Category Archives: absentee ballots
New Jersey: Trump Campaign: Letting People Vote Safely By Mail During a Pandemic is a “Brazen Power Grab”
NJ.com:
Accusing Gov. Phil Murphy of a “brazen power grab,” President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has asked a federal judge to overturn the state’s plan to send ballots to all 6.2 million registered voters this fall.
“At least 20 states plan to sue the U.S. Postal Service over service delays, threat to election”
WaPo:
At least 20 states plan to file lawsuits this week against the U.S. Postal Service and its new postmaster, Louis DeJoy, seeking to reverse service changes that have prompted widespread reports of delays and accusations of an intentional… Continue reading
NYT and WaPo Offer Explainers on Mail In/Absentee Voting
“Biden Supporters More Likely Than Trump’s to Vote by Mail, Poll Shows; New Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey finds Democrats are more confident than Republicans that November results would be tallied accurately”
WSJ:
Supporters of presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden are more likely than Trump supporters to say they will vote by mail and are more likely to trust the accuracy of November’s ballot count, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll… Continue reading
“Pelosi calls House lawmakers back to vote on post office legislation”
WaPo:House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called House lawmakers back Sunday to try to prevent Postal Service changes that Democrats fear could make it harder for millions of Americans to cast mail ballots in November. Members will be expected to… Continue reading
“State officials rush to shore up confidence in Nov. 3 election as voters express new fears about mail voting”
WaPo:
President Trump’s unprecedented attacks on the U.S. Postal Service amid widespread mail delays across the country are shaking voters’ faith that their ballots will be counted, prompting a rush among federal, state and local officials to protect the integrity… Continue reading
“‘Ballot harvesting’ targeted amid fight over voting rules”
AP:
Although widely practiced and rarely found to be abused, the rule permitting a third party to collect and return multiple ballots remains a source of partisan dispute. Those fights are likely to continue up to Election Day as states… Continue reading
“Postal Service warns 46 states their voters could be disenfranchised by delayed mail-in ballots”
WaPo:
Anticipating an avalanche of absentee ballots, the U.S. Postal Service recently sent detailed letters to 46 states and D.C. warning that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to… Continue reading
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy Urges Republicans to Vote by Mail
WaPo:
“The Postal Service will have the funding that it needs,” McCarthy said in an interview on CNBC. “We will make sure of that. We want to make sure we have an accurate election. I think any Republican that gets… Continue reading
“Trump’s campaign to discredit the election is deeply dishonest and dangerous”
WaPo editorial:
As is often the case with Mr. Trump, his narrative is not only false but also self-contradictory and convoluted. Mail-in voting is not riddled with opportunities for fraud; it has been carried out honestly in several states for… Continue reading
“Trump Opposes Boosting Postal Service Funding To Block Expansion Of Mail-In Voting”
Pam Fessler for NPR.
“USPS says Pennsylvania mail ballots may not be delivered on time, and state warns of ‘overwhelming’ risk to voters”
Philadelphia Inquirer:
The U.S. Postal Service has warned Pennsylvania that some mail ballots might not be delivered on time because the state’s deadlines are too tight for its “delivery standards,” prompting election officials to ask the state Supreme Court to… Continue reading
“Judge orders Trump campaign to produce evidence of voter fraud in Pennsylvania”
CNN:
A federal judge in Pennsylvania told the Trump campaign and the Republican Party that they must produce evidence they have of vote-by-mail fraud in the state by Friday.The judge’s order, in a high-profile case about vote-by-mail in the… Continue reading