Tag: Absentee voting
High court allows 3-day extension for Pennsylvania ballots
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will allow Pennsylvania to count mailed-in ballots received up to three days after the Nov. 3 election, rejecting...
Wisconsin voters line up to cast early in-person ballots
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voters across Wisconsin lined up Tuesday to cast their ballots on the first day of early in-person voting in the...
Some states allow ballots if voters die before Election Day
ATLANTA (AP) — At 90 years old and living through a global pandemic, Hannah Carson knows time may be short. She wasted no time...
Vision 2020: Will mailed-in ballots be delivered on time?
Can you trust the U.S. Postal Service to deliver your ballot on time?
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For Trump, city where ‘bad things happen’ looms large
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When President Donald Trump told the world that “bad things happen in Philadelphia,” it was, in part, a blunt assessment of...
Low-key Democrat tries to hang onto Senate seat in Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Call him low-key, understated, maybe even “boring." First-term Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan is betting voters care more about...
Michigan court blocks 2-week absentee ballot extension
DETROIT (AP) — Absentee ballots must arrive by Election Day to be counted, the Michigan Court of Appeals said Friday, blocking a 14-day extension...
Record avalanche of early votes transforms the 2020 election
More than 22 million Americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election, a record-shattering avalanche of early votes driven both by Democratic enthusiasm...
Pennsylvania becomes a battleground over election security
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — For anxiety over voting and ballot counting in this year’s presidential election, it’s hard to top Pennsylvania.
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History, mistrust spurring Black early voters in Georgia
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — They came by the thousands to vote early, descendants of slaves, children of the civil rights era and other Georgians...
Supreme Court asked to extend Wisconsin absentee voting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats and their allies asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow for absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin that...
Georgia breaks turnout record for first day of early voting
ATLANTA (AP) — More than 128,000 Georgians went to the polls Monday, a record for the first day of early voting in the state,...
Court reinstates Texas limit on ballot drop-off locations
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court has reinstated a limit on the number of mail-in ballot drop-off locations in Texas, although Gov....
Big turnout as early in-person voting starts in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — The chance to cast ballots on Georgia's first day of in-person early voting Monday had thousands of people waiting for hours...
Federal judge upholds Minnesota’s extended ballot counting
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has upheld a Minnesota state court agreement that allows the counting of absentee ballots received up to seven...
Black churches mobilizing voters despite virus challenges
NEW YORK (AP) — For the Rev. Jimmy Gates Sr., the 2008 presidential election year was one to remember — and not just because...
Vision 2020: How soon will we know the US election outcome?
WASHINGTON (AP) — How soon will we know the results of the U.S. election?
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Judge throws out Trump campaign’s Pennsylvania lawsuit
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Saturday threw out a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s campaign, dismissing its challenges...
Voting-related lawsuits pepper US before Election Day
Hundreds of lawsuits about voting have been filed before the Nov. 3 election. The cases concern the fundamentals of the American democratic process, including...
Ohio county says nearly 50,000 voters received wrong ballots
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nearly 50,000 voters received incorrect absentee ballots in the county that is home to Ohio’s capital and largest city, elections...
Court blocks extension of Wisconsin absentee ballot deadline
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked a decision to extend the deadline for counting absentee ballots by six days...
Some worried Democrats have 2nd thoughts on voting by mail
Ann Mintz and Clifford Wagner have been struggling with indecision about the election for weeks. Their angst isn't over whom to vote for —...
Mail-in ballot mix-ups: How much should we worry?
BOSTON (AP) — Several high-profile cases of voters getting incorrect blank absentee ballots in the mail are raising questions about how often such mix-ups...
Mail-in ballot mix-ups: How much should we worry?
BOSTON (AP) — Several high-profile cases of voters getting incorrect blank absentee ballots in the mail are raising questions about how often such mix-ups...
Texas high court blocks Houston plan to offer mail ballots
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that 2 million Houston voters cannot receive unsolicited mail ballot applications from local elections...
US court denies bid to force expanded Indiana mail-in voting
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit that aimed to make mail-in ballots available to all Indiana voters for this...
Court: Wisconsin Republicans have standing in absentee case
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators have the legal standing to appeal a federal ruling extending the deadline for counting absentee ballots in the...
Milwaukee scraps early voting plans at Fiserv, Miller Park
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Election officials said Tuesday that they scrapped their plans to use the Milwaukee Bucks and Brewers' stadiums as early voting...
High court reinstates S. Carolina ballot witness requirement
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a requirement that South Carolina residents voting by mail in November’s election get a witness...
Vision 2020: Can a voter fix a problem on a mail-in ballot?
WASHINGTON (AP) — If a ballot is tossed because of some issue — maybe a missing signature or it got damaged — will the...
Delays in verifying mail-in ballots will slow election tally
Voters awaiting results in some of the key presidential battleground states on election night should be prepared to keep waiting, thanks to obstacles that...
Surge in new GOP voters puts pressure on Florida Democrats
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) —
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Voting nearly impossible for eligible voters behind bars
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Most of the three-quarters of a million people held in U.S. jails have the right to vote. But many of...
Trump campaign sues Philadelphia over mail-in voting offices
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign followed through on a threat to sue Philadelphia, filing papers in court Thursday night over city...
Conservative hoaxers face charges over false voter robocalls
Two conservative operatives were charged Thursday in connection with false robocalls that aimed to dissuade Black residents in Detroit and other Democratic-leaning U.S. cities...
