Category Archives: absentee ballots

“Why is there no absentee voting in Israel?”

March 11, 2015, 9:37 amabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

TLV1: Close to a million Israeli adults will be out of the country on Election Day next week – almost 15 percent of the total number of eligible voters. With Israeli election law forbidding voting from abroad, a large… Continue reading

“Man Convicted for Attempted Illegal Voting; Mail-in ballots that were supposed to be cancelled were turned in instead”

March 3, 2015, 8:41 amabsentee ballots, chicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

KRGV reports.

“Voting case mirrors national struggle”

December 15, 2014, 1:40 pmabsentee ballots, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Must-read AJC deep dive into a local Georgia voting controversy.

Democrats Push for Easier Absentee Voting in Virginia Special Election

December 9, 2014, 6:15 amabsentee ballotsDan Tokaji

WaPo: “Democrats are pressing Loudoun County officials to make it easier for absentee voting in next month’s special election to replace Virginia state delegate Barbara Comstock — a fight they’re unlikely to win, and which shows how close the… Continue reading

Lawsuit Seeks Counting of Oregon Ballots Rejected for Lack of Signature Match

December 8, 2014, 6:41 pmabsentee ballots, recounts, voters with disabilitiesDan Tokaji

From Oregon comes news of a state lawsuit alleging that more than 4600 ballots have been wrongly rejected on the ground that voters’ signatures on ballot envelopes don’t match those on file. These votes could conceivably be enough to swing… Continue reading

Magleby on Voters’ Preferred Methods of Voting

December 6, 2014, 5:22 amabsentee ballots, internet votingDan Tokaji

David Magleby has this piece on Forbes’ Data Freaks, reporting on a survey of Utah voters. A snippet: We found that 21 percent of the Utah voting population prefers to vote by mail and nearly 20 percent prefer to vote… Continue reading

Voting Stories from Kansas and Ohio

December 5, 2014, 11:50 amabsentee ballots, voter id, voter registrationDan Tokaji

The Brennan Center has short pieces on how Kansas’ ID and citizenship rules and Ohio’s registration and early voting cuts affected individual voters, part of its series Voting 2014: Stories from the States.

“California officials ponder all-mail voting”

November 15, 2014, 8:01 amabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

SacBee reports. While some opponents believe all-mail elections open the door to voter fraud, academics and voting-rights advocates worry an all-mail statewide voting system would further disenfranchise young people, residents at the lower end of the socio-economic ladder and… Continue reading

“A vote of confidence for mail elections in Colorado”

November 11, 2014, 10:22 amabsentee ballots, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Denver Post editorial: While Colorado’s 2014 election was primarily about the candidates and initiatives on the ballot, it was also a test of the state’s all-mail ballot and vote center system. Our verdict: It was a success. Not only did… Continue reading

“Turn Out for What” Easier Said Than Done

November 4, 2014, 1:48 pmabsentee ballots, campaigns, election administrationRick Hasen

WaPo: “Rapper Lil Jon had a longer commute than most voters to his polling place: a cross-country flight from Los Angeles to Georgia.”

“Colorado Mail-In Voting Gets Early Test; New Statewide System Will Be Used on Closely Watched Races”

November 3, 2014, 1:53 pmabsentee ballots, campaigns, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Dan Frosch for WSJ: A new election system using only mail-in ballots faces an immediate test in Colorado, with tight Senate, House and gubernatorial races that are being closely watched nationally. Hoping to boost turnout, the Democrat-led legislature here passed… Continue reading

Sixth Circuit on 2-1 Vote Rejects OH Voting Rights Claim of Jailed Voters

October 24, 2014, 2:48 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

The other day I noted a federal district court ruling holding that those jailed (but not convicted) voters have the same rights to vote absentee as late-hospitalized Ohio voters. Today the Sixth Circuit rejected the claim in a 2-1 … Continue reading