Engagement among young voters is higher this year than it was in the 2016 and 2018 elections, and they’re enthusiastic about voting by mail in November, but access to information about registration and how to vote during the coronavirus pandemic could be an issue, a new poll shows. The poll by the nonpartisan Center for Information […]
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PORTSMOUTH – Open Democracy NH brought its message of safe voting in the time of COVID-19 to Portsmouth on Sunday. The group organized a walk from Lafayette Plaza on Route 1, to downtown Portsmouth. They also set up a series of sign messages that drivers on Route 1 would see. The group hoped to promote […]
The Maryland State Board of Elections submitted final recommendations on the state’s November elections to Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) late last week, following a lengthy review of the June 2 mail-in primary. The elections board drew up three options for the November election for Hogan to consider: holding the election entirely by mail, holding a […]
President and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump’s reelection campaign filed a lawsuit against Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State and County Elections Boards, arguing that Pennsylvania’s use of mail-in ballot drop boxes in the June 2 primary election was unconstitutional and increased the threat of voter fraud. While Act 77 of 2019 allows Pennsylvania voters to cast mail-in ballots without reason, […]
If you think you have a hard job, just be glad you don’t work for the Guilford County Board of Elections Department in 2020, which is currently facing an impressive number of challenges due to last minute changes in North Carolina election law, countless procedural precautions due to the pandemic, a coming election that will […]
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Absentee Ballot Requests Surge in Vermont
Some 25,000 Vermont voters have already requested absentee ballots for the August 11 primary election, according to the Secretary of State’s Office — a nearly tenfold increase in such requests since the last state primary. “We expect that number will continue to climb,” said Secretary of State Jim Condos. The surge is almost certainly due […]
BOSTON (CBS/AP) — Massachusetts legislative leaders on Thursday announced a bill has passed that would expand voting options during the coronavirus pandemic. The legislation would for the first time in state history give all eligible residents the opportunity to vote early in both the state primary and general election while also letting residents vote by […]
Opinion by Dr. Alister Martin and Dr. Halea Meese One need not look any further than the primaries in states like Georgia and Wisconsin to see that Covid-19 has made voting a public health issue. In Georgia, absentee ballot delays meant that voters who’d planned to vote remotely had to risk infection by waiting for hours in […]
Identifying likely voters is a challenge for pollsters in every election. This year, the coronavirus, mail voting and a surge in political engagement may make it even harder than usual. For now, Joe Biden’s nine-point lead across the critical battleground states is so significant that it is essentially invulnerable to assumptions about turnout, according to New […]
(CNN) The US Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request from Texas Democrats to expedite a case concerning access to vote by mail in the state amid the coronavirus pandemic. The court’s move makes it highly unlikely that the issue will be decided in time for the November election. The order is the latest move in […]