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 Day. I think you’re seeing all of us singing from the same songbook.” The nationwide GOP plan emphasizes “in-person early voting, absentee voting, and ballot harvesting where legal,” while also pledging “to fight against bad ballot harvesting laws.” Republicans use the term to describe when someone else returns a mailed ballot on behalf of another voter, especially third parties that gather multiple ballots. After the 2020 presidential election, the movie “2000 Mules” was a popular video that made various debunked claims about mail ballots, drop boxes and ballot collection. DeSantis said he wasn’t going to “fight with one hand tied behind my back.” The Trump and DeSantis campaigns did not respond to messages seeking details about ballot collection plans.

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US Postal Service touts timely delivery of mail ballots despite concerns from election officials
3 weeks ago

US Postal Service touts timely delivery of mail ballots despite concerns from election officials

Associated Press  

Postal Service said Monday nearly 100% of completed mail ballots were returned to election offices within a week for this year’s presidential contest, despite hurricanes, some misdirected election mail and delivery concerns raised by state officials. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said postal workers processed more than 99 million general election ballots — making extra deliveries and collections and working to …

Election expert explains 'ballot curing'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Election expert explains 'ballot curing'

New Indian Express  

Most Americans used to vote on Election Day, and a small percentage of voters cast their ballots as absentee voters through the mail. Many more states chose to add these methods after the 2000 election, and by 2022, 60% of votes were cast in person at a polling place on Election Day, 21% were cast by mail and 19% were …

State election officials thwart scheme to cast stolen mail ballots: report
1 month, 4 weeks ago

State election officials thwart scheme to cast stolen mail ballots: report

Raw Story  

A criminal investigation is underway in Colorado after election officials say they foiled an effort to fraudulently cast votes using at least a dozen stolen mail ballots, according to reports. The scheme, announced by Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, was blocked by the state’s voter signature verification process, the Colorado Sun reported Thursday. While almost all of …

Partisan Divide on Advance Voting: A Historical Perspective on Election Day Voting
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Partisan Divide on Advance Voting: A Historical Perspective on Election Day Voting

Associated Press  

The article explores the rise of advance voting in the United States, highlighting its increasing popularity and political polarization. It notes that while it was a nonpartisan feature of elections for many years, the 2020 presidential election saw a significant shift, with a substantial portion of the electorate voting before Election Day. This trend has been sustained, with the share …

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  

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. He claimed there were “shenanigans” with mail-in ballots …

Republicans encourage mail-in voting even as Trump disparages it
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Republicans encourage mail-in voting even as Trump disparages it

LA Times  

Former President Trump at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July. In an email promoting a website called SwampTheVoteUSA.com, RNC Chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement: “As President Trump has consistently said, voting by mail, voting early, and voting on Election Day are all good options.” But the Republican presidential nominee — who falsely says that mail-in voting …

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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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 …

Trump wants Republicans to ‘swamp’ early voting and mail-in ballots. But he can’t stop lying about elections
6 months ago

Trump wants Republicans to ‘swamp’ early voting and mail-in ballots. But he can’t stop lying about elections

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. This month, Trump’s campaign and the RNC launched …

Biden campaign calls on GOP to drop lawsuits over mail ballots, citing Trump’s new fondness for it
6 months, 1 week ago

Biden campaign calls on GOP to drop lawsuits over mail ballots, citing Trump’s new fondness for it

Associated Press  

DENVER — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign on Thursday called on top Republicans to drop litigation seeking to curtail aspects of mail balloting now that Donald Trump has begun to embrace the method. “If Donald Trump is serious about finally recognizing that mail voting is a great option for voters to utilize this November, he should demand the RNC and …

Poll dancing: Trump pivots on mail-in voting
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Poll dancing: Trump pivots on mail-in voting

Raw Story  

For years, Donald Trump has denigrated mail-in voting as a source of massive election fraud -- yet in a jaw-dropping turnaround the Republican presidential candidate has now become a proponent. "Tens of millions of American voters prefer early or mail-in voting, including Republicans," Ray Brescia, of Albany Law School, in upstate New York, told AFP. Other converts include longtime Trump …

After blaming his 2020 loss on mail balloting, Trump tries to make GOP voters believe it’s OK now
7 months ago

After blaming his 2020 loss on mail balloting, Trump tries to make GOP voters believe it’s OK now

