Alaska elections officials prepare for absentee ballot count
4 years, 1 month ago

Alaska elections officials prepare for absentee ballot count

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska election officials plan to begin counting more than 155,000 absentee and other ballots Tuesday, a week after Election Day. But Maria Bahr, an Alaska Department of Law spokesperson, said absentee ballots are not deemed eligible for counting until voter histories have been run to guard against any possible duplicate votes. Election officials urged patience ahead of the election, anticipating a large volume of absentee ballots and saying it would take time for results to be known. “As we’ve seen across the country and we’ve seen in Alaska, many people, especially our supporters, voted by mail,” Gross spokesperson Matt Lehner said.

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Michigan election gave communities more time to handle absentee ballots
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Michigan election gave communities more time to handle absentee ballots

Associated Press  

DETROIT — Michigan’s presidential primary was the first time that communities in the state had the ability to count absentee ballots days before the Tuesday election. “That took a lot of the burden off Election Day tabulation of absentee ballots,” said Michael Siegrist, the clerk in Wayne County’s Canton Township. “Michigan had been held hostage by antiquated laws and procedures.” …

Election deniers oppose bill to process absentee ballots on Monday before elections
1 year ago

Election deniers oppose bill to process absentee ballots on Monday before elections

Raw Story  

At a hearing of the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, lawmakers heard hours of testimony from election conspiracy theorists in opposition to a bill that would allow election officials to begin processing absentee ballots on the Monday before an election. Republicans in Wisconsin have complained that in the state’s 2018 gubernatorial election and in the …

Absentee request deadline trips voters under new Georgia law
3 years ago

Absentee request deadline trips voters under new Georgia law

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — More than half of absentee ballot applications rejected in Georgia in advance of the Nov. 2 elections were turned down because they came in after a deadline created in Georgia’s new voting law. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports 52% of applications were rejected because voters asked for an absentee ballot within the last 11 days before the election, too …

Earlier NC absentee vote receipt deadline goes to Cooper
3 years, 1 month ago

Earlier NC absentee vote receipt deadline goes to Cooper

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republicans pushed a bill through the legislature on Thursday that would prohibit officials from counting mail-in absentee ballots received after Election Day. Providing certainty to election outcomes sooner, Mills added, “will build voter confidence in our election process.” About 30 states already don’t accept absentee ballots received after Election Day. “Some folks may not make …

NY would count absentee votes faster under bill
3 years, 6 months ago

NY would count absentee votes faster under bill

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York election workers would have to start counting absentee ballots earlier under legislation that passed the state Senate Wednesday. Lawmakers, including Sen. Mike Gianaris, say the state must prevent another election year like 2020, when delays, litigation and mistakes by election boards who faced a flood of absentee ballots led to days, weeks and in some …

Essential Politics: A 2020 election fact-check
4 years, 1 month ago

Essential Politics: A 2020 election fact-check

LA Times  

An election worker handles ballots as vote counting continued at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. There simply aren’t enough ballots left — in close states or in the undecided ones — for Trump to overcome Biden’s lead. The latest on the election — From Halper, Noah Bierman and Tracy Wilkinson: Biden said Tuesday that he …

Fact check: False election claims from Trump and his allies broken down
4 years, 1 month ago

Fact check: False election claims from Trump and his allies broken down

CNN  

Washington CNN — On Twitter and on television, President Donald Trump and his allies continued Thursday to bombard Americans with false claims about the presidential election – baselessly asserting for the second day in a row that Democrats were attempting to steal the election from Trump. Ballots accepted after Election Day Trump tweeted, “ANY VOTE THAT CAME IN AFTER ELECTION …

US presidential election 2020: States that can decide the result
4 years, 1 month ago

US presidential election 2020: States that can decide the result

Live Mint  

The US presidential election will be decided by about a dozen states that could swing to either President Donald Trump, a Republican, or Democratic challenger Joe Biden. North Carolina Electoral votes: 15 Polls close: 7:30 p.m. EST Rating in presidential contest: Toss-up Other key races: Competitive governor and U.S. Senate contests Vote counting: North Carolina has no-excuse absentee voting. Michigan …

