Category Archives: absentee ballots

There’s a Genuine Absentee Ballot Fraud Scandal Going On in Paterson, New Jersey and It Is Going to Get a Lot of National Attention: What Lessons Should We Learn?

May 20, 2020, 9:31 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

Here’s some coverage from NBC New York: Numerous residents are now complaining that they never received or sent in a vote-by-mail ballot — even though Passaic County Board of Election records show a ballot in their name was mailed in.Ramona… Continue reading

“What is ballot harvesting and how is it affecting Southern California elections? Misinformation and deeply partisan divides over ballot collecting remain, even as both parties tap the strategy heading into November.”

May 18, 2020, 7:43 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

OC Register: Even the term for the process is contentious. Republicans uniformly call it “ballot harvesting,” implying that election results are planted and plucked from a field of voters. Democrats and voting rights advocates prefer the term “ballot collection,”… Continue reading

“Sweeping lawsuit seeks to have absentee ballot requests sent to all Wisconsin voters”

May 18, 2020, 7:13 amabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: A disability rights group and others sued Wisconsin election officials Monday to try to ensure the state has enough poll workers and guarantee voters who want absentee ballots receive them, adding to a cascade of litigation over… Continue reading

“Voting by mail helps the GOP. California’s special election proved that.”

May 18, 2020, 7:11 amabsentee ballots, campaignsRick Hasen

Rob Stutzman WaPo oped.

Breaking: Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Reverses Lower Appeals Court in Absentee Ballot Case, Meaning AG Paxton Can Keep Telling Counties That Voters Can’t Claim Fear of Contracting COVID-19 As Basis to Vote By Mail

May 15, 2020, 5:40 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

The order, with no noted dissents and no reasoning, is here. Oral argument will be on May 20. The stay is temporary, pending resolution of the case. My earlier coverage is: Divided Texas Appeals Court Imposes Stay Pending Appeal … Continue reading

“Vote at Home Policy Actions: COVID-19 Response”

May 15, 2020, 3:24 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

A report for all 50 states.

New BPC Report: Accessing the Vote During a Pandemic

May 14, 2020, 12:58 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

New from the Bipartisan Policy Center: State and local election administrators across the country are planning for voting in primaries and the November general election during the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic. These officials are guided by the deeply held… Continue reading

Divided Texas Appeals Court Imposes Stay Pending Appeal Allowing Texas Voters Afraid of Contracting COVID-19 to Vote by Mail, But It May Not Be the Last Word

May 14, 2020, 10:00 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

You can read the majority’s order here and the dissent here. The question is technical, turning in part upon the power of the appeals court to issue a stay when the state has appealed. The court did not address… Continue reading

“Missouri moving to allow mail-in voting during pandemic”

May 13, 2020, 8:35 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

The St. Louis-Post Dispatch reports.

Franita & Foley Podcast Episode: “Flattening the absentee ballot curve, and other solutions to prevent an election meltdown”

May 13, 2020, 8:11 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

I was glad to be a guest on the Free & Fair podcast. Episode description: With the American electoral system under unprecedented stress, an expert committee led by legal scholar Richard L. Hasen (UCI Law and author of Election Meltdown)… Continue reading

New Perkins Coie Lawsuit Seeking COVID-Related Changes to Minnesota Absentee Ballot Requirements

May 13, 2020, 8:02 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

Details here.

Breaking: Texas Seeks Order Directly in State Supreme Court Against Some Texas Counties That Are Allowing Voters to Vote by Mail If They Fear Contracting Coronavirus By Voting in Person

May 13, 2020, 12:58 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

This seems to be an attempt to circumvent other federal and state court cases on this question.

J. Christian Adams, of The Disbanded Pence-Kobach Voter Fraud Commission, Suggests Deputy Postmaster General Removed Because He Clashed with Pres. Trump on Vote By Mail

May 13, 2020, 9:12 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

This is very troubling: H/t Jessica Huseman

New Jersey: “Hundreds of Mail-In Votes Already Set Aside Due to Voter Fraud Claims in Paterson”

May 12, 2020, 8:37 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

NBC New York: More than 800 mail-in votes in one of New Jersey’s largest cities have already been set aside, according to a county spokesperson, as an election is marred by allegations of voter fraud.Those hundreds of votes represent… Continue reading

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