Tag: mailin

Florida mail-in voting is convenient. Request your ballot now.

The dramatic plunge in requests for vote-by-mail ballots proves two things: Voter suppression works, and it’s up to every Floridian to protect their access to the ballot box. Local elections supervisors are doing what they can, but Florida voters must look after themselves in overcoming these new hurdles. Tampa Bay is facing a steep drop […]

Pa. mail-in ballot laws ‘not how this should work,’ ACLU says. Why they’re suing for fixes

This article is made possible through Spotlight PA’s collaboration with Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting. Sign up for Votebeat’s free newsletters here. The ACLU of Pennsylvania is suing one county and may file more cases in an effort to challenge a policy that it says disenfranchises voters who make an error when casting […]

Republicans Try to Undo Trump’s Damage on Mail-In Votes

Four years on from the start of the start of the coronavirus lockdowns, the world looks in many ways unaltered. We even have a do-over of the 2020 presidential election. Many of the predictions of lasting change from the pandemic now look laughable. But other effects, once deemed “transitory,” are with us even still: inflation, […]

Pennsylvania Republicans clash with Trump on mail-in voting

By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Pennsylvania Republican leaders are trying to raise millions of dollars to convince state voters to embrace mail-in ballots and to ignore criticism from their party’s likely presidential candidate, Donald Trump, over the practice. The previously unreported effort puts Republican leadership in Pennsylvania, one of the most important battleground states […]

More on voting by mail-in absentee ballot

Jan. 26—Pittsburg County Election Board Secretary Tonya Barnes offers more information on voting by mail-in absentee ballot. 1 Who is exempt from having a mail-in absentee ballot notarized by the Jan. 29 deadline for the Feb. 13 election in McAlester, Krebs and the Frink-Chambers School District? Voters exempt from having an absentee ballot affidavit notarized […]