House OKs changes to mail-in voting law; veto threatened
4 years, 3 months ago

House OKs changes to mail-in voting law; veto threatened

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — In the shadow of an increasingly strident presidential campaign, Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives approved changes to the state’s fledgling mail-in voting law Wednesday, but in highly partisan fashion. Rep. Dan Moul, R-Adams, said the bill ensures that the election and mail-in voting “is done as clean and pure as possible.” Rep. Stan Saylor, R-York, meanwhile, accused Wolf of wanting to send paper ballots “all over the commonwealth, willy-nilly, without a commonsense security and integrity process and measures in place” before ticking off a handful of election fraud cases in recent decades. “That’s voter fraud.” Rep. Margo Davidson, D-Delaware, called the Republican bill “nothing but a failed attempt to suppress and contain the vote” while Democrats said that, in any case, ballots are not sent out “willy-nilly.” “You have to request a ballot, it is why it is called a no-excuse absentee, which is different from other states opting to send out a ballot to any registered voter,” said Rep. Jennifer O’Mara, D-Delaware. One key aspect of the bill will allow counties to start processing mail-in ballots three days before Election Day to speed up vote-counting amid concerns that a presidential election result will hang in limbo for days on a drawn-out vote count in Pennsylvania.

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Why Pennsylvania’s election results will take time to count
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why Pennsylvania’s election results will take time to count

Raw Story  

The country is unlikely to know who wins the battleground state of Pennsylvania on election night. Prior to 2020, local election officials never needed to count such a large number of ballots received through the mail, and news organizations could typically announce Pennsylvania’s unofficial winner quickly. Counting may also take less time because election officials have more experience counting the …

Connecticut to Decide on Constitutional Change to Make Mail-In Voting Easier
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Connecticut to Decide on Constitutional Change to Make Mail-In Voting Easier

Associated Press  

Connecticut voters will decide on Tuesday whether to allow people to vote by mail or through drop boxes without needing an excuse for not going to a polling place in person. An amendment to the state constitution would lift long-standing restrictions that only allow people to vote by absentee ballot if they are going to be out of town, are …

"No truth to the allegation": Trump claims "cheating" in Pennsylvania as voters brave bomb threats
1 month, 2 weeks ago

"No truth to the allegation": Trump claims "cheating" in Pennsylvania as voters brave bomb threats

Salon  

PHILADELPHIA — Standing beside a table on the edge of campus adorned with "Hotties for Harris" signs, University of Pennsylvania student Olivia West explained that she was worried about her freedom. Posting from his residence in Florida, Trump claimed on his website Tuesday afternoon, just hours before polls closed, that there was a "lot of talk about massive CHEATING in …

Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit Surge Shows Why It’s a Top Prize
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit Surge Shows Why It’s a Top Prize

Live Mint  

Pennsylvania is emerging as the jackpot in the hotly contested presidential race, drawing both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in frenzied campaigning on the eve of the election, along with a surge in legal cases from both sides. Republicans appealed after Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled the state must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots are disqualified for …

Judge orders PA elections board to extend hours as thousands of mail ballots go missing
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Judge orders PA elections board to extend hours as thousands of mail ballots go missing

Raw Story  

A judge has ordered the Erie County Board of Elections to extend its operating hours and take other steps to ensure that thousands of voters who requested mail ballots but did not receive them can still get mail ballots and return them by the Election Day deadline. The lawsuit claimed that mail ballot return rates in Erie were below the …

Pennsylvania's Strict Voting Laws Put to the Test in Election Court Battle
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania's Strict Voting Laws Put to the Test in Election Court Battle

Hindustan Times  

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in the state's presidential election. The ruling is a victory for voting-rights advocates, who had sought to force counties to let voters cast a provisional ballot on Election Day if their mail-in ballot was to be rejected for …

Pennsylvania's Ballot Battle: A Timeline of Election Night
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania's Ballot Battle: A Timeline of Election Night

Firstpost  

The article discusses the potential length of time it will take to determine the winner of Pennsylvania in the 2024 US presidential election. Pennsylvania is crucial to both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, and the outcome of the election could have significant implications for the political landscape of the country.

