Category Archives: absentee ballots

“Federal judge refuses to stop mail-in voting in Montana, blasts Trump-backed ‘fiction’ of massive voter fraud”

October 1, 2020, 11:09 amabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: A federal judge in Montana rejected the Trump campaign’s effort to stop an expansion of mail-in voting in the state.The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee filed the lawsuit earlier this month after Democratic Montana Gov. Steve… Continue reading

South Carolina Election Officials, Republican Party Go to Supreme Court Seeking to Reinstate Absentee Ballot Witness Requirement Relaxed Thanks to Covid

October 1, 2020, 10:00 amabsentee ballots, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The brief relies heavily on the Purcell Principle.

“Republicans Are Slowing Down Mailed-In Vote Counts in Key Swing States”

September 30, 2020, 5:23 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Washington Monthly: The bad news is that Republican officials in three swing states, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, are blocking legislation that could allow for the early processing of absentee ballots—purposefully making it take longer to get the election results.… Continue reading

“Early surge of Democratic mail voting sparks worry inside GOP”

September 29, 2020, 5:20 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

WaPo: Democratic voters who have requested mail ballots — and returned them — greatly outnumber Republicans so far in key battleground states, causing alarm among GOP party leaders and strategists that President Trump’s attacks on mail voting could be hurting… Continue reading

“Exclusive: As States Prepared Mail-in Ballots, Postal Service Failed to Update at Least 1.8 Million Addresses”

September 29, 2020, 8:23 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Time: For three weeks in August, as election officials across the country were preparing to send out mail-in ballots to tens of millions of voters, the U.S. Postal Service stopped fully updating a national change of address system that… Continue reading

PA legislators ask SCOTUS to stay mail deadline ruling

September 29, 2020, 7:37 amabsentee ballots, election law and constitutional law, Elections ClauseJustin Levitt

(Cross-posted at Take Care) The state Senate leadership in Pennsylvania, intervenors in litigation over the deadline to receive ballots cast by mail, has just asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a Sept. 17 decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme … Continue reading

“Courts view GOP fraud claims skeptically as Democrats score key legal victories over mail voting”

September 28, 2020, 10:06 pmabsentee ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: For six months, the rules for how Americans can vote during the coronavirus pandemic have been locked in court battles while states across the country rushed to embrace mail ballots.Now, with just weeks to go before the Nov. 3… Continue reading

“Federal judge rules against voting-rights activists’ challenge of Ohio signature-matching rules on absentee ballot applications”

September 28, 2020, 8:48 pmabsentee ballots, court decisionsRick Hasen

Cleveland.com: A federal judge has ruled Ohio’s system of verifying signatures on absentee ballot applications is not burdensome enough to be struck down as illegal, rejecting arguments made by a coalition of voting-rights groups that sued the state.U.S. District Judge… Continue reading

“On-again, off again: Court nixes SC witness requirement on absentee ballots — for now”

September 25, 2020, 8:34 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

The State: The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond has, at least temporarily, reinstated a ruling by a South Carolina federal judge that would allow S.C. voters who vote absentee to do it without having a witness signature.The ruling… Continue reading

“Republican party sues to stop late ballot ruling”

September 25, 2020, 2:15 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Detroit News reports.

“Special Report: Will your mail ballot count in the U.S. presidential election? It may depend on who’s counting and where”

September 25, 2020, 7:33 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Reuters reports.

“Michigan lawmakers give clerks more time to process ballots”

September 24, 2020, 7:50 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

Very good bipartisan news: The Michigan Legislature gave final approvals Thursday to a bill that would give local clerks 10 hours extra before the election to begin processing absentee ballots, a nod to the expected uptick in absentee voting… Continue reading

“Pennsylvania election officials warn of 2000 Florida redux; A court ruling on so-called naked ballots ‘is going to cause electoral chaos’ in one of the nation’s biggest swing states.”

September 23, 2020, 8:08 amabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

Politico reports.

“America’s Electorate is Increasingly Polarized Along Partisan Lines About Voting by Mail During the COVID-19 Crisis,

September 22, 2020, 5:10 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has just published a new paper, “America’s Electorate is Increasingly Polarized Along Partisan Lines About Voting by Mail During the COVID-19 Crisis,” by Mackenzie Lockhart, Seth J. Hill, Jennifer Merolla,… Continue reading

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