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21 Sep

Mail-in ballot law in Pennsylvania has driven out nearly a quarter of state’s top election officials

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — More than a dozen counties in Pennsylvania have seen election directors or deputy directors leave in the last year since a new law was passed to accommodate no-excuse mail-in voting across the state, three county officials familiar with the movement tell NBC News.Source: Mail-in ballot law in Pennsylvania has driven out nearly a quarter of state's top...

16:27 / 2020 / vblog / vote by mail / Audrey Perry Martin

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12 Sep

U.S. Attorney General Barr attacks voting by mail while in Arizona

PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Attorney General William Barr delivered a broadside attack on mail-in voting Thursday, attacking the process used by many Americans — including the vast majority of Arizonans — as prone to undue influence and coercion.Source: U.S. Attorney General Barr attacks voting by mail while in Arizona...

03:27 / vblog / vote by mail / Audrey Perry Martin

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27 Aug

The Rise of Ballot Drop Boxes Due to the Coronavirus

Lawfare is partnering with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project to produce a series on election integrity in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.Source: The Rise of Ballot Drop Boxes Due to the Coronavirus...

17:27 / vblog / vote by mail / Audrey Perry Martin

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27 Aug

Voting in a Pandemic: What Americans Think About Safety, Election Integrity, and Preparedness

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has presented a severe threat to state election plans in 2020 for primaries and for the general election.Source: Voting in a Pandemic: What Americans Think About Safety, Election Integrity, and Preparedness...

17:27 / coronavirus / vblog / vote by mail / Audrey Perry Martin

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22 Aug

Now Down to Six States That Will Require a Specific Justification for Voting Absentee

With New York predictably moving to no-excuse absentee voting for this fall, we are now down to six states that will not permit all voters to vote by mail: IN, MS, SC, TN, TX, WV.Source: Now Down to Six States That Will Require a Specific Justification for Voting Absentee...

19:27 / vblog / vote by mail / Audrey Perry Martin

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15 Aug

Postal Service warns 46 states their voters could be disenfranchised by delayed mail-in ballots

Anticipating an avalanche of absentee ballots, the U.S. Postal Service recently sent detailed letters to 46 states and D.C.Source: Postal Service warns 46 states their voters could be disenfranchised by delayed mail-in ballots...

00:27 / vblog / vote by mail / Audrey Perry Martin

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11 Aug

Postmarks become political as November looms

States are bracing for controversy as they work to ensure that Postal Service postmarks and other tracking will back efforts to prove mail-in votes are sent on time.Source: Postmarks become political as November looms...

23:27 / vblog / vote by mail / Audrey Perry Martin

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11 Aug

A Record 76% of Americans Can Vote by Mail in 2020

At least three-quarters of all American voters will be eligible to receive a ballot in the mail for the 2020 election — the most in U.S. history, according to a New York Times analysis.Source: A Record 76% of Americans Can Vote by Mail in 2020...

23:27 / vblog / vote by mail / Audrey Perry Martin

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09 Aug

A half-million unsolicited absentee applications cause confusion in Virginia

For example, people in Fairfax County were given envelopes addressed to the Fairfax City registrar’s office, the county said in a statement.Source: A half-million unsolicited absentee applications cause confusion in Virginia...

23:27 / 2020 / vblog / vote by mail / Audrey Perry Martin

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05 Aug

Forget voter fraud — the mail-in process itself is the biggest worry

It’s not voter fraud; it’s the process itself — the laws and the lawyers, the incompetence and the bungling bureaucrats — that makes mail-in ballots an almost inevitable nightmare.Source: Forget voter fraud — the mail-in process itself is the biggest worry...

17:27 / 2020 / vblog / vote by mail / Audrey Perry Martin

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