Republicans ask Pennsylvania court to put on hold decision on mail ballot envelope rules
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Republicans ask Pennsylvania court to put on hold decision on mail ballot envelope rules

LA Times  

Mail-in ballots are handled in a secure area at the elections warehouse in Pittsburgh in April. Republicans wasted no time in appealing a Pennsylvania court decision that would relax the rules for mail ballots, asking the state Supreme Court on Thursday to reverse a lower court opinion issued one day earlier. The Commonwealth Court, in a 3-2 decision, said 69 …

Group uses flimsy USPS data in effort to block hundreds of Pennsylvania votes
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Group uses flimsy USPS data in effort to block hundreds of Pennsylvania votes

Raw Story  

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Pennsylvania’s free newsletter here. A group of citizens are challenging hundreds of mail ballot applications in southeast Pennsylvania, claiming they were submitted by voters who have moved to a new address that disqualifies them from voting in the state. The …

Time is Running Out for Pennsylvanians to Request a Mail Ballot and Submit It to Vote in the Nov. 5 General Election
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Time is Running Out for Pennsylvanians to Request a Mail Ballot and Submit It to Vote in the Nov. 5 General Election

Associated Press  

Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot deadline is approaching, with the deadline to request a ballot Tuesday at 5 p.m. Voters can request a ballot at their county elections office or online through the Department of State. Counties have different policies for notifying voters of errors on return envelopes, but the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently ruled that any voter who attempted to vote …

A New Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ruling Could Tip the Entire Election
2 months ago

A New Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ruling Could Tip the Entire Election

Slate  

This piece was originally published on State Court Report, a hub for reporting, analysis, and commentary about state courts and constitutions. With less than two weeks until Election Day and mail-in ballots already in circulation, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled citizens have a right to vote by provisional ballot if their mail-in ballot is disqualified for a failure to return it …

Nov. 5 election too close to decide mail-in ballot issues: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Nov. 5 election too close to decide mail-in ballot issues: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Raw Story  

In a pair of decisions published Saturday evening the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied requests to resolve questions about the commonwealth’s vote-by-mail law in the final few weeks before the Nov. 5 presidential election. The court also rejected a request by the Republican National Committee and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania to stop county election officials from allowing voters to remedy …

This year’s Electoral College map may show another ‘blue shift.’ Here’s why
2 months, 2 weeks ago

This year’s Electoral College map may show another ‘blue shift.’ Here’s why

NPR  

This year’s Electoral College map may show another ‘blue shift.’ Here’s why toggle caption Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP via Getty Images The counting of ballots can take longer in some places than in others. An analysis of the 2020 election by the MIT Election Data and Science Lab concluded that the differences in how quickly counties reported their results were “driven by …

Voting gets underway in Pennsylvania, as counties mail ballots and open satellite election offices
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Voting gets underway in Pennsylvania, as counties mail ballots and open satellite election offices

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Voting has begun in earnest in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania, as counties increasingly begin mailing out ballots, offering over-the-counter voting in election offices and opening other avenues to voting. Montgomery County, the state’s third-most populous county, has started mailing out ballots and, on Friday, it …

Trump is trying to have it both ways with mail-in voting
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump is trying to have it both ways with mail-in voting

The Independent  

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Court takes 'naked ballots' case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting
3 months ago

Court takes 'naked ballots' case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting

Hindustan Times  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania's highest court on Friday said it will consider whether counties must accept provisional ballots cast on election day at polling places by voters whose mail-in ballots lacked secrecy envelopes or were rejected for other flaws. Court takes 'naked ballots' case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting It could determine the fate of thousands of votes that could otherwise …

Court takes ‘naked ballots’ case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting
3 months ago

Court takes ‘naked ballots’ case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s highest court on Friday said it will consider whether counties must accept provisional ballots cast on election day at polling places by voters whose mail-in ballots lacked secrecy envelopes or were rejected for other flaws. The Supreme Court took up the appeal from a Commonwealth Court …

Pennsylvania court rejects Cornel West’s bid to get on ballot and clears way for mail voting
3 months, 1 week ago

Pennsylvania court rejects Cornel West’s bid to get on ballot and clears way for mail voting

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling that rejected a bid to get independent presidential candidate Cornel West on the ballot for the November election in the battleground state. The decision also sets in motion the process for counties to start printing, testing and …

Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with flawed dates on envelopes can be thrown out, court rules
3 months, 1 week ago

Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with flawed dates on envelopes can be thrown out, court rules

