Category Archives: absentee ballots

Another OH Voting Rights Loss: Divided 6th Cir. Mostly Rejects Order Easing Absentee/Provisional Balloting

September 13, 2016, 3:24 pmabsentee ballots, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Over an impassioned dissent recounting the disparate racial effects of its decision, a 6th Circuit panel has voted 2-1 to mostly reject a district court order rejecting some Ohio voting rules which make it harder for voters voting absentee… Continue reading

“1 in 7 Ohio registered voters won’t receive an invitation to vote absentee”

September 13, 2016, 7:20 amabsentee ballots, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Important story from OH: In an online ad, a smiling Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted holds up a letter with his name in large print and the promise, “Your absentee ballot request form is in the mail.” But for… Continue reading

“Oregon Senators Wyden, Merkley Propose National Vote-By-Mail”

July 15, 2016, 8:29 amabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

“Voting by mail and the next election meltdown”

July 14, 2016, 9:00 amabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

Steve Hutkins has a very interesting post on the Voting by Mail blog.

“BPC Report Looks At ‘The New Realities Of Voting By Mail In 2016′”

July 6, 2016, 9:54 amabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

Doug Chapin: Regular readers of this blog will remember that the last year has seen a sharp uptick in stories about how issues with the U.S. Postal Service have begun to affect states’ and localities’ management of vote by… Continue reading

Injunctions Sought in Arizona Voting Rights Case

July 1, 2016, 1:49 pmabsentee ballotsDan Tokaji

Plaintiffs’ preliminary injunction briefs in Feldman v. Arizona Secretary of State’s Office, challenging restrictions on provisional voting, polling locations, and the collection of early ballots are here and here.

Do-over of Austrian Presidential Election Due to Postal Voting Issues

July 1, 2016, 8:55 amabsentee ballotsDan Tokaji

An English-language summary of the Constitutional Court’s ruling is here.

“The South Florida voter-fraud case that went nowhere”

May 4, 2016, 6:52 pmabsentee ballots, chicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Miami Herald: It seemed like the rare, slam-dunk case of voter fraud. Two men stood accused of unlawfully handling four other people’s mail-in ballots in the 2013 Homestead mayoral election, filling at least one of them for precisely the… Continue reading