Associated Press  

Marta Moehring voted the way she prefers in Nebraska’s Republican primary Tuesday — in person, at her west Omaha polling place. The push is a striking change for a party that amplified dark rumors about mail ballots to explain away Trump’s 2020 loss, but it is “We have to get right on using these mail-in ballots for the people who …

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 …

GOP thinks it's found secret sauce to convince Trump fans to vote by mail
8 months, 1 week ago

GOP thinks it's found secret sauce to convince Trump fans to vote by mail

Raw Story  

Republicans are hoping to persuade Donald Trump supporters to embrace mail-in voting without raising the ex-president's ire, and a source says they may have found a workaround. The former president believes mail-in voting is inherently fraudulent and has called for its abolishment, but sources told The Guardian that his own campaign knows that "banking" votes early is the most effective …

GOP leaders pursue new lawsuits over 2024 election rules – including attacking methods of voting they want supporters to use
8 months, 1 week ago

GOP leaders pursue new lawsuits over 2024 election rules – including attacking methods of voting they want supporters to use

CNN  

CNN — Republican leaders are encouraging their supporters to vote by mail in this year’s consequential presidential election, even as their party pursues lawsuits and legislation that would make it harder for those votes to count. But amid the legislative and legal attacks on early voting, the GOP’s leadership is nonetheless vowing a robust program to convince Republicans to turn …

'I've been screaming': GOP strategist fumes as Trump continues to attack mail-in voting
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'I've been screaming': GOP strategist fumes as Trump continues to attack mail-in voting

Raw Story  

Republican Party officials seem to realize that they have put themselves at a major disadvantage when it comes to voting by mail and they've been sending signals that they will do more to encourage mail-in voting in this election cycle. They don’t want to say it.” The month before, Trump declared that "mail-in voting is totally corrupt" and told Fox …

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 …

Republican lawsuits challenge mail ballot deadlines. Could they upend voting across the country?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Republican lawsuits challenge mail ballot deadlines. Could they upend voting across the country?

Associated Press  

Republicans are challenging extended mail ballot deadlines in at least two states in a legal maneuver that could have widespread implications for mail voting before the presidential election in November. “However, some states accept and count ballots days and days after Election Day, and we believe that practice is wrong.” RNC spokesperson Gates McGavick said the group hopes for a …

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 …

National GOP going all in on early voting — despite Trump’s comments to the contrary
1 year, 1 month ago

National GOP going all in on early voting — despite Trump’s comments to the contrary

Raw Story  

The Republican National Committee has launched a “ Bank Your Vote” campaign in Florida to encourage Republicans to vote early in next year’s general election — even as the party’s leading presidential candidate, Donald Trump, continues to disparage voting by mail. But the RNC announced in June that the party could no longer afford the luxury of relying on their …

GOP leaders promote mail voting despite Trump calling it a scam
1 year, 4 months ago

GOP leaders promote mail voting despite Trump calling it a scam

LA Times  

Mail in ballots are processed at a county facility in City of Industry on June 16, 2022. “We can’t allow Democrats to have a head start heading into election day.” Left unsaid, however, was the reason national and state GOP chieftains, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, need to press their supporters to cast their ballots early, as they …

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 …

“Hyper-partisan attack”: Arizona GOP advances new voting bills inspired by conspiracy theories
1 year, 10 months ago

“Hyper-partisan attack”: Arizona GOP advances new voting bills inspired by conspiracy theories

Salon  

Arizona's Republican-controlled state legislature advanced bills last month that they claim will improve election transparency — but voting rights advocates worry will actually have the opposite effect. "There's a lack of confidence from some of my constituents in the election itself," Republican state Rep. Rachel Jones of Tucson, who presented the bill, said during the committee meeting. "These are the …

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 …

'We have to stop': Knives out in GOP after Trump's attacks on mail voting cost them election
2 years ago

'We have to stop': Knives out in GOP after Trump's attacks on mail voting cost them election

Raw Story  

After a poor performance in the midterm elections, Republicans are backtracking on their stance against early voting and mail-in ballots despite supporting previous conspiracy theories pushed by former President Donald Trump. Trump as recently as last week disparaged early voting and voting by mail, posting on Truth Social: "you can never have fair & free elections with mail-in ballots--never, never, …