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania voters could have their mail-in ballots thrown out if they do not write accurate dates on envelopes they use to return them under a state Supreme Court ruling issued Friday that could impact the presidential race. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley in a release called it a major victory for election integrity “that will protect …

Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with flawed dates on envelopes can be thrown out, court rules
3 months, 1 week ago

Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with flawed dates on envelopes can be thrown out, court rules

CNN  

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania AP — Pennsylvania voters could have their mail-in ballots thrown out if they do not write accurate dates on envelopes they use to return them under a state Supreme Court ruling issued Friday that could impact the presidential race. The Supreme Court’s reversal of that decision raises the prospect that thousands of ballots that arrive in time might …

Pennsylvania voters can cast a provisional ballot if their mail ballot is rejected, court says
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Pennsylvania voters can cast a provisional ballot if their mail ballot is rejected, court says

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A court decided Thursday that voters in the presidential battleground of Pennsylvania can cast provisional ballots in place of mail-in ballots that are rejected for a garden-variety mistake they made when they returned it. The three-member panel ruled that nothing in state law prevented Republican-controlled Butler County from counting two voters’ provisional ballots in the April 23 …

Court stops Pennsylvania counties from throwing out mail-in votes over incorrect envelope dates
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Court stops Pennsylvania counties from throwing out mail-in votes over incorrect envelope dates

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state court Friday halted enforcement of a requirement that voters include accurate, handwritten dates on envelopes used to submit mail-in ballots, a ruling likely to keep several thousand Pennsylvania votes from being thrown out in the November election. “The refusal to count undated or incorrectly dated but timely mail ballots submitted by otherwise eligible voters because …

Pennsylvania county broke law by refusing to tell voters if it rejected their ballot, judge says
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Pennsylvania county broke law by refusing to tell voters if it rejected their ballot, judge says

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Republican-controlled county in Pennsylvania violated state law when election workers refused to tell voters that their mail-in ballot had been rejected and wouldn’t be counted in last April’s primary election, a judge ruled. As a result, voters in Washington County were unable to exercise their legal right either to challenge the decision of the county elections …

GOP-led challenge to voting by mail rejected by New York's top court
4 months ago

GOP-led challenge to voting by mail rejected by New York's top court

The Independent  

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Pennsylvania’s long-running dispute over dates on mail-in voting ballots is back in the courts
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania’s long-running dispute over dates on mail-in voting ballots is back in the courts

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A technical requirement that Pennsylvania voters write accurate dates on the exterior envelope of mail-in ballots was again the subject of a court proceeding on Thursday as advocates argued the mandate unfairly leads to otherwise valid votes being thrown out. They argued that enforcing the date requirement infringes upon voting rights and that none of the prior …

Republican challenge to New York's mail voting expansion reaches state's highest court
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Republican challenge to New York's mail voting expansion reaches state's highest court

The Independent  

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State election directors fear the Postal Service can’t handle expected crush of mail-in ballots
5 months ago

State election directors fear the Postal Service can’t handle expected crush of mail-in ballots

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — State election directors from across the country voiced serious concerns to a top U.S. Steven Carter, manager of election and government programs for the postal service, attempted to reassure the directors at a meeting in Minneapolis that the system’s Office of Inspector General will publish an election mail report next week containing “encouraging” performance numbers for this year …

Lawsuit says Pennsylvania county deliberately hid decisions to invalidate some mail-in ballots
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Lawsuit says Pennsylvania county deliberately hid decisions to invalidate some mail-in ballots

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania county’s elected commissioners were sued Monday over a policy adopted for this year’s primary in which people whose mail-in ballots were disqualified for technical violations say they were purposely not informed in time to fix errors. Seven disqualified primary voters, the local NAACP branch and the Center for Coalfield Justice sued Washington County’s election …

Partisan gridlock prevents fixes to Pennsylvania’s voting laws as presidential election looms
6 months, 1 week ago

Partisan gridlock prevents fixes to Pennsylvania’s voting laws as presidential election looms

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania is seeing lots of action targeting gaps in its vote-by-mail laws. The state also has a U.S. Senate contest between Democratic incumbent Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick that will help determine control of the chamber, increasing scrutiny on election offices if lawmakers can’t break a partisan stalemate and vote-counting is slowed by mailed ballots. …

New court challenge filed in Pennsylvania to prevent some mail-in ballots from getting thrown out
6 months, 3 weeks ago

New court challenge filed in Pennsylvania to prevent some mail-in ballots from getting thrown out

