The effort spawned a two-hour line at Philadelphia City Hall, as well as anger among voters who saw it as an attempt to infringe on their rights.Source: Pennsylvania voters scramble to cast new ballots after GOP lawsuit....
The political reaction to these laws, mostly coming out of Republican-controlled states, seems to have overshadowed what’s actually in them. Last month, Texas held its first primary election since the passage of its controversial, restrictive voting law last year.Source: The New Voting Restrictions Aren’t as Restrictive as Many Think....
The 2020 presidential election was followed by an extensive period of scrutiny and challenge. Some of these activities were typical—automatic recounts, optional recounts, and routine tabulation audits—and some were highly irregular. Widespread misinformation sowed confusion and distrust. Source: Coordinating Audits and Recounts to Strengthen Election Verification....
When Democrats won the House in 2018, they did it with help from a great uptick in turnout that achieved the highest voter turnout for a midterm election in more than 100 years. Still, half the voting eligible population didn’t take part.Source: What early voting data can and cannot tell us....
In the money race between America’s billionaires and small donors, the emerging political oligarchy is showing staying power. Both parties have megadonors, but Republicans have far more.Source: Fueled by Billionaires, Political Spending Shatters Records Again....
Despite the 2020 election achieving the highest turnout in recent American history and being generally secure, only 47 percent of Americans say they have “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of confidence that the results of next week’s midterm elections will be counted accurately.Source: Experiments in Democracy....
Undated mail-in ballots will not count in 2022, Pa. Supreme Court rules HARRISBURG, Pa. — County boards of elections will not be allowed to count any absentee or mail-in ballots contained in undated or incorrectly dated outer envelopes, Pennsylvania's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.Source: Undated mail-in ballots will not count in 2022, Pa. Supreme Court rules....
The battle for the Senate is anyone’s ballgame with only a week to go until voters head to the polls. Republicans, needing to net only one seat, are knocking on the door as the national environment moves increasingly in their direction and some surveys show them in the lead in both Georgia and Nevada. According…Source: These five races will determine...
Libertarian Marc Victor dropped out of Arizona’s closely watched Senate race on Monday, encouraging voters to cast their ballots for Republican Blake Masters in his challenge to Sen. Mark Kelly (D). Polls had shown Victor garnering support in the low single digits, but his small bloc of supporters could provide a critical boost to Masters,…Source: Arizona’s Libertarian Senate candidate dropping...
A political text message firm said on Monday it mistakenly sent incorrect voting information to residents in five states. Movement Labs, which supports progressive organizations, said it takes “full responsibility” after sending the incorrect texts on behalf of Voto Latino, Black Voters Matter and Voting Futures to people in Illinois, Kansas, New Jersey, North Carolina…Source: Company says text messages with...
