Category Archives: absentee ballots

“Don Jr. robocall urges supporters to vote by mail”

August 26, 2020, 4:30 pmabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump Jr. is urging voters to cast absentee ballots in robocalls detected across the nation Wednesday — even as his father continues to rail against widespread mail-in voting.The robocalls, which reference this week’s Republican National Convention have… Continue reading

Michigan: “Judge: Benson has power to mail absentee ballot applications”

August 26, 2020, 8:25 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Detroit News: A Michigan Court of Claims judge dismissed Wednesday a suit challenging Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s decision to mail absentee ballot applications to every registered voter in Michigan ahead of the August and November elections. The court in… Continue reading

“California Republicans have less faith in mail voting, poll finds”

August 25, 2020, 7:32 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Politico: Those partisan attacks on mail voting mirror wariness among California Republicans, according to a new poll conducted by the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies.The poll affirmed that mail voting is already widespread in California: pluralities of… Continue reading

“As Dems push mail-in voting, Black and Latino voters wary”

August 25, 2020, 7:29 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Politico: In a series of recent focus groups conducted in Philadelphia and Las Vegas by iVote — a Democratic group focused on voting rights and secretaries of state — and shared with POLITICO, Black and Latino voters said… Continue reading

“Pa. Republicans propose election law changes as anxiety builds over mail voting”

August 24, 2020, 8:12 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Philadelphia Inquirer: Republican leaders in the Pennsylvania Senate introduced legislation Monday that would effectively prohibit the use of mail-ballot drop boxes that President Donald Trump has criticized, make it more likely that a winner in the presidential race is known… Continue reading

Breaking and Analysis: Federal Court Steps Aside for Now in Dispute over Drop Boxes and Other Pennsylvania Election Rules

August 23, 2020, 12:05 pmabsentee ballots, court decisions, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

In a thoughtful 37-page opinion, in one of the most closely watched pieces of litigation surrounding the conduct of the 2020 election, a federal court (Trump appointee Judge Nicholas Ranjan) has used Pullman abstention to decline to consider the… Continue reading

“More Than 550,000 Primary Absentee Ballots Rejected In 2020, Far Outpacing 2016”

August 22, 2020, 7:44 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

NPR: An extraordinarily high number of ballots — more than 550,000 — have been rejected in this year’s presidential primaries, according to a new analysis by NPR.That’s far more than the 318,728 ballots rejected in the 2016 general election… Continue reading

“Is Vote-by-Mail a Trap for Democrats? An Exchange.”

August 21, 2020, 10:31 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Roy Greenwald and Robert Kuttner debate at The Prospect.

Federal District Court Rejects Challenges to Indiana’s Excuse-Only Absentee Ballot System for November

August 21, 2020, 9:04 amabsentee ballots, court decisionsRick Hasen

A federal district court has rejected arguments that the system violates equal protection or the 26th amendment (which was made on the grounds that older voters can vote without an excuse but others cannot). It will not issue a preliminary… Continue reading

“Frank LaRose: Turn ‘Every Mailbox’ in Ohio into Ballot Drop Box”

August 20, 2020, 5:16 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

CityBeat reports.

Federal District Court (Same Judge Who UPHELD Indiana’s Strict Voter ID Law in Crawford) Holds Indiana Cannot Reject Mail-in Ballots for a Purported Signature Mismatch Without Giving Voter Notice and a Chance to Cure

August 20, 2020, 4:20 pmabsentee ballots, court decisionsRick Hasen

A very important and correct ruling on both due process and equal protection grounds.

“New York Will Allow Voters to Cast Mail-In Ballots”

August 20, 2020, 2:32 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

NYT: New York State will allow most voters to cast their ballots by mail in the November general election, joining a growing list of states that have expanded mail-in voting to address the potential spread of the coronavirus at polling… Continue reading

Trump Campaign Reportedly Provides Little Evidence of Mail-In Ballot Fraud to Support Its Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania Drop Boxes

August 20, 2020, 11:44 amabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

The Intercept: In a motion last week, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future and the Sierra Club called on the Trump campaign to provide evidence of the existence of voter fraud, arguing that the campaign’s lawsuit was “replete with salacious allegations and… Continue reading