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new lawsuit filed Tuesday by a constellation of left-leaning groups in Pennsylvania is trying to prevent thousands of mail-in ballots from being thrown out in November’s election in a battleground state that is expected to play a critical role in selecting a new president. The lawsuit, filed in a state court, is the latest of perhaps …

Pennsylvania sees fewer mail ballots rejected for technicalities, a priority for election officials
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Pennsylvania sees fewer mail ballots rejected for technicalities, a priority for election officials

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania election officials said Wednesday that the rate of mail-in ballots rejected for technicalities, like a missing date, saw a significant drop in last month’s primary election after state officials tried anew to help voters avoid mistakes that might get their ballots thrown out. Pennsylvania’s top election official, Secretary of State Al Schmidt, said counties reported a …

Democrats advance election bill in Pennsylvania long sought by counties to process ballots faster
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Democrats advance election bill in Pennsylvania long sought by counties to process ballots faster

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill long sought by counties seeking help to manage huge influxes of mail-in ballots during elections in the presidential battleground state and to avoid a repeat of 2020’s drawn-out vote count. Counties have sought that kind of a provision for years, even before 2020’s presidential election, to give them …

Pennsylvania election denier Scott Perry begs Republicans to vote by mail
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Pennsylvania election denier Scott Perry begs Republicans to vote by mail

Raw Story  

CAMP HILL— U.S. Rep. Scott Perry made his expected annual visit to the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference on Friday, but challenged his fellow conservatives to embrace a method of voting that is popular with Democrats: vote-by-mail. David McCormick, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, told the audience Friday that “it’s something we’ve got to embrace or we’re going to lose.” Just outside …

Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A requirement for Pennsylvania voters to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots does not run afoul of a civil rights law, a federal appeals court panel said Wednesday, overturning a lower court ruling. In the court’s opinion, Judge Thomas Ambro said the section of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that the …

GOP backs voting by mail, yet turns to courts to restrict it in battleground states
10 months ago

GOP backs voting by mail, yet turns to courts to restrict it in battleground states

Raw Story  

Fearing that Democrats hold a crucial edge in ballots cast before Election Day, national Republicans are working to convince their voters to take advantage of mail and early voting this year. We can’t let Dems get a big head start and think we’re going to win it all on Election Day,” Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel said in November …

US appeals court to decide if Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with wrong date still count
10 months ago

US appeals court to decide if Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with wrong date still count

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court must decide if Pennsylvania voters need to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots for the votes to count, a dispute with implications for this year’s presidential contest. Ari Savitzky, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union representing several voter groups, told the court that more than 10,000 …

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania challenge state, federal actions to boost voter registration
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania challenge state, federal actions to boost voter registration

Hindustan Times  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A group of conservative state lawmakers in Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging three voting-related executive branch actions designed to boost voter registration, including a 2021 executive order by President Joe Biden. The Brennan Center for Justice last year called Biden's executive order “one of the most substantial undertakings by any administration to overcome barriers to …

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania challenge state, federal actions to boost voter registration
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania challenge state, federal actions to boost voter registration

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A group of conservative state lawmakers in Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging three voting-related executive branch actions designed to boost voter registration, including a 2021 executive order by President Joe Biden. The Brennan Center for Justice last year called Biden’s executive order “one of the most substantial undertakings by any administration to overcome barriers to …

Election 2024: Why does each state in the U.S. have different voting rules?
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Election 2024: Why does each state in the U.S. have different voting rules?

Associated Press  

In Louisiana, any voter can cast a ballot in person during early voting ahead of Election Day. A voter enters Tuscaloosa County Ward 5, Montgomery Fire Department, to vote during a primary election, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Northport, Ala. A voter drops off a vote-by-mail ballot on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, during the presidential primary election in Vancouver, Wash. …

'Thousands of mail ballots not counted': PA fixing issue that disenfranchised 17K voters
1 year ago

'Thousands of mail ballots not counted': PA fixing issue that disenfranchised 17K voters

Raw Story  

Pennsylvania played a key role in deciding the last two presidential elections, and appears poised to be similarly decisive in the 2024 race. According to WPSU, Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro is now working in conjunction with Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt to fix issues with Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot system that can be confusing for some voters. Currently, commonwealth law …

Pennsylvania is trying to help voters avoid mistakes that would invalidate their mail ballot
1 year ago

