Author: Melonie

Google Alert – mail vote covid-19 The August and November elections will have a new twist. Because of the coronavirus, Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation allowing those concerned about going to the polls the option of voting absentee or by a new mail-in option. “Normally, we receive between 700 to 800 absentee requests for an […]

Google Alert – mail vote covid-19 Wisconsin Republicans who oppose making it easier for people to vote absentee have taken advantage of the opportunity to vote by mail in recent elections, with more than 80% of GOP members of the state Legislature doing it in April. An analysis of absentee voting records provided to The […]

Google Alert – mail vote covid-19 By THE MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE AND THE MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN CLUB Voting is the backbone of our democracy.  As two political organizations in Montville Township, we wanted to come together, in a nonpartisan way, to encourage every eligible voter in town to exercise that right.  The best way […]

Google Alert – mail vote covid-19 The Knox County Election Commission is processing thousands of requests for absentee voting on Aug. 6 and also is recruiting additional poll officials to work polling places and an absentee ballot counting board. “They’re going crazy,” said Elections Administrator Chris Davis, speaking of those requesting ballots to vote by mail. […]

Google Alert – mail vote covid-19 Lisa Morris talks about her mother, Gloria Meeks, who faced an investigation by the Texas Attorney General’s Office in 2006 for assisting elderly voters with their mail-in ballots during election season. Then, in August 2006, investigators with the Texas Attorney General’s Office arrived at Meeks’ house. She was drying […]

Google Alert – mail vote covid-19 Newtown Town Clerk Debbie Halstead told The Newtown Bee this week that she and a number of her colleagues across the state are still trying to wrap their collective heads around changes that are occurring in voting procedures ahead of the presidential primary that has been bumped out to […]

Google Alert – mail vote covid-19 There is widespread thought among President Donald Trump and some Republicans that the desire for widespread voting by mail because of COVID-19 will lead to massive fraud. Trump’s tweet on this issue was cited as “potentially misleading” by Twitter. Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, a Republican who is now […]

Google Alert – mail vote covid-19 With the Pennsylvania primary in the rearview mirror, county and state elections officials are now pondering improvements as a much more volatile general election looms just a little more than four months away. Across the state there were similar pleas for more time when November comes — more time […]

Google Alert – mail vote covid-19 Without a shadow of a doubt, President Donald Trump has committed to fanning the flames of misinformation spread for his own political gain. False claims abound on his Twitter feed, emboldening his base and setting a nationwide tone of hostility within today’s political discourse. Whether or not his presidency […]

Google Alert – mail vote covid-19 (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas Secretary of State weighs in on absentee voting amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Sec. John Thurston released a statement yesterday, June 25, saying he believes that the current laws are sufficient to allow voters to request an absentee ballot. Gov. Hutchinson said he hopes this solves the […]