“Mail Voting Litigation During the Coronavirus Pandemic”
Helpful new report from the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections project.
Category Archives: absentee ballots
“In search of 362,236 ballots, Democrats plan an all-out scavenger hunt in Wisconsin”
NYT:
They’re well-organized, they’re well-funded, and they have a message: Return your absentee ballot, but don’t use the mail.The Wisconsin Democratic Party and its supporters had been on a mail-voting education crusade since the coronavirus pandemic hit in March,… Continue reading
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court, on 5-3 Party Line Vote, Won’t Restore Wisconsin Ballot Deadline Extension; Justices Fight in Footnotes over Pennsylvania State Court Issue
On a 5-3 party line vote, the Supreme Court rejected Democrats’ and voting rights groups attempts to reverse the 7th Circuit putting the brakes on a district court order that would have extended the deadline for receipt of absentee ballots… Continue reading
“20,000 Ballots an Hour, with Paper and Ink by the Ton”
NYT Mag on the record-setting absentee ballot printing required for our pandemic election.
“‘A disgrace to democracy’: Dozens of ballots destroyed in suspected arson of a Boston drop box”
Understanding the Pennsylvania GOP Hail Mary Fighting the Extended Deadline for Receipt of Mailed Ballots, and the Awful Pressure that the GOP’s Petition Could Put on Soon-to-Be Justice Barrett
The Pennsylvania GOP has gone back to the U.S. Supreme Court and the state supreme court in an effort to renew its objection to the counting of mail-in ballots that arrive after 8 pm on Election night (as set forth… Continue reading
“A Nonprofit With Ties to Democrats Is Sending Out Millions of Ballot Applications. Election Officials Wish It Would Stop.”
ProPublica:
Gerry Cohen had already voted, dropping off his state-issued ballot at his local post office, by the time the unsolicited mail ballot applications started showing up at his house in early September. The first one or two didn’t bother… Continue reading
“In two political battlegrounds, thousands of mail-in ballots are on the verge of being rejected”
Herron & Smith:
Tens of millions of Americans have already cast their ballots for the 2020 election by mail, building on a historic shift in voting methods that started with primary elections held during the COVID-19 pandemic.Mail-in ballots, however, aren’t… Continue reading
“Voting-rights’ groups end federal fight over drop boxes in Ohio’s presidential election”
Cleveland.com:
A legal fight to add more drop boxes in Ohio counties before Election Day ended Thursday, as voting-rights’ advocates dismissed their federal lawsuit against Secretary of State Frank LaRose.The NAACP of Ohio, the League of Women Voters and… Continue reading
“Trump campaign, North Carolina Republicans ask justices to stop extension of absentee-ballot deadline”
Amy Howe for SCOTUSBlog:
Two days after three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit urged them to “take this case up to the Supreme Court immediately,” the Trump campaign and North Carolina Republicans did exactly… Continue reading
Texas Supreme Court, Over One Dissent, Won’t Block Drive-Thru Voting in Harris County
Jasper Scherer:
News: The Texas Supreme Court has denied @TexasGOP and @HarrisCountyRP's requests for writs of mandamus to block drive-thru voting in Harris County: https://t.co/tn7XtNWUn1 #txlege— Jasper Scherer (@jaspscherer) October 22, 2020
Dissent.
“How Amy Coney Barrett could be key to new lawsuit to block Pa.’s mail-in ballot extension” (and reasons for my skepticism in this particular case)
VoteBeat:
A new federal lawsuit seeks to block Pennsylvania officials from counting mail-in and absentee ballots received within three days after Election Day, an extension approved by the state’s highest court and recently allowed to stand by the U.S. Supreme… Continue reading
“Court ruling could block thousands of Iowa ballot requests”; 4-3 State Supreme Court Ruling
AP:
A split Iowa Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a new Republican-backed law that could bar county elections commissioners from mailing absentee ballots to thousands of people who omitted information on their applications.The 4-3 ruling means that voters who… Continue reading
“Court lets North Carolina keep absentee deadline extension” (12-3 En banc 4th Circuit Vote)
AP:
North Carolina can accept absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day for more than a week afterward, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to block an extension for accepting the ballots… Continue reading