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…
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…
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…
One Million Primary Ballots Were Mailed Late, Postal Service Watchdog Says
From today’s New York Times: More than one million mail-in ballots were sent late to voters during the 2020 primary elections, an internal Postal Service audit found, underscoring deep concerns…
Trump changes tune on voting by mail, urging Florida to cast ballots remotely
From today’s CBS News Online: President Trump seemingly flipped his position on voting by mail, at least in Florida, after spending months bashing the practice as ripe for potential fraud.…
Voting by Mail Is Popular. So Is the False Idea That It’s Ripe for Fraud.
From today’s New York Times: President Trump on Thursday railed against expanding access to mail-in voting, and even floated the idea that the election could be postponed, something he has…
Florida fight over felon voting rights playing out at US Supreme Court
From the South Florida Sun-Sentiel: A battle over voting rights in Florida is playing out at the U.S. Supreme Court, with the ability of hundreds of thousands of felons to…