A bill delivered to the governor’s desk would allow New Yorkers to cite COVID-19 as a reason to get an absentee ballot for the general election in November. The bill, A10833, recently passed the state legislature. It would allow voters who are concerned about voting in-person during the pandemic to request an absentee ballot. It […]
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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed an executive order Friday that will allow anyone with concerns about voting during the COVID-19 pandemic to qualify for an absentee ballot. Anticipating a large rise in absentee voters, Hutchinson is also allowing county clerks more time to prepare absentee ballots. The governor said at a COVID-19 briefing on Friday […]
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joined 12 other state attorneys general Tuesday in a lawsuit to block U.S. Postal Service policies that they say could keep mail-in ballots from being counted in time for the upcoming presidential election. The suit was filed around the time that U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced that was suspending […]
Tennessee’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the option for all eligible voters to cast their ballots by mail due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In a 4-1 decision, the state’s high court said voters’ fears of COVID-19 could not be cited as a reason to request an absentee ballot after a judge said in June […]
In this pandemic-tainted election year, long lines at the polls have the potential to be catastrophic. The kinds of interventions used to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission in stores are unlikely to be helpful at polling places if people still have to wait hours to vote. The latest studies showing how the coronavirus is […]
The US Postal Service definitively said Monday that it had the capacity to handle the added volume of mail-in ballots in November’s general election after President Donald Trump questioned its ability to do so. “The Postal Service has ample capacity to adjust our nationwide processing and delivery network to meet projected Election and Political Mail volume, […]
A judge on Monday extended changes in Minnesota’s absentee ballot rules to the November general election. Ramsey County Judge Sara Grewing approved the agreement allowing Minnesota voters to submit their mail-in or absentee ballots in the Nov. 3 general election without witness signatures, the Star Tribune reported. Election officials also will count ballots that arrive […]
In a Monday morning tweet attacking Nevada’s proposed expansion of mail-in voting as “an illegal late night coup,” President Donald Trump once again openly admitted that increasing access to the ballot amid the Covid-19 pandemic poses a dire threat to the Republican Party’s ability to win elections. “Nevada’s clubhouse governor made it impossible for Republicans to win the state,” […]
A recent poll conducted by several universities found that most Iowans are likely to vote by mail in November’s general election, along with showing support for making the ability to do so easier. The COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Police Preferences Across States, a survey taken monthly in all 50 states, showed that 65% of Iowans who […]
Voting rights advocates filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Louisiana’s governor and chief elections officer, saying the state is doing too little to protect ballot access in November and should widen mail-in voting options amid the coronavirus outbreak. The lawsuit was filed in Baton Rouge federal court on behalf of the Louisiana State Conference of […]