Error leaves thousands in NYC with flawed absentee ballots
4 years, 3 months ago

Error leaves thousands in NYC with flawed absentee ballots

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Mail-in voting has gotten off to a rocky start in New York City, where election officials sent out nearly 100,000 absentee ballots with the wrong names and addresses printed on the return envelopes. The faulty ballots are limited to one print run of ballots sent out to Brooklyn voters, the board’s director Michael Ryan said at a board meeting Tuesday. “Phoenix Graphics is working hard with your board of elections to ensure that everyone will have what they need to vote,” the company’s voicemail message said Tuesday. Garfield said she is “furious” about the errors and plants to vote in-person out of concern replacement ballots won’t arrive in time.

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Minnesota SOS: Too late to mail ballots -- but not to vote
4 years, 2 months ago

Minnesota SOS: Too late to mail ballots -- but not to vote

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s secretary of state said Thursday it’s too late for voters to mail back their absentee ballots if they want to make sure their votes count, after an appeals court ruling indicated that mail-in ballots arriving after Election Day are at risk of being invalidated. Simon said voters who still have absentee ballots in hand may drop them …

Race For A (Ballot) Cure: The Scramble To Fix Absentee-Ballot Problems
4 years, 2 months ago

Race For A (Ballot) Cure: The Scramble To Fix Absentee-Ballot Problems

NPR  

Race For A Cure: The Scramble To Fix Absentee-Ballot Problems Enlarge this image toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Joe Raedle/Getty Images Hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots could be rejected this November because of mistakes, such as missing or mismatched signatures. Voter advocacy groups, political parties and others are rushing to help voters fix — or "cure" — their ballots …

50,000 Ohio Voters To Receive New Absentee Ballots After Error Found
4 years, 3 months ago

50,000 Ohio Voters To Receive New Absentee Ballots After Error Found

NPR  

50,000 Ohio Voters To Receive New Absentee Ballots After Error Found Enlarge this image toggle caption Jay LaPrete/AP Jay LaPrete/AP A version of this story was originally published by NPR member station WOSU. A large Ohio county determined that about 50,000 voters received an incorrect absentee ballot this week – accounting for almost 21% of the ballots mailed out this …

Voters' poorly marked ovals could lead to contested ballots
4 years, 3 months ago

Voters' poorly marked ovals could lead to contested ballots

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While ballots subject to review have historically represented a tiny portion of overall ballots, …

Voters’ poorly marked ovals could lead to contested ballots
4 years, 3 months ago

Voters’ poorly marked ovals could lead to contested ballots

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Two decades ago, Florida’s hanging chads became an unlikely symbol of a disputed presidential election. “Potential challenges, delays in results, questions on which ballots count and who counts them — there are just a lot of questions, and that could open up Pennsylvania to a lot of uncertainty.” The group is working with election officials statewide, emphasizing clear …

Wisconsin court sets up possible delay in absentee mailing
4 years, 3 months ago

Wisconsin court sets up possible delay in absentee mailing

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a halt in the mailing of absentee ballots until it gives the go-ahead or makes any future ruling about who should be on the ballot in the critical battleground state. The ruling came in a lawsuit by Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins, who asked the state’s highest court …

More Than 550,000 Primary Absentee Ballots Rejected In 2020, Far Outpacing 2016
4 years, 4 months ago

More Than 550,000 Primary Absentee Ballots Rejected In 2020, Far Outpacing 2016

NPR  

More Than 550,000 Primary Absentee Ballots Rejected In 2020, Far Outpacing 2016 Enlarge this image toggle caption Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images An extraordinarily high number of ballots — more than 550,000 — have been rejected in this year's presidential primaries, according to a new analysis by NPR. For their part, Democrats are pushing widespread mail-in voting but are …

NY lets voters get absentee ballots due to virus concerns
4 years, 4 months ago

NY lets voters get absentee ballots due to virus concerns

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York will allow voters to request absentee ballots for the general election because of an outbreak — like coronavirus — under a new state law signed Thursday. New York typically only allows voters to request absentee ballots if they fall into one of several categories, including absence from one’s county on Election Day. Election officers worked …

Donald Trump Can Do More Than Attack Post Office Funding. He’s Mounting A Legal War Against Mailed Ballots.
4 years, 4 months ago

Donald Trump Can Do More Than Attack Post Office Funding. He’s Mounting A Legal War Against Mailed Ballots.

