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06 Dec North Carolina investigators zero in on absentee ballots in unresolved House race

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In one rural county, several individuals requested absentee ballots on behalf of hundreds of voters. What happened to those ballots? ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C.Source: North Carolina investigators zero in on absentee ballots in unresolved House race...

05 Dec Second woman says she was paid to collect absentee ballots in North Carolina House race

Posted at 17:37h in 2018, absentee, election administration, election integrity, Election Law, vblog 0 Comments

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Cheryl Kinlaw told WSOCTV, a local news station in Charlotte, N.C., that Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. paid her $100 to collect ballots in their district, adding that Dowless “has been doing it for years."Source: Second woman says she was paid to collect absentee ballots in North...

01 Dec Mystery ballot could sway control of Alaska state government

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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Control of Alaska state government, at least for the next two years, could hinge on a mystery ballot that an election worker found on a table in a Fairbanks voting precinct more than three weeks ago. The uncounted ballot could break...

19 Nov Republicans had a secret weapon in the Florida recount fight

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How a GOP lawyer managed politics, the law and big egos to defend Rick Scott. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Jessica Furst Johnson was supposed to fly from Washington to Orlando this week for a post-election Walt Disney World vacation with her husband and their...

17 Nov Nearly 2 Decades After Hanging Chads, Florida Encounters Another Election Nightmare

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Nearly two decades after the world learned about hanging chads, Florida is under scrutiny again as officials count and recount votes in three statewide races. Hanging chads are long gone from Florida, but many of the same issues that plagued the state during the 2000...

16 Nov A judge’s order scrambles unsettled Georgia race for governor

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Georgia elections officials scrambled Thursday to count a cache of potentially more than 1,000 ballots that were previously rejected as they raced to comply with the latest federal ruling in the too-close-to-call contest for governor.Source: A judge’s order scrambles unsettled Georgia race for governor...

15 Nov In Florida Recount, Sloppy Signatures Placed Thousands of Ballots in Limbo

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RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — The nuns at Zina Rodriguez’s Catholic school in the Bronx thwacked her knuckles to punish sloppy handwriting, so she was shocked when her mail-in ballot in Florida was rejected because her signature did not match the one on record with elections...

14 Nov California’s 2018 Vote: Limited Drama, Plenty of Uncounted Votes, And Lots of Needed Repairs

Posted at 17:37h in 2018, Campaign Finance, election administration, election integrity, Election Law, vblog 0 Comments

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Not that California elections are predictable, but most every cycle over the past twenty years has played out as follows: 8:00 p.m.: Polls close. 8:01 p.m.: Democrats uncork the champagne. 8:01:30 p.m.: Republicans surf Zillow for property in Nevada.Source: California’s 2018 Vote: Limited Drama, Plenty...

14 Nov Florida tried to fix its elections after 2000. Why are today’s recounts so messy?

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After the presidential recount in 2000 that helped launch the nickname “Flori-duh” into the nation’s vernacular, state lawmakers passed a sweeping set of election reforms. The butterfly ballot? Gone. Hanging chads? Banished.Source: Florida tried to fix its elections after 2000. Why are today’s recounts so...

14 Nov Why we’re still waiting for election results from Florida and Georgia — and why newly counted ballots favor Democrats

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It’s been a week since Election Day, and we’re still awaiting results from Florida and Georgia, where nationally prominent races are too close to call. Since Election Day, an additional 50,000 votes have been counted in Florida, narrowing the lead for Republican Gov.Source: Why we’re...