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More than 80 million Americans cast ballots before Election Day
1 month, 2 weeks ago

More than 80 million Americans cast ballots before Election Day

NPR  

More than 80 million Americans cast ballots before Election Day toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Voters are increasingly choosing to cast their ballots before Election Day, if given the option. Of those voters, some 44 million ballots were cast early in-person and roughly 37 million were cast by mail, according to early voting data as of 8 p.m. …

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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?

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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 …

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Record Turnout in Georgia as Early Voting Begins
2 months, 1 week ago

Record Turnout in Georgia as Early Voting Begins

Associated Press  

A significant number of Georgians have already cast their ballots in the first day of early in-person voting, with over 310,000 votes cast on Tuesday and another 260,000 on Wednesday. The number of mail ballots accepted is also high, at over 33,000. This surge in early voting suggests a potential shift in how Georgians vote, with a record number of …

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How the Associated Press calculates an expected vote instead of 'precincts reporting' when determining a winner
2 months, 2 weeks ago

How the Associated Press calculates an expected vote instead of 'precincts reporting' when determining a winner

Associated Press  

The Associated Press calculates an expected vote estimate to provide a more consistent and reliable measurement to track the progress of the vote count on Election Night. This estimate is based on several factors, including the total votes cast in previous elections, changes in population, voter registration figures and the competitiveness of the current election.

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How Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for a post-election legal fight
3 months, 1 week ago

How Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for a post-election legal fight

NPR  

How Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for a post-election legal fight Trump has claimed that the only way he can lose on election day is if there’s voter fraud. He covers elections and voting for The New York Times, and he's the author of the new book "I Don't Want To Go Home: The Oral History Of The Stone …

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Texas AG threatens Democratic-leaning counties not to mail out voter registration forms
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas AG threatens Democratic-leaning counties not to mail out voter registration forms

Raw Story  

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton threatened to sue two large, Democratic-leaning counties should they proceed with their plan to mail voter registration forms to eligible voters who are currently unregistered. “At worst, it may induce the commission of a crime by encouraging individuals who are ineligible to vote to provide false information on the form,” Paxton said, according to KENS-TV. …

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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 …

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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. …

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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 …

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After blaming his 2020 loss on mail balloting, Trump tries to make GOP voters believe it’s OK now
7 months, 1 week 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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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The RNC wants Republicans to embrace early voting. Trump's rhetoric makes it tough
11 months ago

The RNC wants Republicans to embrace early voting. Trump's rhetoric makes it tough

NPR  

The RNC wants Republicans to embrace early voting. "And this is something that I think across the country there's been a stigma within the Republican Party about voting early." Ahead of this year's elections, Gilbert and the rest of the RNC are trying to get GOP voters comfortable with early and mail voting. Jay Heck, the executive director of Common …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Indiana Senate backs GOP bill tightening mail voter rules
1 year, 8 months ago

Indiana Senate backs GOP bill tightening mail voter rules

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — A Republican-backed proposal that would require Indiana voters to submit more identification information to obtain mail-in ballots was endorsed Monday by the state Senate despite objections from opponents that it would make voting more difficult for many people. Senators voted 36-12 in favor of the bill, which would require voters submitting a paper application for a mail ballot …

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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 …

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Be patient: This election is probably going to go on a while
2 years, 1 month ago

Be patient: This election is probably going to go on a while

NPR  

Be patient: This election is probably going to go on a while Enlarge this image toggle caption Sean Rayford/Getty Images Sean Rayford/Getty Images Election Day is Tuesday, but with early voting, the more accepted use of mail voting and the prospect of razor-thin races, it's really Election Season. Enlarge this image toggle caption Sean Rayford/Getty Images Sean Rayford/Getty Images Recent …

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In-person voting starts in Minnesota, 3 other early states
2 years, 3 months ago

In-person voting starts in Minnesota, 3 other early states

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — In-person voting for the midterm elections opened Friday in Minnesota, South Dakota, Virginia and Wyoming, kicking off a six-week sprint to Election Day in a landscape that has changed much since the pandemic drove a shift to mail balloting in the 2020 presidential contest. “I like to vote early because you never know what might happen on Election …

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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 …

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

In early primaries, voters favor polling places over mail

LA Times  

Ursula Gruenewald, a resident of Acworth, Ga., cast her ballot at an early voting site on May 6. 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 …

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The future of U.S. democracy hangs in the balance as states battle over voting rights
2 years, 10 months ago

The future of U.S. democracy hangs in the balance as states battle over voting rights

NPR  

The future of U.S. democracy hangs in the balance as states battle over voting rights DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. One of the interesting stories is that in recent years, until the 2020 election and its aftermath, the big story has been, on a bipartisan basis, moves to expand access to voting and modernize the election system - …

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