America is torn between two visions of the biggest problem to its election system: the potential for voter fraud or the potential that eligible voters will not be able to cast their ballot. President Donald Trump has claimed that mail-in voting will lead to massive amounts of voter fraud, even as election officials in Republican and Democrat-led […]
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A lawsuit seeking to require Arkansas to permit everyone to vote by mail has been dismissed after less than a month. The state is one of 16 that requires people to claim a specific excuse in order to get an absentee ballot. An unusually argued challenge to the requirements was filed four weeks ago, long after the […]
Tennessee officials are prepared to offer absentee ballots to voters who have health conditions or live with someone at risk for COVID-19, even if Tennessee’s Supreme Court strikes down expanded mail voting in pandemic times, a state attorney said Thursday. Janet Kleinfelter of the attorney general’s office informed the justices of the state’s changed stance […]
New York’s quest to keep voters safe from COVID-19 by letting them vote by mail in the June primary has led to big delays in tabulating results, concerns about disenfranchisement — and questions about whether there will be an even bigger mess in the fall. Election officials say it will take them until early August […]
It’s going to be a record year for voting by mail in the U.S. election and that has raised security concerns about each step of the process. But election officials say they have systems in place to make voting by mail a success even as health concerns about voting during the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing states to […]
Ahead of the November election, blind voters and advocacy groups that represent people with disabilities are suing Texas over its mail-in ballot system that they argue limits their ability to participate independently. In a federal lawsuit filed Friday in Austin, three voters, the National Federation of the Blind of Texas, and the Coalition of Texans with […]
It could be an election like none other, and it is now less than 100 days away. Ohio’s Secretary of State says nothing has changed, and yet, everything has, as county Boards of Election gear up for another election in the time of COVID-19. Here’s what Secretary of State said hasn’t changed: You will be […]
Election officials across the United States are preparing for a surge of mail-in ballots this fall, as fears about voting in-person on Nov. 3 continue amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But there are also fears about the mail-in voting process. Some are concerned, for example, that a crush of ballots dropped in the mail could result […]
As Honolulu implements its first-ever vote by mail election, some ballots are being sent to people who are no longer living at their registered address – or are no longer living at all. Hauula resident Thomas Adolpho said he got five ballots for renters who haven’t lived on his property in over a decade. Enele Ongoongotau […]
With the early voting period for another election beginning in just the next few days, a new issue for county elections offices to consider: coronavirus. While vote-by-mail is being highly encouraged, election leaders are also getting ready for voters to show up at the polls. It’s not just for the protection of voters; many poll […]