“Voting by mail and the next election meltdown”
Steve Hutkins has a very interesting post on the Voting by Mail blog.
Category Archives: absentee ballots
“BPC Report Looks At ‘The New Realities Of Voting By Mail In 2016′”
Doug Chapin:
Regular readers of this blog will remember that the last year has seen a sharp uptick in stories about how issues with the U.S. Postal Service have begun to affect states’ and localities’ management of vote by… Continue reading
Injunctions Sought in Arizona Voting Rights Case
Do-over of Austrian Presidential Election Due to Postal Voting Issues
An English-language summary of the Constitutional Court’s ruling is here.
“The South Florida voter-fraud case that went nowhere”
Miami Herald:
It seemed like the rare, slam-dunk case of voter fraud.
Two men stood accused of unlawfully handling four other people’s mail-in ballots in the 2013 Homestead mayoral election, filling at least one of them for precisely the… Continue reading
“Vote from Home, Save Your Country Universal vote by mail can revive the franchise and change the political map. So why the resistance?”
Phil Kiesling for the Washington Monthly.
“Oregon Prepares To Rollout ‘New Motor Voter’ On January 4”
EAC, FVAP Send Letter to USPS About Problems with Mail Ballots
“Voting only by mail can decrease turnout. Or increase it. Wait, what?”
Elizabeth Bergman at The Monkey Cage.
“Michigan House Endorses Straight-Ticket Ban, Ties It To No-Excuse Absentee Voting”
“‘Mad As A Wet Hen In A Thunderstorm’: Ohio Confronts Problem Of Late, Un-Postmarked VBM Ballots”
“Voters give vote-by-mail the stamp of approval; A Q&A with San Mateo County’s Mark Church”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
“Other viewpoint: Tossed ballots show need to update law”
Editorial from the Akron Beacon Journal:
There was disturbing news from the Summit County Board of Elections last week. The absentee ballots of 861 voters who mailed their selections to the board were disqualified, even though they had done nothing… Continue reading
“Ventura man sentenced for fraud after voting twice in election”
Ventura County Star:
The man voted by absentee ballot in the Nov. 4 general election, then voted a second time by turning in an absentee ballot under the name of his recently deceased father-in-law, according to the Ventura County… Continue reading