“Plea agreement reached in vote fraud case; Marshall to plead guilty to 3 charges related to absentee voting irregularities in 2010”
News from Indiana.
Category Archives: absentee ballots
“Colorado Victory: Judge Rules for Voting Rights”
Brennan Center: “The voting rights of thousands of Colorado citizens were protected today as a state district court judge blocked Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s controversial interpretation of Colorado’s mail ballot election law. Under Sec. Gessler’s reading of the… Continue reading
New Research on Florida Voting by Herron and Smith
Important New Research:
Michael C. Herron and Daniel A. Smith, “Florida’s 2012 General Election under HB 1355: Early Voting, Provisional Ballots, and Absentee Ballots“
Executive Summary
The 2012 General Election was the first major election in Florida… Continue reading
“Va. House subcommittee rejects 1 absentee voting bill, backs another”
Times-Dispatch: Va. voters over 65 may be able to vote absentee without an excuse.
“Mass. Lawmaker In Voting Scandal Quits Office”
AP: “A state lawmaker who agreed to plead guilty to casting invalid absentee ballots in elections in 2009 and 2010 has submitted his resignation letter.”
“Mass. lawmaker, member of election committee, pleads guilty to voter fraud”
Boston Globe: “A Democratic state representative from Everett, who served on the Legislature’s election law committee, pleaded guilty to federal charges today that he cast fraudulent absentee ballots to help get himself elected.”
Great Lineup for the Overseas Vote Foundation/US Vote Foundation Annual Summit
Check it out. I was hoping to speak there but have a scheduling conflict.
“Improved Absentee Balloting Processes Essential to the ‘Fix'”
Here is a guest post from Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat, President and CEO, U.S. Vote Foundation and Overseas Vote Foundation:
There is no single “fix” to create a more accessible and functional system that would transform the chaos that occurred on Election… Continue reading
“The Functional Differences between Early Voting and In-Person Absentee Ballots in Florida”
Dan Smith: “Here’s a little primer, as there’s been so much confusion about “early voting,” generically speaking, in Florida. Any registered voter may request an absentee ballot. A voter need not provide an excuse, and the process of… Continue reading
“Shut Up and Vote: Ohio is not a backward, vote-suppressing, Third World banana republic. And you never need to wait in line.”
Rachael Larimore has written this piece for Slate.
“Mail-in ballots: the hanging chads of 2012?”
Reuters reports. So processing mail-in ballots are trying to dethrone processing provisional ballots as the worse feature of the current election system?
Press Release on Another Ohio voting battle
Via email:
MEDIA ALERT
8 p.m. Nov. 3, 2012
Contact: Norman Robbins, Research Director, Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates
e-mail: [email protected]; telephone 216-767-1525 or (2nd choice) 216-632-9556
THOUSANDS OF OHIO VOTERS LIKELY TO BE DISENFRANCHISED BECAUSE SECRETARY OF STATE HUSTED… Continue reading
“Voters Wait for Absentee Ballots”
Unexplained delay of 27,000 ballots in Lee County, FL.
“Glitch in Florida’s Voter Registration System can Disenfranchise Absentee Voters”
Herron and Smith explain “self-disenfranchisement.”