GOP has advantage among Florida ballots already cast
2 years, 1 month ago

GOP has advantage among Florida ballots already cast

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Nearly 4 million people have already voted in Florida’s election and early numbers indicate Republicans could have a huge advantage once voting ends Tuesday. Four years ago, when the vote was so close there were recounts for governor, U.S. senator and agriculture commissioner, Democrats had slightly more voters cast ballots before Election Day, nearly 2.2 million compared …

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 …

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 …

Justices uphold Pennsylvania’s 2019 mail-in voting expansion
2 years, 4 months ago

Justices uphold Pennsylvania’s 2019 mail-in voting expansion

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A wide expansion of mail-in voting in Pennsylvania survived a legal challenge on Tuesday before the state Supreme Court in a case brought by some of the same Republican state representatives who voted for the legislation nearly three years ago. “We find no restriction in our Constitution on the General Assembly’s ability to create universal mail-in voting,” …

Pennsylvania's mail-in voting law is upheld by the state's Supreme Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Pennsylvania's mail-in voting law is upheld by the state's Supreme Court

NPR  

Pennsylvania's mail-in voting law is upheld by the state's Supreme Court Enlarge this image toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP Matt Rourke/AP Pennsylvania's mail-in voting law has been upheld by the state's Supreme Court, allowing all voters in the key swing state to cast ballots by mail in November and for other future elections. In a 5-2 decision released Tuesday, the Democratic-majority …

Republicans challenge Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law anew
2 years, 5 months ago

Republicans challenge Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law anew

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republicans have sued again in an attempt to throw out Pennsylvania’s broad mail-in voting law, even as the state’s highest court considers a separate lawsuit aimed at wiping out a law that lost favor with Republicans following former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud. In a dissent in a 2020 election case at the state …

Arizona judge rejects GOP request to block voting by mail
2 years, 6 months ago

Arizona judge rejects GOP request to block voting by mail

LA Times  

An Arizona judge Monday declined a request by the state Republican Party to block most mail-in ballots for the 2022 election, preserving the voting method used by an overwhelming majority of the state’s voters. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen ruled that nothing in the Arizona Constitution prohibits the Legislature from allowing citizens to vote by mail. Gen. Mark …

EXPLAINER: How mailed ballots slow results in Pennsylvania
2 years, 7 months ago

EXPLAINER: How mailed ballots slow results in Pennsylvania

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Counting of mailed ballots in Pennsylvania is drawing renewed scrutiny amid a too-close-to-call U.S. Senate primary between Republicans David McCormick and Dr. Mehmet Oz. He has relentlessly criticized the state’s voting procedures since his loss in Pennsylvania two years ago, when it took several days to tally the results from all mailed ballots. The head of the …

A mail-in voting law is under attack by Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers who passed it
2 years, 7 months ago

A mail-in voting law is under attack by Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers who passed it

NPR  

A mail-in voting law is under attack by Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers who passed it Enlarge this image toggle caption Matt Slocum/AP Matt Slocum/AP It once had the backing of almost every Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania's GOP-controlled legislature. But after expanding mail-in voting to all voters in the key swing state, Pennsylvania's Act 77 is now under challenge by a group …

In early primaries, voters favor polling places over mail
2 years, 7 months ago

In early primaries, voters favor polling places over mail

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The great vote-by-mail wave appears to be receding just as quickly as it arrived. After tens of millions of people in the United States opted for mail ballots during the pandemic election of 2020, voters in early primary states are returning in droves to in-person voting this year. “Mail ballots are a safe and secure method of voting …

GOP moving to end Kansas grace period for mail-in ballots
2 years, 9 months ago

GOP moving to end Kansas grace period for mail-in ballots

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican lawmakers moved ahead Thursday with trying to end a three-day grace period for Kansas voters to mail in their ballots, advancing a measure that one voting-rights activist called “madness.” A GOP-dominated state Senate committee approved a bill that would require all mail-in ballots to arrive by 7 p.m. on Election Day, limit the use of ballot …

Republican Vote-By-Mail Opponent Tells Rural Nevada Voters It's Actually Fine
2 years, 10 months ago

Republican Vote-By-Mail Opponent Tells Rural Nevada Voters It's Actually Fine

Huff Post  

The same day he told voters in Clark County, Nevada, that mail-in voting should be curtailed, Adam Laxalt encouraged voters in rural counties to get their neighbors to vote by mail. Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, the state’s leading Republican U.S. Senate candidate, told voters from a Las Vegas suburb last Friday that mail-in ballots and ballot drop boxes …

Pennsylvania court strikes down state’s mail-in voting law
2 years, 10 months ago

