HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania county’s elected commissioners were sued Monday over a policy adopted for this year’s primary in which people whose mail-in ballots were disqualified for technical violations say they were purposely not informed in time to fix errors. Seven disqualified primary voters, the local NAACP branch and the Center for […]
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Trump campaign should’ve just ignored this ad on his mail-in ballot flip-flop. Oops.
Donald Trump’s constant flip-flopping on the use of mail ballots prompted a little-known super PAC to poke fun at him last weekend. The Trump campaign, showing its typical restraint, freaked all-the-way out, sending a “cease and desist” letter about the remarkably short run of a digital advertisement that had already played out across the Internet. […]
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 […]
Baltimore mayoral candidate Sheila Dixon not calling it quits until mail-in ballots are counted
BALTIMORE — The race for Baltimore mayor may have been called for incumbent Mayor Brandon Scott, but challenger Sheila Dixon said Wednesday she’s not giving up. In a statement by her campaign team, the former mayor said she will wait for more mail-in ballots to be counted before making any statements on the race. “In […]
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Mail-in votes for Thiru Vignarajah will still be counted, Maryland State Board of Elections says
Votes by mail for Thiru Vignarajah in the Baltimore City mayoral primary election will still be counted, the Maryland State Board of Elections said. Vignarajah dropped out of the Democratic race last week, less than 24 hours before early voting began, and endorsed Sheila Dixon in her bid to unseat incumbent Brandon Scott. The deadline […]
Republicans pushing to embrace mail-in voting encounter widespread resistance
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 […]
Johnson County Democratic caucus goes mail-in and focuses on party’s future
Buried in the snow Monday night near West High School’s main entrance were yard signs supporting Ron DeStantis and Nikki Haley. While hundreds of Republicans showed up to caucus, Democrats also came out to attend party business meetings and elect unbound and alternate delegates. They also voted on platform resolutions but did not choose a […]