Nevada can start tabulating ballots earlier on Election Day for quicker results
7 months ago

Nevada can start tabulating ballots earlier on Election Day for quicker results

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Nevada election officials can start tabulating in-person Election Day votes as they come in, rather than waiting for polls to close in an effort to get results out quicker, Democratic Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said Wednesday. Aguilar cited state law in making the recommendation to county election officials that also include tabulating mail ballots as early voting is underway. If county election officials adopt the recommendations, ballots will be counted throughout the day of the primary and general elections. Most states allow local election officials to handle mail ballots before Election Day, a process that includes verifying the voter requested the ballot, confirming the ballot matches the one sent to the voter, and either matching a voter signature to one on file or matching voter ID information to records.

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Commentary: Christmas is coming, and California is still counting ballots. Is that a problem?
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Commentary: Christmas is coming, and California is still counting ballots. Is that a problem?

LA Times  

Some Californians were carving Halloween pumpkins and taking their kids trick-or-treating when they cast their ballots in this year’s election. That’s in the Central Valley’s 13th District, where, with an estimated 99% of the votes counted as of Monday afternoon, Democratic challenger Adam Gray was leading Republican Rep. John Duarte by 143 votes. L.A. County workers have been processing and …

Paper ballots, late polls delay swing state Nevada’s election result. Could it overturn Donald Trump’s victory?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Paper ballots, late polls delay swing state Nevada’s election result. Could it overturn Donald Trump’s victory?

Live Mint  

US Election Results 2024: As the 2024 US election unfolds, Nevada, one of the most critical swing states, has once again found itself at the centre of election result delays. Election officials are attributing the slower-than-expected count in Nevada to several factors, with a significant reason being the large number of people who registered to vote on Election Day itself. …

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 …

Officials ask for patience in waiting on Election Day results
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Officials ask for patience in waiting on Election Day results

Raw Story  

It’s Election Day in America. “Election Day is not Results Day,” Virginia Kase Solomón, president and CEO of the voting rights organization Common Cause, told reporters last week. “Every vote must be counted, and that will take time.” Later, she added: “Democracy is worth waiting for.” Timelines for counting In Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, two states that could seal the race …

Tracking the Status of Your Ballot in the 2024 US Presidential Election
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tracking the Status of Your Ballot in the 2024 US Presidential Election

Hindustan Times  

The 2024 US presidential election is nearing its conclusion, with nearly 34.4 million mail-in ballots having been returned. The process of tallying these ballots takes longer and depends on the state, with final confirmation taking several weeks. However, voters can track the status of their ballots online in many states, providing a sense of reassurance and control over the voting …

US Election 2024: Why US Presidential poll results may be delayed beyond November 5?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

US Election 2024: Why US Presidential poll results may be delayed beyond November 5?

Live Mint  

The U.S. presidential election will take place on Nov. 5, but the winner of the razor-thin race between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump may not be known for days after the polls close. Democrats also have embraced mail voting more readily than Republicans after Trump's false claims that mail ballots are untrustworthy, and those ballots take longer to …

House election results: Congressional races in New York and California could decide control
1 month, 2 weeks ago

House election results: Congressional races in New York and California could decide control

Salon  

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Democrats flipped their first seat late Tuesday as John Mannion unseated Rep. Brandon Williams in New York's 22nd District in a battle for control of the House of Representatives. In New York, at least six House races appeared highly competitive in the state's 1st and 4th Districts on Long Island, as well as in the 17th, …

When Will We Know The Result Of The 2024 Election?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

When Will We Know The Result Of The 2024 Election?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Four years ago, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans had to wait days to find out the results of the presidential race. However, North Carolina Republicans have also heavily restricted the ability of election workers to process and count not only mail ballots, but in-person early votes via new laws passed in 2023. Where election workers could previously …

This year’s vote count will be faster, but it still might take time to know who won
1 month, 3 weeks ago

This year’s vote count will be faster, but it still might take time to know who won

Politico  

“It should be sooner, but also be patient,” said Barb Byrum, the Ingham County, Michigan, clerk. The lower number of mail ballots — combined with the additional four years that election officials have had to refine their vote-counting processes — should make results available faster. But the lower number of mail ballots — combined with the additional four years that …

Trump-Appointed Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Mississippi on Ballot Receipt After Election Day
2 months ago

Trump-Appointed Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Mississippi on Ballot Receipt After Election Day

CNN  

A federal appeals court judges have ruled that Mississippi's post-election mail ballot receipt violates federal law. The ruling could impact legal challenges to late-arriving ballots in other states, which could make a difference in key races. The court's decision is only binding on the three Southern states covered by the circuit, and for now, the panel is not ordering that …

