In a decision likely affecting thousands of voters, a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel determined that those purged from the rolls between 2011 and 2015 will be eligible to vote as long as they live in the same county where they were last registered. Anyone who re-registered before Oct.Source: Appeals Court Orders Ohio To Count Purged Voters' Ballots...
In the past week, reports of foreign interference in American elections have reached what appears to be a crescendo, with multiple reports about foreign influence operations and targeting of our election infrastructure as well as federal and state efforts to push back.Source: How to Make the Midterms Secure...
We’re now in the final week of voting in one of the most consequential elections in years. So it’s even more important to cast an informed ballot – and to make sure it gets counted.Source: Everything you need to know about voting, but were never told...
Drawing on her years of military experience, Maureen Heard was careful to follow all the rules when she filled out an absentee ballot in 2016.Source: Rejection of mail-in ballots raises alarm ahead of election...
Voters are reporting odd problems on both the Republican and Democratic side of straight-party voting in Texas. Mickey Blake was one of the voters in those early voting lines in Houston earlier this week.Source: Texas voting machines changing some straight-party selectionsTags: 2018, election administration, vblog...
It’s cliche to say that “turnout will determine the outcome of the midterms”. Of course turnout “matters”.Source: Turnout in the 2018 midterm: high turnout could stress our nation’s election infrastructure...
More than 68,000 people in Sacramento County have already voted by absentee ballot as of Tuesday and the patterns look typical of past election years.Source: Has mail-in voting changed how California’s early election returns look?...
@monkeycageblog has become its namesake, a blog lacking vetting of the claims put forth. Quite sad, really, since it used to showcase peer-reviewed scholarship. Case in point: this post wildly inflates the number of persons affected by GA's exact match https://t.co/3HaiS3vDfISource: About Those 900,000 Voters Potentially Disenfranchised by Ga’s ‘Exact Match’ Law? Not So Much...
Get a driver’s license. Register to vote. That’s how California’s new ‘Motor Voter’ law is supposed to work. And, for most, the law that automatically registers voters has worked just fine.Source: Election: Voter registration at DMV churns up big numbers, big questions...
The data suggests enthusiasm among early GOP voters that could put a dent in Democratic hopes for a "blue wave" in the midterms. Is the "blue wave" turning purple?Source: Republicans outpacing Democrats in early voting in key states, NBC News finds...