Huff Post  

President Donald Trump stunned even hardened observers when he admitted on national television Thursday morning that he would not agree to additional U.S. These include directing the Postal Service not to deliver mailed ballots and ordering state officials to stop counting absentee ballots on Election Day, even though the president doesn’t have legal authority to do either of these things. …

Record 76% of Americans able to vote by mail in 2020 despite Trump’s complaints
4 years, 4 months ago

Record 76% of Americans able to vote by mail in 2020 despite Trump’s complaints

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. If recent election trends hold and turnout increases, …

States Have 83 Days To Figure Out How To Get Absentee Voting Right
4 years, 4 months ago

States Have 83 Days To Figure Out How To Get Absentee Voting Right

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Counting Tuesday’s primary elections, 47 states have held votes during the coronavirus pandemic, dealing with massive surges in voting by mail that have served as a dry run for the general election. Voters in Minnesota had returned 432,000 absentee ballots out of a total of 637,000 requested ahead of Tuesday’s statewide primary elections. Minnesota election officials warned …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump misleads on mail ballots, virus vaccine
4 years, 5 months ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump misleads on mail ballots, virus vaccine

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It was a week of relentless attacks by President Donald Trump and his allies on mail-in voting for the November election, and truth took a beating at every turn. ___ FOREIGN INTERFERENCE TRUMP, on the threat from Russia, China and Iran of meddling in the U.S. presidential election: “The biggest risk that we have is mail-in ballots.. It’s …

Fact check: Another Trump briefing, more Trump falsehoods on coronavirus and mail-in voting
4 years, 5 months ago

Fact check: Another Trump briefing, more Trump falsehoods on coronavirus and mail-in voting

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump’s Monday afternoon appearance in the White House briefing room was replete with the now-familiar Trump fare: dishonestly upbeat assessments of the pandemic situation, a series of inaccurate claims related to mail-in ballots and exaggerations about his own accomplishments. He said a bit later that “there’s fraudulent ballots,” this time omitting the “I guess.” Facts …

In Wisconsin, missing absentees spur questions and anger
4 years, 9 months ago

In Wisconsin, missing absentees spur questions and anger

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The U.S. Postal Service and election officials searched for answers Thursday about why an untold number of absentee ballots never made it to voters in Wisconsin who didn’t want to risk contracting the coronavirus by voting at the polls in the state’s presidential primary. The Wisconsin Elections Commission reported Thursday that nearly 1.3 million absentee ballots had …

Wisconsin worried about spike in virus cases due to election
4 years, 9 months ago

Wisconsin worried about spike in virus cases due to election

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The decision to forge ahead with Wisconsin’s election amid a pandemic has stirred fears about a possible spike in the state’s coronavirus cases in the face of stay-at-home orders and efforts to limit contact with others. “The fact that politics interfered with sound judgment and jeopardized public safety is something that should not be ignored.” Caleb Andersen, …

2020 election: Experts are warning coronavirus puts integrity the election at risk. Here’s what could happen come November.
4 years, 9 months ago

2020 election: Experts are warning coronavirus puts integrity the election at risk. Here’s what could happen come November.

CNN  

Washington CNN — As states scramble to delay their spring primaries, election professionals and voting experts are anxiously looking ahead to November and warning that the coronavirus pandemic is already threatening the safety and integrity of the next presidential election. The compromise legislation included just $400 million in election security grants – far short of the $2 billion Democrats wanted …

As Coronavirus Delays Primary Season, States Weigh Expanding Absentee Voting
4 years, 9 months ago

As Coronavirus Delays Primary Season, States Weigh Expanding Absentee Voting

NPR  

As Coronavirus Delays Primary Season, States Weigh Expanding Absentee Voting Enlarge this image toggle caption Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images The election-year coronavirus pandemic has pushed back elections in more than a dozen states, leading to growing interest in expanding voting by mail this year in order to keep poll workers and voters safe. Sponsor Message Many other states …

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