2024 Election in Georgia: What to Expect on Election Day
2 months ago

2024 Election in Georgia: What to Expect on Election Day

Associated Press  

In the upcoming presidential election in Georgia, both Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump are visiting the state to survey the damage and meet with affected residents and local officials. The state remains one of the top prizes in the presidential election, and the outcome could have significant implications for the outcome of the race. …

Arizona's Electoral Battleground: What to Expect on Election Day
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2 months ago

Arizona's Electoral Battleground: What to Expect on Election Day

Associated Press  

Arizona's gubernatorial and congressional races are fiercely contested in the 2024 election, with Democrats aiming to regain control of the state Senate and House after four years under Republican control. The state's 16 electoral votes are a key battleground in the presidential race, with both candidates vying for the state's support. Additionally, voters will decide on various ballot measures, including …

Early in-person voting begins in Arizona, drawing visits from the Presidential campaigns
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Early in-person voting begins in Arizona, drawing visits from the Presidential campaigns

The Hindu  

Early in-person voting begins Wednesday in Arizona, making it the first of this year's Presidential battleground States where all residents can cast a ballot at a traditional polling place ahead of Election Day. The start of in-person voting in the closely contested State also drawing the presidential tickets, with both campaigns scheduling visits there this week. “Early voting, particularly by …

How to vote in California’s Nov. 5 election
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How to vote in California’s Nov. 5 election

LA Times  

Voting in California has never been easier. But it’s important to know about key deadlines for registration, early voting, casting your ballot and certifying election results. Paper applications must be postmarked or submitted at a county elections office 15 days prior to the election, which is Oct. 21. Voters displaced by the wildfires can have their mail ballot sent to …

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 …

Several states are making late changes to election rules, even as voting is set to begin
3 months ago

Several states are making late changes to election rules, even as voting is set to begin

Associated Press  

In Georgia, election workers will have to hand count the number of ballots cast after voting is completed. Across the country, including in some of the nation’s presidential swing states, new or recently altered state laws are changing how Americans will vote, tally ballots, and administer and certify November’s election. After the July primary, Maricopa County Elections spokesperson Jennifer Liewer …

Election experts raise alarms about vote counting delays in battleground states
3 months ago

Election experts raise alarms about vote counting delays in battleground states

CNN  

CNN — In Pennsylvania, officials are bracing for another presidential election in which the state could once again be the decisive battleground and take days to determine the winner. In Georgia, election officials can begin processing absentee ballots ahead of Election Day and a new law since the 2020 presidential election requires counties to report to the secretary of state …

US judge dismisses Republican challenge over counting of post-Election Day mail ballots in Nevada
5 months, 1 week ago

US judge dismisses Republican challenge over counting of post-Election Day mail ballots in Nevada

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by national and state Republicans that sought to bar Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day. A state law passed by Democrats in 2021 allows election officials to tally ballots received by 5 p.m. on the fourth day after Election Day, as long as the envelopes …

Republicans say mail ballots arriving after Election Day in Nevada should be illegal
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans say mail ballots arriving after Election Day in Nevada should be illegal

NPR  

Republicans say mail ballots arriving after Election Day in Nevada should be illegal toggle caption John Locher/AP The fight over which mail ballots should be counted during this year’s general election is already well underway. “So it's completely changed how our elections work and run.” Durmick said every county in Nevada now runs a typical in-person election and automatically sends …

Trump and Republicans file suit to nullify Nevada ballots mailed on Election Day
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump and Republicans file suit to nullify Nevada ballots mailed on Election Day

Raw Story  

The Trump campaign and its Republican allies on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging Nevada’s ballot receipt deadline. Nevada law allows for mail ballots postmarked on Election Day to be accepted and counted if they are received by county election officials within four days. Plaintiffs in the new lawsuit argue that practice violates federal law and as a result “valid, timely …

Republicans file lawsuit to block count of Nevada mail ballots received after Election Day
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Republicans file lawsuit to block count of Nevada mail ballots received after Election Day

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — The Republican National Committee on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day, as the state’s law currently permits. The law, passed by Democrats in 2021, permits the tallying of mail ballots received up to four days after Election Day, provided the envelopes are postmarked before the end …

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 …

Forget election night answers: Results may take far longer in many close races
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Forget election night answers: Results may take far longer in many close races

LA Times  

Workers process vote-by-mail ballots at the Los Angeles County registrar’s tabulation and processing center in the City of Industry. “I think oftentimes what people don’t understand about the California election process is that the Legislature, by intent, has allowed voters to have every opportunity to cast a ballot and to get their ballot in,” said Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk …

