Category Archives: absentee ballots

“Ohio elections chief Jon Husted restricts methods to notify voters of absentee ballot errors”

October 11, 2012, 1:00 pmabsentee ballots, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Jon Husted is starting to look a lot more like Ken Blackwell and Jennifer Brunner than I had hoped (h/t Maddowblog). And he’s got more decisions to make as counties start deadlocking on early voting for those last three… Continue reading

Eric Eversole Respond to Bob Carey on Military Voting Issues

October 9, 2012, 9:12 pmabsentee ballots, military votingRick Hasen

Following up on this post, Eric Eversole sends along these thoughts: The point that must not be forgotten is that the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) failed to provide military voters the assistance required under federal law. The most… Continue reading

“Election activists, Boulder County clerk spar over absentee ballots”

October 9, 2012, 4:33 amabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

The latest from Colorado.

“What to Do About Vote By Mail”

October 8, 2012, 3:00 pmabsentee ballots, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Larry Norden of the Brennan Center responds to the recent Adam Liptak piece on absentee ballots.

“Error and Fraud at Issue as Absentee Voting Rises”

October 6, 2012, 8:31 pmabsentee ballots, chicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Must-read Adam Liptak NYT article.

“Selling votes is common type of election fraud”

October 2, 2012, 8:58 amabsentee ballots, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Absolute must-read from WaPo’s David Fahrenthold. It confirms what I found in The Voting Wars. Election official fraud and absentee ballot fraud relatively rare but it happens. Impersonation fraud extremely rare and has not changed an election result we… Continue reading

“Military ballot requests down in key battleground states”

October 2, 2012, 8:47 amabsentee ballots, election administration, military voting, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

FOX News reports.

“Essex Man Convicted of Absentee Ballot Fraud”

September 28, 2012, 4:32 pmabsentee ballots, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

News from New Jersey.

“Fraud concerns swirl around Florida’s unregulated absentee ballot brokers ahead of election”

September 27, 2012, 1:14 pmabsentee ballots, chicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

FOX News reports.

New Pew Data Dispatch on Vote by Mail

September 27, 2012, 12:38 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

Here.

” Absentee Ballot Numbers: Is It Just a Calendar Thing?”

September 15, 2012, 4:19 pmabsentee ballots, votingRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

“Absentee Ballot Applications Down by Nearly Half in NC “

September 9, 2012, 2:25 pmabsentee ballots, campaigns, military votingRick Hasen

Michael McDonald: “The number of absentee ballot applications is down by nearly half from 2008. In 2008, election officials had received 37,539 applications compared to 20,695 in 2012, or 45 percent fewer applications. The number of applications from registered… Continue reading

” Absentee balloting can help or hurt; The key for Ohio voters: If you request one, use it”

September 8, 2012, 9:21 pmabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

Cincinnati.com: “Arguably the biggest worry is that voters who request an absentee ballot but later change their minds and decide to vote at the polls on Election Day will be forced to cast a provisional ballot. In most statewide… Continue reading

“Military absentee voting looks weak this year”

August 29, 2012, 5:07 pmabsentee ballots, election administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

CNN reports. While there is some dispute between military voting rights groups and the Pentagon over the precise numbers, there is no question that voter registration among overseas military voters is abysmally low, and (as I write in Chapter 6… Continue reading