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Forget election night answers: Why it could take a while to get final results
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Forget election night answers: Why it could take a while to get final results

LA Times  

Rep. Adam B. Schiff, right, and wife Eve check in for their ballots at McCambridge Recreation Center in Burbank on Tuesday. On election night in California, county elections officials must begin reporting results to the secretary of state within two hours after the polls close and they begin tallying votes. In California, county elections officials may begin opening and processing …

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Thousands of Pennsylvania voters have had their mail ballot applications challenged
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Thousands of Pennsylvania voters have had their mail ballot applications challenged

NPR  

Thousands of Pennsylvania voters have had their mail ballot applications challenged toggle caption Hannah Beier/Getty Images PHILADELPHIA — Thousands of last-minute challenges to voters’ mail ballot applications, along with baseless claims by former President Donald Trump about an investigation into suspicious voter registration forms, are adding pressure on Pennsylvania county officials in the election's final hours. Thousands of challenges target …

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Texas county braces for heightened election oversight in 2024
4 months ago

Texas county braces for heightened election oversight in 2024

Raw Story  

The Secretary of State’s Office will again assign state inspectors to observe the handling and counting of ballots and monitor election records in Harris County, the state agency said while releasing a new audit outlining problems with the county’s elections in 2021 and 2022. The audit, released late Friday, found that in those years, Harris County election officials did not …

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GOP primary voters in Arizona’s largest county oust election official who endured years of attacks
4 months, 3 weeks ago

GOP primary voters in Arizona’s largest county oust election official who endured years of attacks

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer has fought back against death threats, almost constant harassment and streams of misinformation during his nearly four years overseeing elections in one of the nation’s most prominent political battlegrounds. In one case, the day after Richer spoke during a chaotic public meeting when county officials certified the November 2022 election results, he received …

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Nevada county reverses controversial vote and certifies two recounts while legal action looms
5 months, 1 week ago

Nevada county reverses controversial vote and certifies two recounts while legal action looms

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Commissioners in Nevada’s second most populous county certified the results of two local recounts on Tuesday, reversing course on a controversial vote against certification that spurred legal action and put Washoe County in unchartered legal territory. Moments before Tuesday’s redo of the vote, the county’s chief deputy district attorney, Mary Kandaras, recommended that the commissioners certify the …

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Texas officials compromised ballot secrecy as they increased election transparency
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas officials compromised ballot secrecy as they increased election transparency

Raw Story  

This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune and in Votebeat. Election administration experts and voter advocates say Texas lawmakers need to find a better balance between transparency and voters’ ballot privacy — and clarify the roles county elections administrators and the Secretary of State’s office play in getting there. In a public statement last week, Nelson’s office said county …

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A California county ditched its vote counting machines. Now a supporter faces a recall election
9 months, 3 weeks ago

A California county ditched its vote counting machines. Now a supporter faces a recall election

Associated Press  

REDDING, Calif. — Voters in Northern California’s rural Shasta County have twice voted for Donald Trump by wide margins while electing staunch conservatives to the local county board. Ann Brassfield, a retired border agent, said she has helped out in the county elections office before and “can’t really say that I saw anything illegal going on.” Now Brassfield, who said …

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How to vote in California’s March 2024 primary election
10 months, 3 weeks ago

How to vote in California’s March 2024 primary election

LA Times  

California’s primary election will take place on March 5, Super Tuesday, along with more than a dozen other states. Eligible Californians who miss the deadline can still cast a ballot by completing a conditional voter registration application at their county elections office, vote center or polling place. No-party-preference voters who want to cast ballots for presidential candidates in the Democratic, …

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Fentanyl-laced letters are being sent to election offices, so officials are stocking up on naloxone
1 year, 1 month ago

Fentanyl-laced letters are being sent to election offices, so officials are stocking up on naloxone

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — The suspicious letters sent to vote centers and government buildings in six states this month were undeniably scary, some containing traces of fentanyl or white powder, accompanied by not-so-veiled threats and dubious political symbols. “My team is usually in the direct fire just because we’re opening up thousands of millions of ballots, depending on the election,” said Eldon …

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Election offices in five states receive envelopes with fentanyl or other substances
1 year, 1 month ago

Election offices in five states receive envelopes with fentanyl or other substances

LA Times  

Emergency and law enforcement agencies cordon off the King County elections office in Renton, Wash., on Wednesday. The Pierce County auditor’s office in Tacoma, Wash., released images of the letter it received, showing it had been postmarked in Portland, Ore., and read in part: “End elections now.” In Seattle, King County Elections Director Julie Wise said that letter appeared to …

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The 19 people accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia to keep Trump in power
1 year, 2 months ago

The 19 people accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia to keep Trump in power

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Four of the 18 people charged alongside former President Donald Trump with participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia have now negotiated deals with prosecutors, pleading guilty to reduced charges in exchange for their truthful testimony in future trials. Prosecutors have said Giuliani was also involved in a plan …

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Deep-red Arizona county rejects proposal to hand-count ballots in 2024 elections
1 year, 4 months ago