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. …

Lengthy vote counts frustrate, but don’t signal problems
2 years, 1 month ago

Lengthy vote counts frustrate, but don’t signal problems

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Four days after Election Day, with a bitter, high-profile race for Arizona governor still up in the air, Ohio’s secretary of state broke an unspoken protocol among top election officials. “A lot of the important work we do for elections happens after Election Day,” said Joseph Kirk, the county’s election supervisor. Former President Donald Trump said in a …

US midterm elections: Why California is still counting the votes
2 years, 1 month ago

US midterm elections: Why California is still counting the votes

Firstpost  

California’s lengthy count may be frustrating to candidates and anxious voters. But election officials say the process is designed to make it as easy as possible for people to vote and ensure every ballot is accurately counted Sacramento: California delivered Republicans the seat they needed Wednesday to take control of the US House, but just how much of an edge …

EXPLAINER: Why California has so many votes left to count
2 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: Why California has so many votes left to count

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California delivered Republicans the seat they needed Wednesday to take control of the U.S. House, but just how much of an edge the GOP will have in the chamber remains uncertain as the state’s seemingly drawn-out vote count continues. As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 8.8 million ballots had been processed in California — more than have …

Why Arizona election results are taking days
2 years, 1 month ago

Why Arizona election results are taking days

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Polls closed three days ago in Arizona, but counting for the 2022 midterm elections continued into the weekend as officials tallied votes cast in Maricopa County and across the state in races including Senate and governor. Officials in Maricopa — the state’s most populated county, home to Phoenix — released another batch of 80,000 votes around 10 p.m. …

Why Nevada election results are taking days
2 years, 1 month ago

Why Nevada election results are taking days

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Counting votes in Nevada’s closely watched races for Senate could spill into the weekend — just as it’s done before and just as officials reminded everyone it would this time, too. Here’s where things stand late Friday, with control of Congress still in the balance: WHAT WE KNOW —With more than 90% of the votes counted, Republican former …

Arizona remains epicenter for post-election misinformation
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona remains epicenter for post-election misinformation

Associated Press  

Arizona remained the epicenter for post-Election Day misinformation Thursday as vote counting in that state continued. The U.S. has a long history of political races that weren’t settled on Election Day, and those occasional delays have only increased in recent years given the rising popularity of voting by mail. In key battleground states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona, election officials …

Nov. 10, 2022 US election coverage
2 years, 1 month ago

Nov. 10, 2022 US election coverage

CNN  

An election worker arrives with ballots Wednesday inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office in Phoenix. Here’s what you should know as the counting continues: Where things stand in Arizona and Nevada — and why it’s taking so long to count ballots: The biggest reason for the delay is the way that each state handles the ballots outside of those cast …

Why it could take weeks to get final L.A. election results. ‘We aren’t sitting on ballots’
2 years, 1 month ago

Why it could take weeks to get final L.A. election results. ‘We aren’t sitting on ballots’

LA Times  

Ballots are received, sorted and verified at the L.A. County ballot processing facility in the City of Industry, then trucked to another facility in Downey to be counted. Vote-by-mail ballots take longer to process, particularly when a massive number of them arrive all at once on election day, officials and experts said Wednesday. “We aren’t sitting on ballots,” said county …

How long will it take to know who won in U.S. midterm elections?
2 years, 1 month ago

How long will it take to know who won in U.S. midterm elections?

The Hindu  

Here is some advice for anyone following Tuesday's U. S. midterm elections: Be ready for a long night and maybe days of waiting before it's clear whether Republicans or President Joe Biden's Democrats will control Congress. But with dozens of races expected to be close and key states like Pennsylvania already warning it could take days to count every ballot, …

Nearly 46 million votes have been cast in the midterms, but it’s unclear what it means for election day
2 years, 1 month ago

Nearly 46 million votes have been cast in the midterms, but it’s unclear what it means for election day

LA Times  

James Griepsma Jr. studies his choices at a ballot marking device while voting at the office of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022 in Norwalk. The pandemic prompted several states in 2020 to implement universal ballot delivery or change their laws to allow for early voting or voting by mail for the first time, said …

Why mail voting laws may slow the count in some key swing states
2 years, 1 month ago

Why mail voting laws may slow the count in some key swing states

NPR  

Why mail voting laws may slow the count in some key swing states Enlarge this image toggle caption Gene J. Puskar/AP Gene J. Puskar/AP Follow live updates and results from Election Day 2022 here. That includes the key swing states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, where prep work cannot start until 7 a.m. local time on Election Day. This restriction puts …

Rural Nevada county won’t hand-count until polls close
2 years, 1 month ago

Rural Nevada county won’t hand-count until polls close

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Officials in a rural Nevada county say they will not proceed with hand counting early mail-in votes before polls close on Election Day. Republican Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske ordered Nye County in late October to halt its hand-counting of ballots until after polls close on Nov. 8. Cegavske said Friday that the plan needed more details …

