Mail The Vote USThe 2020 United States presidential election is somehow already less than 70 days away. If you’re eligible to vote on November 3, you should! The Covid-19 pandemic has created some additional logistical considerations, though. You can still vote in person, but officials around the country are encouraging people to vote absentee by mail if possible […]
A new study published this week suggests voting by mail would not bring chaos to the elections process, and could, in fact, boost turnout. Voting by mail has become something of a controversy in recent months, with the COVID-19 pandemic raising safety concerns about going to the polls, and U.S. President Donald Trump insisting voting […]
An Election Day deadline for mailed ballots in Arizona is an unconstitutional burden on Navajo tribe members, many of whom live in remote areas with spotty, slow mail service, six tribe members said in a federal lawsuit. Mail from some Navajo Nation communities can take 10 days to reach county recorder’s offices, where ballots must […]
A judge has ordered Tennessee election officials to clearly communicate on absentee ballot applications that people can vote by mail if they believe they or someone in their care face a higher risk of COVID-19. State officials promised the Tennessee Supreme Court this month that they would inform voters about that eligibility, asserting for the […]
Chuck Park has been busy fielding calls from Korean- and Mandarin-speaking eligible voters at a nonprofit in the New York City borough of Queens. Callers are trying to understand how to register to vote and apply for absentee ballots, typically available in New York to those who are temporarily ill or out of the county […]
The Kansas secretary of state’s office has offered each of the state’s 105 counties up to two drop-off boxes where people can deposit their absentee ballots for the November election if they don’t mail them in or want to risk voting in person because of the coronavirus threat. Local election officials had until Friday to […]
A judge has ordered Tennessee election officials to clearly communicate on absentee ballot applications that people can vote by mail if they believe they or someone in their care face a higher risk of COVID-19. State officials promised the Tennessee Supreme Court this month that they would inform voters about that eligibility, asserting for the […]
Tennessee is now offering a $1,000 reward to people who report voter fraud. “NOTICE: You may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000 if you make a report of voter fraud that leads to a conviction,” reads the newly added section of the state’s absentee ballot request form. Julie Bruck, communications director for […]
Texas is gearing up for a monumental election in the middle of a pandemic. And while the state is one of just six that hasn’t opened up mail-in voting to any voter concerned about getting COVID-19 at a polling place, election officials expect a record number of people to vote by mail this year. Democrats, […]
A judge ordered an Iowa county Thursday to invalidate 50,000 requests for absentee ballots, agreeing with President Donald Trump’s campaign that its elections commissioner overstepped his authority by pre-filling them with voters’ personal information. Judge Ian Thornhill issued a temporary injunction ordering Linn County Auditor Joel Miller to notify voters in writing that the forms […]