Pennsylvania is trying to help voters avoid mistakes that would invalidate their mail ballot

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania is trying anew to help voters using mail-in ballots in the battleground state avoid mistakes that might get their ballot thrown out in 2024’s presidential election and beyond. The effort comes amid a partisan stalemate in Pennsylvania’s Legislature and court battles over provisions in the state’s four-year-old mail-in voting law that have led counties to throw …

Federal judge says Pennsylvania mail-in ballots should still count if dated incorrectly
1 year, 1 month ago

Federal judge says Pennsylvania mail-in ballots should still count if dated incorrectly

Associated Press  

Mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania without accurate handwritten dates on their exterior envelopes must still be counted if they are received in time, a judge ruled Tuesday, concluding that rejecting such ballots violates federal civil rights law. Josh Shapiro, which oversees elections statewide, said in a statement that it is reviewing the court’s decision, “but we are pleased with the result.” …

Pennsylvania House passes bill to move up presidential primary, but it has conflicts with the Senate
1 year, 2 months ago

Pennsylvania House passes bill to move up presidential primary, but it has conflicts with the Senate

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill to move up the state’s 2024 presidential primary election by three weeks, but disagreements have arisen with Republican senators who wanted an even earlier date. The bill backed by House Democrats would move up the date by three …

Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law is upheld again, as court rules against Republican challenge
1 year, 5 months ago

Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law is upheld again, as court rules against Republican challenge

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania state court on Tuesday rejected the latest Republican effort to throw out the presidential battleground state’s broad mail-in voting law that has become a GOP target following former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud. It is the latest of several refusals by a state court to invalidate Pennsylvania’s 2019 mail-in voting law, enacted …

Republicans set to push mail ballots, voting methods they previously blasted as recipes for fraud
1 year, 6 months ago

Republicans set to push mail ballots, voting methods they previously blasted as recipes for fraud

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — After years of criticizing mail voting and so-called ballot harvesting as ripe for fraud, Republicans at the top of the party want to change course. It marks a notable shift from the party’s rhetoric since 2020, when then-President Donald Trump was routinely sowing doubt about mail voting and encouraging his voters to wait and vote in-person on Election …

Indiana lawmakers approve tighter mail-in voting rules
1 year, 8 months ago

Indiana lawmakers approve tighter mail-in voting rules

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a Republican-backed proposal that would require voters to submit more identification information to obtain mail-in ballots, rejecting arguments that the tougher rules would make voting more difficult for many people. Approval of the tighter mail-in voting rules comes after previous attempts failed the past two years in the Republican-dominated Legislature, even …

Republicans push plan tightening Indiana mail voting rules
1 year, 10 months ago

Republicans push plan tightening Indiana mail voting rules

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Republicans endorsed a new attempt Wednesday to toughen laws on mail-in voting amid the national specter of voter fraud claims despite opponents arguing the steps would unnecessarily add hurdles for people seeking to legally cast election ballots. The House elections committee voted 9-4 along party lines to advance the proposal that would require voters submitting a paper …

Majority of 16k canceled Pa. mail-in ballots were from Dems
1 year, 11 months ago

Majority of 16k canceled Pa. mail-in ballots were from Dems

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — New data from Pennsylvania’s elections agency shows an early November state court decision that barred mail-in ballots without accurate handwritten dates on their exterior envelopes resulted in otherwise valid votes being thrown out. “There is no similar automatic notification system for voters who do not provide an email address when applying for a mail ballot.” Pennsylvania Democrats …

After midterms, GOP reconsidering antipathy to mail ballots
2 years ago

After midterms, GOP reconsidering antipathy to mail ballots

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — In Georgia’s Senate runoff, Republicans once more met the realities of giving Democrats a head start they could not overcome. Conservative conspiracy theorists urged GOP voters to wait until Election Day before casting their ballots and spun tales about how such a strategy would prevent Democrats from rigging voting machines to steal the election. In Washington, South Dakota …

Pennsylvanians scurry to fix mail-in ballots after ruling
2 years, 1 month ago

Pennsylvanians scurry to fix mail-in ballots after ruling

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Some of Pennsylvania’s largest counties scrambled Monday to help voters fix mail-in ballots that have fatal flaws such as incorrect dates or missing signatures on the envelopes used to send them in, bringing about confusion and legal challenges in the battleground state on the eve of the election. They sued county boards of election across the state, …

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