Nevada officials begin unprecedented hand count of ballots
2 years, 1 month ago

Nevada officials begin unprecedented hand count of ballots

Associated Press  

PAHRUMP, Nev. — Volunteers in a rural Nevada county where voting machine conspiracy theories led to an unprecedented hand-count of mail-in ballots came face-to-face with one messy reality of their plan Wednesday: It’s more time-consuming than anticipated. Nye County interim clerk Mark Kampf emphasized throughout the day to “take it nice and slow.” In an interview, he declared the first …

Why election results may not be known right away
2 years, 1 month ago

Why election results may not be known right away

Associated Press  

It’s the night of the election. Some states give local election offices several weeks before Election Day to process mailed ballots, including checking signatures and verifying ID information. Noah Praetz, the former elections clerk in Cook County, Illinois, said it’s possible to have quick results, but the U.S. has “decided to make voting accessible to everybody and let us vote …

GOP voters told to hold onto mail ballots until Election Day
2 years, 2 months ago

GOP voters told to hold onto mail ballots until Election Day

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Republican activists who believe the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump have crafted a plan that, in their telling, will thwart cheating in this year’s midterm elections. Trump also has weighed in, saying at a recent rally that voting on Election Day was best because “it’s much harder for them to cheat that way.” The …

ACLU sues over Nevada county’s hand-counting ballot plan
2 years, 2 months ago

ACLU sues over Nevada county’s hand-counting ballot plan

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — The ACLU’s Nevada chapter filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a rural Nevada county and its interim clerk in an attempt to stop the implementation of the county’s new hand-counting process, which was spurred by false claims of election fraud. The county plans to start hand-counting its mail-in ballots two weeks before Election Day, a process that the …

Nevada county’s plans to hand-count early ballots challenged
2 years, 2 months ago

Nevada county’s plans to hand-count early ballots challenged

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — A rural county in Nevada where conspiracy theories about voting machines run deep is planning to start hand-counting its mail-in ballots two weeks before Election Day, a process that risks public release of early voting results. Nye County Clerk Mark Kampf said hand-count teams will start tallying mail-in ballots on Oct. 26, just under two weeks ahead …

Mail ballot fight persists in key states, sure to slow count
2 years, 3 months ago

Mail ballot fight persists in key states, sure to slow count

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump and his allies seized on the drawn-out vote processing and counting in Pennsylvania during the 2020 election to fuel his false claims that fraud cost him victory in the battleground state — and election officials worry that a replay could be on the horizon in November’s crucial Senate and governor’s races. Efforts since …

Last Nevada county approves primary results after hand count
2 years, 5 months ago

Last Nevada county approves primary results after hand count

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Counties across Nevada on Friday certified the last outstanding results of the state’s June 14 primary election after critics questioned the tallies by describing their own experiences at the polls and repeating conspiracy theories that nearly derailed certification in New Mexico last week. Esmeralda County, Nevada’s least populated, became the last to certify its countywide results Friday …

Officials in Nevada county endorse hand count, paper ballots
2 years, 9 months ago

Officials in Nevada county endorse hand count, paper ballots

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Elected officials in a rural southern Nevada county say they want paper votes counted by hand during primary and general elections this year, although their top elections official said Wednesday she can’t immediately commit enough staffing or supplies and doesn’t have regulations to follow. “It would be physically impossible for me to implement this for the primary …

GOP ballot measure in Arizona would restrict early voting to speed up ballot counting
2 years, 10 months ago

GOP ballot measure in Arizona would restrict early voting to speed up ballot counting

Raw Story  

Nail-biter elections that last two weeks after the polls close could be a thing of the past under a proposed measure that could be on the November ballot — with the trade-off that Arizonans will have fewer options for casting their votes. State law currently gives election officials five days after the election to “cure” signatures that can’t be verified, …

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 …

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 …

EXPLAINER: A long night, or more, before president is known
4 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: A long night, or more, before president is known

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Americans won’t know the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election until well into Wednesday — if not beyond that. In North Carolina, beginning five weeks before the election, county boards insert approved ballots into a voting machine, allowing for a prompt tabulation on Election Day. But other states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, all with Republican-led …

What to expect on US election night and beyond
4 years, 1 month ago

What to expect on US election night and beyond

Live Mint  

The coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented number of ballots cast early, the lack of consistency about how these votes will be counted, and ongoing legal battles have made the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election one of the hardest to predict. Some of these states do not begin to count early votes until after polling stations close, and some allow …

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