FACT CHECK: Trump Falsely Claims That Votes Shouldn't Be Counted After Election Day
4 years, 1 month ago

FACT CHECK: Trump Falsely Claims That Votes Shouldn't Be Counted After Election Day

NPR  

FACT CHECK: Trump Falsely Claims That Votes Shouldn't Be Counted After Election Day Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images President Trump is doubling down on claims that the results of the presidential election must be known on election night, falsely asserting "that's the way it's been and that's the way it should be." Speaking to …

Federal judge upholds Minnesota’s extended ballot counting
4 years, 2 months ago

Federal judge upholds Minnesota’s extended ballot counting

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge has upheld a Minnesota state court agreement that allows the counting of absentee ballots received up to seven days after Election Day. Republicans had asked U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel to block the seven-day extension that said ballots postmarked on or before Election Day must be counted. Before the consent decree, state law required absentee …

Whitmer approves earlier processing of absentee ballots
4 years, 2 months ago

Whitmer approves earlier processing of absentee ballots

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — Clerks in Michigan cities or township of at least 25,000 people can start processing a surge of absentee ballots a day before November’s presidential election under legislation signed by Gov. Benson cautioned that because absentee ballots cannot begin to be counted until 7 a.m. on Election Day, the count may not be final until three days after …

Appellate court halts Wisconsin ballot-counting extension
4 years, 2 months ago

Appellate court halts Wisconsin ballot-counting extension

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A federal appeals court on Sunday temporarily halted a six-day extension for counting absentee ballots in Wisconsin’s presidential election, a momentary victory for Republicans and President Donald Trump in the key presidential battleground state. The Democratic National Committee, the state Democratic Party and allied groups including the League of Women Voters sued to extend the deadline for …

Judge extends Wisconsin absentee cutoff 6 days post election
4 years, 3 months ago

Judge extends Wisconsin absentee cutoff 6 days post election

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge ruled Monday that absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin can be counted up to six days after the Nov. 3 presidential election as long as they are postmarked by Election Day. In Wisconsin’s April presidential primary, Conley also extended the deadline for returning absentee ballots for a week. The Republican National Committee, the Wisconsin GOP …

Judge: Michigan must count ballots that arrive post-election
4 years, 3 months ago

Judge: Michigan must count ballots that arrive post-election

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — A judge on Friday cleared the way for more absentee ballots to be counted in Michigan, saying envelopes postmarked by the eve of the Nov. 3 election are eligible, even if they show up days later. But Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens said there’s a crucial need for flexibility in November, especially after more than 6,400 …

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 …

Trump suggests polling place double-check for mail-in voters
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump suggests polling place double-check for mail-in voters

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that people who vote early by mail should show up at their local polling places on Election Day and vote again if their ballots haven’t been counted, a suggestion that experts said would lead to chaos, long lines and more work for election officials during a public health crisis. “That is not necessary, …

Trump faces pushback for seeming to urge people to vote twice as a test
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump faces pushback for seeming to urge people to vote twice as a test

LA Times  

President Trump said Thursday that people who vote early by mail should show up at their polling places on election day and vote again if their ballots haven’t been counted, a suggestion that experts said would lead to chaos, long lines and more work for election officials during a public health crisis. “That is not necessary, and it would lead …

Record 2.5M voted in primary; Benson pushes for legislation
4 years, 4 months ago

Record 2.5M voted in primary; Benson pushes for legislation

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — A record 2.5 million votes were cast in Michigan’s primary, as people took advantage of no-excuse absentee voting amid the coronavirus pandemic, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said Thursday. Voters really showed up, voted by mail, voted in person and demonstrated that even in the midst of a pandemic, people want to vote,” said Benson, who for …

Court: Absentee ballots that come after election won’t count
4 years, 5 months ago

Court: Absentee ballots that come after election won’t count

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan appeals court denied a request to require the counting of absentee ballots received after the time polls close on Election Day, ruling that the battleground state’s deadline remains intact despite voters’ approval of a constitutional amendment that expanded mail-in voting. The League of Women Voters of Michigan and three voters sued in May, seeking a …

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