Judge Dismisses Effort To Throw Out Drive-Through Votes In Houston
From today’s NPR News Online: U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen on Monday threw out a suit challenging the legality of some 127,000 votes cast at drive-through voting sites in…
Supreme Court Won’t Extend Wisconsin’s Deadline for Mailed Ballots
From today’s New York Times: The Supreme Court refused on Monday to revive a trial court ruling that would have extended Wisconsin’s deadline for receiving absentee ballots to six days…
Voting rights group files suit against Trump administration officials alleging voter intimidation
From today’s The Hill Online: A voting rights group and others filed a lawsuit against President Trump and administration officials on Wednesday, alleging their actions have amounted to voter intimidation.…
SCOTUS denies GOP bid to stop an extended deadline for PA mail-in ballots
From today’s Washington Post: The Supreme Court on Monday night allowed Pennsylvania election officials to count mail-in ballots received up to three days after Election Day, refusing a Republican request…
California Eases Off Legal Threats Over GOP Unauthorized Ballot Drop Boxes
From today’s NPR News Online: The state of California appears to be backing off legal threats against the California Republican Party over its use of unauthorized ballot drop boxes. On…
Signature errors could disenfranchise a record number of voters in the election
From today’s Los Angeles Times: A record number of Americans are expected to vote by mail in the November general election because of the pandemic — and a record number…
CA Republican Party Admits It Placed Misleading Ballot Boxes Around State
From today’s New York Times: The California Republican Party has admitted responsibility for placing more than 50 deceptively labeled “official” drop boxes for mail-in ballots in Los Angeles, Fresno and…
SCOTUS clears the way for sending mail-in ballots to Montana voters
From today’s CNN News Online: Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday denied a request from Republicans to block Montana Gov. Steve Bullock’s directive last month allowing counties to send…
SCOTUS takes up Arizona voting rights law that will be heard after the election
From today’s CNN Online: The Supreme Court said Friday it will review two provisions of an Arizona voting rights law that a federal appeals court said could have a discriminatory…
TX governor orders only one mail ballot drop-off location allowed per county
From today’s The Hill Online: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued a new proclamation allowing only one mail ballot drop-off location per county. Starting Friday, mail ballots submitted in person…