Deep-red Arizona county rejects proposal to hand-count ballots in 2024 elections

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A northwestern Arizona county has rejected a proposal to hand-count ballots in the 2024 election cycle after the local elections director warned that it would cost more than $1.1 million and involve hiring hundreds of new workers. Board Chair Travis Lingenfelter said during the meeting that he couldn’t justify the steep costs of a hand count because of …

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Probe blames Pennsylvania county’s November ballot paper shortage on inexperience, poor training
1 year, 6 months ago

Probe blames Pennsylvania county’s November ballot paper shortage on inexperience, poor training

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A prosecutor’s review of voting problems in a Pennsylvania swing county where ballot paper ran out last year found no evidence of criminal activity or purposeful efforts to prevent voting, according to a new report that blamed inexperienced supervisors. What Sanguedolce’s report called a “catastrophic oversight” resulting in the Election Day shortfall of paper for ballots in …

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Odd year out: Many New York local elections would move to even-numbered years under legislative bill
1 year, 6 months ago

Odd year out: Many New York local elections would move to even-numbered years under legislative bill

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — Many town and county elections in New York state would be moved to even-numbered years to synchronize them with state and federal races, under a bill approved by the state Legislature. Democratic bill sponsors say moving the elections for town supervisor, county executive and some other local posts from odd-numbered years would increase voter turnout. The measure …

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A California county has dumped Dominion, leaving its election operations up in the air
1 year, 9 months ago

A California county has dumped Dominion, leaving its election operations up in the air

NPR  

A California county has dumped Dominion, leaving its election operations up in the air Enlarge this image toggle caption Ben Gray/AP Ben Gray/AP A county in Northern California has terminated its contract with Dominion Voting Systems, a company that's faced a barrage of election fraud conspiracy theories. Regarding the decision in Shasta County, a Dominion spokesperson told NPR in a …

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GOP elections commissioner will plead guilty in federal voter fraud case
1 year, 11 months ago

GOP elections commissioner will plead guilty in federal voter fraud case

Raw Story  

A New York county Republican elections commissioner will plead guilty to federal criminal charges in regards to a voter fraud case being investigated by the Department of Justice, the Times Union reports. Jason T. Schofield, who was the GOP election commissioner for Rensselaer County, resigned from his position and will plead guilty on Jan. 11. "It's unclear whether Schofield's cooperation …

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Recount requests delay Pennsylvania election certification
2 years ago

Recount requests delay Pennsylvania election certification

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Five weeks after Election Day, winning candidates in Pennsylvania from governor to Congress are waiting for their victories to become official. The attempt to delay certification could foreshadow a potential strategy for the 2024 presidential election, if the results don’t go the way disaffected voters want in one of the nation’s most closely contested states. “I think …

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An election probe heightens the tension between Texas leaders and the Houston area
2 years ago

An election probe heightens the tension between Texas leaders and the Houston area

NPR  

An election probe heightens the tension between Texas leaders and the Houston area Enlarge this image toggle caption David J. Phillip/AP David J. Phillip/AP Tension between GOP state leaders in Texas and election officials in the Democratic-leaning Houston area is at an all-time high after the 2022 election. Republicans are accusing Harris County officials of "election improprieties" that resulted in …

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Arizona county official grilled on hand-count plan in court
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county official grilled on hand-count plan in court

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A southern Arizona judge heard from a parade of witnesses Friday in a case brought by opponents of an unusual plan driven by local officials who question the accuracy of ballot-counting machines and want to hand-count all the ballots in the election that concludes next week. And responding to questions from the lawyer for the Arizona Alliance of …

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Group can monitor Arizona ballot drop boxes, a U.S. judge has ruled
2 years, 1 month ago

Group can monitor Arizona ballot drop boxes, a U.S. judge has ruled

NPR  

Group can monitor Arizona ballot drop boxes, a U.S. judge has ruled Enlarge this image toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Ross D. Franklin/AP PHOENIX — A federal judge Friday refused to bar a group from monitoring outdoor ballot boxes in Arizona's largest county where watchers have shown up armed and in ballistic vests, saying to do so could violate the …

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Why Local Election Officials In Georgia Take Issue With Many Parts Of New Law
3 years, 8 months ago

Why Local Election Officials In Georgia Take Issue With Many Parts Of New Law

NPR  

Why Local Election Officials In Georgia Take Issue With Many Parts Of New Law Enlarge this image toggle caption Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images Three weeks after it was signed into law, local election officials in Georgia are still trying to understand all the implications of the state's controversial election overhaul. "The vast majority of …

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Why Do Nonwhite Georgia Voters Have To Wait In Line For Hours? Too Few Polling Places
4 years, 2 months ago

Why Do Nonwhite Georgia Voters Have To Wait In Line For Hours? Too Few Polling Places

NPR  

Why Do Nonwhite Georgia Voters Have To Wait In Line For Hours? A June 2020 analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School found that the average number of voters assigned to a polling place has grown in the past five years in Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina — all states with substantial Black …

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