Absentee Ballot Requests are Skyrocketing, Whether States are Ready or Not and Whether Congress Pays for It or Not
Sign of the times:
https://twitter.com/WisVoter/status/1242456632761683969
Category Archives: absentee ballots
“Georgia will mail absentee ballot request forms to all active voters for May primary”
AJC:
The absentee voting effort will allow Georgians to decide on their choices for president and other elected offices from home, without having to visit in-person voting locations where the coronavirus could more easily spread. Early voting and election day… Continue reading
“‘Time is Of the Essence:’ How States Can Shore Up Mail Voting”
Taniel Q and A with Tammy Patrick.
“Democrats throw down the gauntlet on vote-by-mail”
Greg Sargent WaPo column.
Here is a link to the Democrats’ House bill, which includes voting provisions, beginning at page 856.
“The Coronavirus Supercharges Vote-by-Mail Efforts, But Barriers Remain”
Carrie Levine for CPI:
In extraordinary circumstances and with enough money and resources, anything is possible, said Audrey Kline, national policy director of the National Vote at Home Institute, a nonpartisan nonprofit that advocates for vote-by-mail options.“Based off what… Continue reading
“Mail voting could secure the November election. But can election officials make it happen in time?”
WaPo:
The rapidly escalating coronavirus pandemic has forced election officials to consider a sobering reality: The crisis could run headlong into November’s presidential election, and revamping America’s voting systems before then could be difficult and in some cases impossible.Even as… Continue reading
Sue Halpern in New Yorker: “Voting in the Time of the Coronavirus”
New Yorker:
Lately, I’ve been hearing people point out that a Presidential election was held in the midst of the Civil War, which illustrates either the commitment of American voters or the unyielding calendar of our democracy. A pandemic,… Continue reading
Frank Wilkinson: “Democrats Must Act Now to Protect the Election”
Important read at Bloomberg View:
With little but uncertainty ahead, Congress and the states must mobilize immediately to shift the nation to a largely vote-by-mail system by November. There are two obstacles to that goal — one practical, one political.… Continue reading
“Voting by Mail Is the Hot New Idea. Is There Time to Make It Work?”
Steven Rosenfeld Looks Under the Hood at Detroit’s Absentee Ballot Processing, and It is Not Pretty
For those like me who want and expect expanded absentee balloting in November, a reminder that there’s a lot of work to do.
Vote-by-mail and voter-registration
In normal times, I think of absentee voting as an essential option, but I’ve not (yet?) bought into 100% vote-by-mail. The postal service is an astonishingly great institution, but there are some communities it serves less well than others, including… Continue reading
Montana: “Lawsuit: ballot collection law harms Native voters”
Independent Record:
Five tribes in Montana, along with two get-out-the-vote organizations, filed a lawsuit in Yellowstone County on Thursday saying a ballot collection law violates the state Constitution because it unfairly restricts access to voting for Native Americans.The Ballot Interference … Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: Dale Ho: “How to Protect the Election from the Coronavirus”
Dale in NYT Opinion:
We can take four simple steps to reduce the risk of disenfranchisement:Ramp up public education on voting by mail. The good news is that in most states, eligible voters can already vote by mail. Thirty-three states … Continue reading
“Lawsuit settled, giving Georgia voters time to fix rejected ballots”
AJC:
Georgia voters must be quickly notified when election officials reject their absentee ballots, allowing them time to correct problems and have their ballots counted, according to a settlement with the Democratic Party announced Saturday.
Under the settlement in… Continue reading