“7 Indicted in Voter Fraud in Hattiesburg Mayoral Election”
Here’s the story, though it’s short on details. Most of the allegations, as I understand it, have to do with absentee ballots.
Category Archives: absentee ballots
“Santa Clara County: Print Shop Flub Compounds Ballot Error in Two School Board Races”
If at first you don’t succeed, maybe third time’s the charm. A printing error on sample ballots was reproduced on real absentee ballots in Santa Clara County, CA.
Absentee Difficulties on a Different Scale in Indiana
160 absentee ballots sent without signatures of both Republican and Democratic party representatives, rendering them apparently invalid under state law. If only there were some sort of principled, nonpartisan way to decide whether such ballots could be counted…
California Trouble With Absentee Ballots
The Sacramento Bee highlights the relatively high rate at which California’s absentee ballots go uncounted.
“Jackson County Being Pressured to Open Satellite Office for voters”
This story has the update on a suit to force the opening of a satellite registration office on a reservation in South Dakota.
“Why the Supreme Court Shouldn’t Intervene in Ohio”
I’ve posted some additional thoughts, including a reply to my friend and colleague Ned Foley, here.
Context and Pretext: Why the Courts Were Right to Halt Ohio’s Latest Voting Restrictions
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday upheld the district court’s ruling in in NAACP v. Husted, which stopped new restrictions on early voting from taking effect. This decision is good news for Ohio voters. It faithfully applies existing… Continue reading
Ohio Files Petition for En Banc Review in Early Voting Case
The petition challenges yesterday’s Sixth Circuit ruling and seeks and immediate stay of the court’s order regarding the period for same day registration and early voting, which is scheduled to begin on Tuesday of next week.
“With a win on the line in Colorado, Democrats hope to mail it in”
Reid Wilson for WaPo:
Here in the Senate battleground of Colorado, the latest front in the voting wars is the mailbox.
In other states, that fight has generally centered on laws that opponents say restrict voter access – measures, largely… Continue reading
Federal Court Orders Do-Over in Arizona City Council Election
The TRO in Krieger v. Peoria arises from the inadvertent omission of one candidate’s name on the ballot for the August 26 primary, for which early voting began July 31. The court orders that any ballots cast in the August… Continue reading
Chapin on Cal. Mail Ballots Report
Doug Chapin offers his thoughts on the CVF report earlier this week.
“Improving California’s Vote-by-Mail Process: A Three-County Study”
New report from the CA Voter Foundation.
“Wayne County judge to hear request to block absentee ballots in Dearborn Heights”
Detroit News: “A Wayne County judge will hold a hearing Wednesday over a request to halt counting of absentee ballots in Dearborn Heights suspected of potential election fraud.”