the new head of the Postal Service is a Trump appointee, loyal to the president, and have accused both of voter suppression.

Turner said the League, which has 700 chapters around the country, is closely monitoring the debate embroiling the Post Office and is involved with litigation and voter advocacy around the country. “We're always concerned about voter suppression, be it closing polling sites, requiring more restrictions for people to actually register, and we are concerned about what is happening around mail-in voting,” she said.

A record number of people are expected to vote by mail in 2020 as people are confined to their homes and concerned about the coronavirus. The result will be a major shift in the way people vote and could impact future election processes. In response, Turner said more money needs to be allocated to elections to minimize voter disenfranchisement.

“We have to be able to fund voting machinery, fund voting elections commissions. We have to be able to fund the U.S. Post office,” she said. “We need do the things that help the vote to move forward. Until we are really committed to that, there are many people who continue to be disenfranchised when it comes to voting in our country.”

19th Amendment

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the League of Women Voters, and Aug. 18 is the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote. And after gaining the vote, women are now using it more than men. According to Turner, since 1980, more women have voted in presidential elections than men. Last year there were 10 million more women registered to vote than men.

Yet while countries around the world elect women to highest office, in the U.S. the office of president remains elusive.

“It is kind of amazing in the year 2020 we haven't had a woman as president of this country. As you know, many countries have,” said Turner.

The current Congress, by contrast, is a record breaker for women: they hold 104 seats—the first time in history that the number of women in Congress has surpassed 100.

A study of the U.S. Senate found that women senators more frequently worked across the aisle and passed more legislation than their male counterparts – highlighting the benefits of a gender-diverse Congress in an increasingly divided political landscape.

As for the selection of Sen. Kamala Harris, a Black woman, on the Democratic ticket this fall and what it foretells for the likelihood of a future female commander-in-chief?

Turner said having a woman of color on the ballot for one of the highest offices in the land is “fantastic.”

“However, being the first is really great, but the goal is not to be the first, it is not to be the last. And so, we will continue to fight to elevate the voices of women in elected positions and elevate voices of women of color in elected positions. Because until we have the day where elected officials and positions of power reflect what our country looks like, we still have a ways to go,” she said.

Yvette Killian is a producer for Yahoo Finance’s On The Move.

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