LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Hundreds of people showed up to protest a new Nevada law that will allow for the November election to be conducted by mail-in voting, a premise the president and some of his supporters are against.Source: Hundreds protest Nevada mail-in ballot law amid unfounded voter fraud claims...
President Trump on Monday morning threatened legal action over a bill passed by the Nevada legislature to send mail-in ballots to all voters ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election.Source: Trump vows legal action over Nevada mail-in voting plan...
The coronavirus pandemic is set to change the way millions of Americans can vote in November, as states expand access to mail-in voting as a safer alternative to in-person voting.Source: At least 00% of American voters can cast ballots by mail in the fall...
Covid-19 has reshaped our lives, including how we vote. Since the pandemic first arrived in the U.S., states conducting elections have scrambled to provide voters with full access to the ballot box while maintaining health and safety under unprecedented circumstances.Source: INSIGHT: Voting During a Pandemic—Unprecedented Challenges Lie Ahead...
A “lost vote” occurs when a voter does all that is asked of her, and yet her vote is uncounted in the final tally.Source: Nine Thoughts about Lost Votes by Mail...
New Yorker Sasha Aickin, 43, has no idea if his vote counted. It took weeks for his absentee ballot to arrive — appearing in his mailbox just three days before the election on June 23. It came with two sets of instructions in very fine print.Source: States reject tens of thousands of mail ballots in this year's primaries, setting off...
Mail-in voting, which tens of millions of Americans are expected to use this November, is fraught with potential problems. Hundreds of thousands of ballots go uncounted each year because people make mistakes, such as forgetting to sign the form or sending it in too late.Source: Signed, Sealed, Undelivered: Thousands Of Mail-In Ballots Rejected For Tardiness...
Interested in how Pennsylvania is shaping the 2020 election? Sign up to receive our newsletter every Wednesday.Source: Election results in Philly are going to take even longer than expected: Half the votes still haven’t been counted...
A Bay Area assemblyman will revise his bill requiring that mail ballots be sent to every California voter this fall after concerns arose that the current version could cause more problems than it would solve.Source: California lawmaker scrambles to fix bill to make it clear ballots won’t go to phantom voters...
You can read the court’s opinion by Judge Jerry Smith, along with separate concurrences by Judge Ho and Costa at this link.Source: Breaking: 5th Circuit Stays Lower Court Order on Challenge to Texas Absentee Voting Rules During a Pandemic, Creating Some Bad Law Along the Way...