Pennsylvania court strikes down state’s mail-in voting law

Al Jazeera  

After Joe Biden won the 2020 US election, Republicans challenged a new state law that had made mail-in voting easier. A court in the US state of Pennsylvania sided with Republican legislators on Friday in striking down a state law that had eliminated barriers to voting by mail, raising a question mark about ballot access in the political battleground state …

GOP pushes unfounded fraud claims before California recall
3 years, 3 months ago

GOP pushes unfounded fraud claims before California recall

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Republicans were trying to contain a fire of their own making a day before voting ends in the recall election against Democratic Gov. Larry Elder, one of the leading Republican candidates seeking to replace Newsom if the recall succeeds, has said he believes “there might very well be shenanigans, as there were in the 2020 election.” …

After voters embraced mail ballots, GOP states tighten rules
3 years, 3 months ago

After voters embraced mail ballots, GOP states tighten rules

Associated Press  

A monthslong campaign by the Republican Party, fueled in part by the false narrative of widespread fraud in last year’s presidential election, has led to a wave of new voting laws that will tighten access to the ballot for millions of Americans. “Voters are going to feel this the next time they go vote, and that’s what I’m most worried …

Republican election bill pushed ahead over Dems’ objections
3 years, 6 months ago

Republican election bill pushed ahead over Dems’ objections

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republicans on a legislative committee Tuesday pushed out a multifaceted proposal to revamp Pennsylvania election law, a bill that backers said would make needed improvements and standardize procedures. Rep. Seth Grove, R-York, the committee’s chairman, introduced the 149-page bill last week that would change deadlines, adopt new rules for early voting, alter mail-in ballot procedures and mandate …

Democrats press for broader voter access as GOP resists
3 years, 7 months ago

Democrats press for broader voter access as GOP resists

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Republicans in the U.S. Senate mounted an aggressive case against Democrats’ sweeping election and voter-access legislation, pushing to roll back proposals for automatic registration, 24-hour ballot drop boxes and other changes in an increasingly charged national debate. McConnell declared, “Our democracy is not in crisis” and said he wasn’t about to cede control of elections to new laws …

Democrats press for broader voter access as GOP resists
3 years, 7 months ago

Democrats press for broader voter access as GOP resists

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Republicans in the U.S. Senate mounted an aggressive case Tuesday against Democrats’ sweeping election and voter-access legislation, pushing to roll back proposals for automatic registration, 24-hour ballot drop boxes and other changes in an increasingly charged national debate. McConnell declared, “Our democracy is not in crisis” and said he wasn’t about to cede control of elections to new …

Some Republicans worry voting limits will hurt the GOP, too
3 years, 7 months ago

Some Republicans worry voting limits will hurt the GOP, too

Associated Press  

As Republicans march ahead with their campaign to tighten voting laws in political battlegrounds, some in their party are worried the restrictions will backfire by making it harder for GOP voters to cast ballots. The restrictions backed by Republicans in Georgia, Florida, Iowa, Texas and Arizona often take aim at mail voting, a method embraced by voters from both parties …

Study: No partisan benefit from mail voting in 2020 election
3 years, 9 months ago

Study: No partisan benefit from mail voting in 2020 election

Associated Press  

Donald Trump last year publicly worried that the explosion in voting by mail during the pandemic would increase turnout so much that “you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again.” But a new study shows the record rates of mail voting in 2020 didn’t help Democrats or lead to an increase in voting. The two age groups voted …

Florida is a model for voting. The GOP wants change anyway.
3 years, 10 months ago

Florida is a model for voting. The GOP wants change anyway.

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida was a model citizen when it came to elections in 2020. Florida Republicans’ push to change voting laws shows how deep false claims about mass voter fraud spread by Trump have burrowed into Republicans’ belief system. “We cannot comprehend where they’re coming from,” said Anjenys Gonzalez-Eilert of Florida Common Cause, noting the GOP has long been …

GOP bill would slash voting by mail and early voting in Iowa
3 years, 10 months ago

GOP bill would slash voting by mail and early voting in Iowa

Associated Press  

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa’s Republican-controlled Legislature advanced a bill Wednesday to significantly limit voting by mail and early voting, threaten criminal charges against county auditors who depart from state election guidance and remove many inactive voters from the rolls. It would bar counties from mailing absentee ballot applications to voters, tightly regulate how absentee ballots can be returned and …

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