Category Archives: absentee ballots
“Voting Rights Advocates Sue Pennsylvania to End Disenfranchisement of Absentee Voters”
Release:
Voting rights advocates filed a lawsuit today challenging a Pennsylvania law that makes it difficult for voters to vote by absentee ballot. The plaintiffs include nine Pennsylvania residents, all of whom applied for absentee ballots on time but received… Continue reading
Federal Court Orders Gwinett County, Georgia to Accept Absentee Ballots with Omitted or Incorrect Birth Year
“Hoboken developer ‘Pupie’ Raia indicted in alleged cash-for-votes scheme”
NJ.com:
Frank “Pupie” Raia, a real-estate developer and major figure in Hoboken politics for decades, was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday and accused of overseeing a cash-for-votes operation during the city’s 2013 municipal race.
Prosecutors allege Raia, 67,… Continue reading
“Voters Sue Georgia So They Can Cast Ballots in Hot Governor’s Race”
Bloomberg:
Allegations that Georgia’s Republican-led election officials are unfairly throwing out mailed ballots over hyper-technical errors are set to go before a federal judge two weeks before Election Day.
Hundreds — perhaps thousands — of ballots are being rejected because… Continue reading
“High rate of absentee ballots thrown out in Gwinnett”
AJC:
Nearly one in 10 vote-by-mail ballots have been rejected by Gwinnett County election officials, alarming voting rights groups.
Gwinnett is throwing out far more absentee ballots than any other county in Georgia, according to records from the Secretary of… Continue reading
Big: More States Have Major Problems with Overseas Voters Reaching State Websites to Access Absentee Ballots
Jonathan Lai for the Philly Inquirer:
Thousands of registered Pennsylvania voters who live outside the United States are being blocked from accessing absentee ballots on the state’s website in a move intended to beef up election security.
Several other states,… Continue reading
“Voting at Home Will Help Save Our Democracy”
Phil Keisling and Sam Reed NYT oped.
“Judge to decide legality of Arizona law prohibiting collection of mail-in ballots”
“Pa.’s absentee-ballot problem: Votes come in late because of tight deadline”
Jonathan Lai in the Philly Inquirer:
In 2010, election officials reported 2,162 absentee ballots were rejected for coming in too late; 2,030 were rejected in 2014. And given all the cuts endured by the postal service in recent years, election… Continue reading
Iowa State Court Temporarily Enjoins Voting Restrictions and Rules as Violation of the State Constitution
Read the order granting a preliminary injunction and a related order. The orders relate to signature matching requirements for absentee ballots, the time to cast such ballots, and voter id requirements.
“Campaign informant: I was paid $30 to hand messenger ballot to Atlantic City Democratic operative”
Philadelphia Inquirer on some absentee ballot vote buying allegations:
Voice recorder in his pocket, Rodney Cotton, 51, got out of the private detectives’ car and headed for the Gilliam for Mayor headquarters on Atlantic Avenue.
As the two retired state… Continue reading
“A lawsuit claims California absentee ballots were wrongly rejected because of ‘penmanship’ problems”
John Myers for the LAT:
A lawsuit filed in a California appeals court on Thursday alleges the ballots of as many as 45,000 voters weren’t counted last November because of the state’s flawed rules for verifying the signatures of those… Continue reading
New Texas Bill Aimed at Absentee Ballot Fraud Could Violate First Amendment By Criminalizing Some Discussions of Candidates
I’ve said for years that if Republicans were serious about combatting voter fraud, at the top of the list would be measures to stop absentee ballot fraud. Voter fraud is rare, but when it does happen, it more often involves… Continue reading