Category Archives: absentee ballots

“New protections for Georgia absentee ballots settle lawsuits”

July 10, 2019, 9:44 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

AJC: A new Georgia law that prevents absentee ballot rejections has resolved two federal lawsuits over last fall’s election.The law prohibits election officials from disqualifying absentee ballots because of a signature mismatch or a missing birth year and address. These… Continue reading

Hoboken New Jersey Absentee Ballot Case Shows Why This Kind of Fraud (Unlike Impersonation Fraud) Can Happen: People Can Verify How Others Voted

June 26, 2019, 7:52 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

From the DOJ press release: From October 2013 through November 2013, Raia instructed Dio Braxton, Matt Calicchio, Lizaida Camis, and other conspirators who worked for his campaign, to pay certain Hoboken voters $50 if those voters applied for and… Continue reading

“The End of the Polling Booth; States are making voting more accessible by allowing citizens to vote at home.”

June 11, 2019, 12:33 pmabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Tina Rosenberg NYT column.

“Miami Candidate’s Campaign Workers May Have Tampered With Absentee Ballots”

May 20, 2019, 7:28 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

Miami New Times: An explosive, 150-page WhatsApp chat leaked to Miami New Times appears to show members of Miami-Dade County Commission District 5 candidate Alex Diaz de la Portilla’s 2018 campaign team discussing destroying or stealing absentee ballots from… Continue reading

New Jersey: “Man pleads guilty in alleged Hoboken voter bribery scheme” /$50 per ballot for absentee ballots

May 9, 2019, 7:37 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

Hudson Reporter.

“‘We got our clocks cleaned’: GOP quietly works to expand ballot-harvesting in California while criticizing Democrats for the practice”

March 14, 2019, 8:14 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“Crenshaw falsely says HR1 would legalize the type of election fraud found in NC”

March 14, 2019, 8:00 amabsentee ballots, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politifact North Carolina reports.

North Carolina Elections Board Issues Unanimous 46-Page Damning Set of Factual Findings and Legal Conclusions Related to Bladen County #NC09 Absentee Ballot Crimes, Explaining Why It Ordered New Election

March 13, 2019, 7:34 amabsentee ballots, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

From the introduction: A new election is the gravest remedy available to this State agency that has, for a century, supervised elections meant to ensure “[a]ll political power is vested in and derived from the people; all government of… Continue reading

“Republicans Say Democrats’ Election Reform Bill Doesn’t Address Ballot Harvesting”

March 7, 2019, 11:49 amabsentee ballots, election administrationJustin Levitt

McConnell picks on one thing missing from H.R. 1. More on third parties collecting and returning absentee ballots, in California, here.

Republicans Plan Ballot Harvesting Amendment to H.R. 1

March 3, 2019, 4:48 amabsentee ballotsDan Tokaji

The Washington Examiner: Among the provisions Republicans may attach to the campaign finance legislation is one that would prohibit ballot harvesting, which is the practice of collecting absentee ballots and delivering them to a polling site with the intent… Continue reading

“Mitch McConnell On NC Ballot Harvesting: Why Is It Legal In California?”

March 2, 2019, 4:57 amabsentee ballotsDan Tokaji

Charlotte NPR: Earlier this week, Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell spoke about the North Carolina Board of Election’s vote to hold a new election in the 9th Congressional District because absentee mail ballots were illegally harvested. McConnell spoke about… Continue reading

11th Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Explains Why It Rejected Stay of District Court Order Requiring Florida Voters Have a Chance to Cure Rejected Absentee Ballots with Mismatched Signatures

February 15, 2019, 1:41 pmabsentee ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

You can find the 83 pages of opinions at this link.

“Editorial: N.C. GOP, more than state Elections Board, needs transparency”

December 18, 2018, 7:51 amabsentee ballots, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WRAL editorial: It is hard to imagine where the North Carolina GOP leadership found the gall to have the Ninth Congressional District Republican Executive Committee pass a “resolution” demanding the State Board of Elections “immediately certify” Mark Harris the… Continue reading

“Don’t be shocked by the North Carolina fraud allegations. Absentee ballots are much less secure than polling places.”

December 14, 2018, 8:17 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Mara Suttmann-Lea for the Monkey Cage. … Continue reading

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