“What to Do About Vote By Mail”
Larry Norden of the Brennan Center responds to the recent Adam Liptak piece on absentee ballots.
Category Archives: absentee ballots
“Error and Fraud at Issue as Absentee Voting Rises”
Must-read Adam Liptak NYT article.
“Selling votes is common type of election fraud”
Absolute must-read from WaPo’s David Fahrenthold. It confirms what I found in The Voting Wars. Election official fraud and absentee ballot fraud relatively rare but it happens. Impersonation fraud extremely rare and has not changed an election result we… Continue reading
“Military ballot requests down in key battleground states”
“Essex Man Convicted of Absentee Ballot Fraud”
News from New Jersey.
“Fraud concerns swirl around Florida’s unregulated absentee ballot brokers ahead of election”
New Pew Data Dispatch on Vote by Mail
” Absentee Ballot Numbers: Is It Just a Calendar Thing?”
“Absentee Ballot Applications Down by Nearly Half in NC “
Michael McDonald: “The number of absentee ballot applications is down by nearly half from 2008. In 2008, election officials had received 37,539 applications compared to 20,695 in 2012, or 45 percent fewer applications. The number of applications from registered… Continue reading
” Absentee balloting can help or hurt; The key for Ohio voters: If you request one, use it”
Cincinnati.com: “Arguably the biggest worry is that voters who request an absentee ballot but later change their minds and decide to vote at the polls on Election Day will be forced to cast a provisional ballot. In most statewide… Continue reading
“Military absentee voting looks weak this year”
CNN reports.
While there is some dispute between military voting rights groups and the Pentagon over the precise numbers, there is no question that voter registration among overseas military voters is abysmally low, and (as I write in Chapter 6… Continue reading
About that Absentee Ballot Fraud Down in Florida…
Paul Gronke cautions us to be careful with our terminology and to take at close look a the facts.
“Defeated Miami-Dade mayoral candidate, property appraiser challenge election results based on suspected absentee ballot fraud”
More trouble with absentee ballots in Fla.