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The Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington-based think tank, estimated the cost for boosting vote-by-mail capabilities at $1.5 billion. The nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School estimated it at closer to $2 billion.In the 2016 presidential election, around 130 million votes were cast. Turnout this year could exceed that, according to some forecasts. In addition to the presidential race, a third of U.S. Senate seats and all of the House seats are up for grabs, along with various state and local contests.A national expansion of voting by mail would require states to procure millions of mail-in ballots and machinery to handle the returned ballots, pay for postage and train workers in just a few months, a House Democratic aide said.Read this on the Web ReutersAdd this channelIn upset for Republicans, liberal ousts Trump-backed judge for Wisconsin Supreme Court seatKey U.S. Congressman offers remote voting proposal amid coronavirus relief hagglingA U.S. Supreme Court first: arguments by teleconference including major one involving TrumpDemocrats Challenging GOP Senators Rack Up 2020 Fundraising EdgeBloombergTrump’s Vendetta Against Mail-in Voting Could Cost Him the 2020 ElectionVanity Fair