Category Archives: absentee ballots

“Trump threatens lawsuit to block mail-in voting in Nevada”

August 3, 2020, 7:01 amabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: President Donald Trump threatened legal action Monday after Nevada’s legislature passed a bill to mail ballots to all active voters, suggesting that the measure would make it impossible for Republicans to win there in November’s general election.“In an illegal… Continue reading

“Mail-In Voting Is ‘Not Rampant Voter Fraud,’ Says Washington’s Top Election Official”

August 2, 2020, 8:36 pmabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NPR: This past week, President Trump renewed his unsubstantiated claim that mail-in voting begets inaccurate or fraudulent results when he raised the prospect of delaying November’s election.“With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the… Continue reading

“Reconsidering Lost Votes by Mail”

July 28, 2020, 10:26 amabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

Charles Stewart has posted this important draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A “lost vote” occurs when a voter does all that is asked of her, and yet her vote is uncounted in the final tally. Estimating the magnitude… Continue reading

“Gov. Greg Abbott extends early voting for November election by six days, starting Oct. 13”

July 27, 2020, 1:52 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday extended the early voting period for the November election by six days, citing continued challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.Early voting for the Nov. 3 election will now begin Oct. 13 instead… Continue reading

“Wealthy donors pour millions into fight over mail-in voting”

July 27, 2020, 1:47 pmabsentee ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP: Deep-pocketed and often anonymous donors are pouring over $100 million into an intensifying dispute about whether it should be easier to vote by mail, a fight that could determine President Donald Trump’s fate in the November election.In the… Continue reading

“Trump keeps touting New Jersey fraud case to attack mail voting. Local leaders say he’s not telling the whole story.”

July 26, 2020, 6:34 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

Rosalind Helderman for WaPo. White House officials said the president has railed privately about the New Jersey city’s election to his advisers. And conservative groups have launched their own efforts to spotlight the problems in Paterson, including Judicial Watch and… Continue reading

“A month later, this New York City primary is still a train wreck and a warning to us all”

July 26, 2020, 6:21 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

WaPo: The city’s hottest primary election is the 12th Congressional District.In one corner, you have Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, a pal of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s who has been in Congress since 1993 and was recently elected chair of the… Continue reading

Wisconsin: “Bipartisan Group To Promote In-Person And Mail-In Voting During Pandemic”

July 24, 2020, 10:34 amabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

WPR: A bipartisan coalition of high-level Wisconsin politicians has launched an initiative to educate voters about in-person and mail-in voting during the COVID-19 pandemic.The initiative, VoteSafe WI, supports both in-person voting and absentee voting by mail for the August… Continue reading

Maryland “Hogan defends use of all polling sites, requiring applications for mail-in ballots”

July 20, 2020, 12:58 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

WaPo: Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday defended his decision to hold a traditional election in November, despite growing concerns from voting rights advocates and election officials about the impact of his choice amid a global pandemic.Hogan (R) said he… Continue reading

“Settlement reached in Florida vote-by-mail battle”

July 19, 2020, 8:11 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

News Service of Florida: On the eve of a trial slated to begin Monday, lawyers representing the state and plaintiffs in a legal battle over Florida’s vote-by-mail procedures have reached a settlement.Priorities USA, Dream Defenders and other plaintiffs have been… Continue reading

“Cost, hassle of stamps questioned as mail-in voting surges”

July 18, 2020, 4:37 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

AP reports.

“GOP to Trump: Change tune on mail-in voting or risk ugly November”

July 17, 2020, 8:37 amabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: Republican officials throughout the country are reacting with growing alarm to President Donald Trump’s attacks on mail-in ballots, saying his unsubstantiated claims of mass voting fraud are already corroding the views of GOP voters, who may ultimately choose… Continue reading

“Court denies Mich. absentee ballots that come after election”

July 15, 2020, 12:34 pmabsentee ballots, court decisionsRick Hasen

AP: The Michigan appeals court denied a request to require the counting of absentee ballots received after the time polls close on Election Day, ruling that the deadline remains intact despite voters’ approval of a constitutional amendment that expanded… Continue reading

“Florida GOP doctors Trump tweet to solve mail-in voting problem”

July 15, 2020, 8:01 amabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: President Donald Trump’s harsh rhetoric against mail-in voting is causing a big problem for Florida Republicans, who once dominated the practice here.So the state GOP came up with a solution: They doctored one of Trump’s tweets on the issue… Continue reading