Conservative hoaxers face charges over false voter robocalls
Two notorious conservative operatives were charged Thursday with felonies in connection with false robocalls that aimed to dissuade residents in Detroit and other U.S....
NC halts plan to resolve ballot issue with voter affidavits
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Pending a legal review, the North Carolina State Board of Elections is suspending steps to allow voters to correct absentee...
Voting lawsuits pile up across US as election approaches
WASHINGTON (AP) — They've been fighting in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania over the cutoff date for counting mailed ballots, and in North Carolina over witness...
A look at some of the voting-related lawsuits across the US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of lawsuits about voting have been filed ahead of the November election. The cases concern the fundamentals of the American...
Vision 2020: How does early voting work in the US election?
WASHINGTON (AP) — What states vote early and when are these votes counted?
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Error leaves thousands in NYC with flawed absentee ballots
NEW YORK (AP) — Mail-in voting has gotten off to a rocky start in New York City, where election officials sent out nearly 100,000...
Wisconsin justices weigh removal of 130K from voter rolls
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court weighed Tuesday whether to go along with conservatives who argue that 130,000 voters should be removed...
Vision 2020: Are absentee votes and mail-in votes different?
What’s the difference between absentee voting and mail voting?
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Trump campaign sues to block mail-in ballot rule changes
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign committee and the Republican National Committee sued Saturday to block North Carolina election officials from enforcing...
Appellate court halts Wisconsin ballot-counting extension
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Sunday temporarily halted a six-day extension for counting absentee ballots in Wisconsin's presidential election, a...
Voters’ poorly marked ovals could lead to contested ballots
ATLANTA (AP) — Two decades ago, Florida's hanging chads became an unlikely symbol of a disputed presidential election. This year, the issue could be...
Montana judge extends deadline for returning mailed ballots
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge has extended the state's deadline for returning 2020 general election ballots by mail, saying that uneven U.S....
Probe into ‘discarded’ ballots becomes campaign outrage fuel
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The news release from a U.S. attorney in Pennsylvania was provocative: Nine mailed-in military ballots had been “discarded” by the...
Voters struggling with witness rules in early voting
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As the pandemic prompts a surge in voting by mail, voters in a handful of states, including the presidential battlegrounds...
Records: Mail delivery lags behind targets as election nears
The slice of Michigan that covers Detroit, its suburbs and towns dependent on the auto industry is coveted political terrain in one of this...
Democrats in Pa. scramble to limit number of ‘naked ballots’
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return...
North Carolina board agrees to more absentee ballot changes
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina election officials agreed Tuesday that mail-in absentee ballots returned this fall with deficient information can be fixed...
Complaint flushed: No charge in toilet election display
MASON, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor in Michigan has flushed a complaint about a toilet that was promoted as a place to drop absentee...
Judge extends Wisconsin absentee cutoff 6 days post election
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin can be counted up to six days after the...
Judge: Postal Service must process election mail on time
NEW YORK (AP) — For the second time in a week, a federal judge said a nationwide order is necessary to ensure mail for...
Georgia’s Fulton County works to avoid another vote debacle
ATLANTA (AP) — Twice delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Georgia’s primary election earlier this year was marred by dysfunction: Hourslong wait times at...
Official: Toilet display mocking mail-in voting is a crime
MASON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan resident's apparent joke showing disdain for voting by mail is no laughing matter for one election official.
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Coronavirus pandemic shrinks Europe’s monitoring of US vote
Europe’s largest security organization said Friday that it has drastically scaled back plans to send as many as 500 observers to the U.S. to...
Judge: Michigan must count ballots that arrive post-election
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A judge on Friday cleared the way for more absentee ballots to be counted in Michigan, saying envelopes postmarked by...
Ohio limit of 1 ballot drop box per county blocked, appealed
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio judge has temporarily blocked the Republican secretary of state’s order limiting counties in the critical presidential battleground to...
AP-NORC poll: Majority plan to vote before Election Day
DENVER (AP) — A majority of President Donald Trump's supporters plan to cast their ballot on Election Day, while about half of Joe Biden's...
US judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail
SEATTLE (AP) — A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them “a politically motivated attack...
Oops: VP Mike Pence missing from some Michigan ballots
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump ... and “Spike?”
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How Bloomberg’s $100 million Florida bet may shape campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — When billionaire Mike Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign in March, he pledged to spend “whatever it takes” to help Democrats defeat...
Ohio judge derides restriction of 1 ballot box per county
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A directive that restricted Ohio counties to one ballot drop box in November was arbitrary and unreasonable, a county judge...
Wisconsin election clerks rush to mail ballots after delay
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Election clerks across the presidential battleground state of Wisconsin rushed to mail absentee ballots Tuesday, less than 24 hours after...
2020 Watch: How much more damage can Woodward do?
MIAMI (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
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Democrats try to streamline mail balloting for their voters
DENVER (AP) — Democrats are rolling out an expanded online portal that allows people to register to vote and request a mail ballot in...
Trump pushes into Nevada, questions integrity of election
MINDEN, Nev. (AP) — Kicking off a Western swing, President Donald Trump barreled into Nevada for the weekend, looking to expand his path to...
Trump pushes into Nevada, questions integrity of election
MINDEN, Nev. (AP) — Kicking off a Western swing, President Donald Trump barreled into Nevada on Saturday looking to expand his paths to victory...
Judge: Kanye West stays off ballot in battleground Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Rapper Kanye West does not qualify to be on the presidential ballot in battleground Wisconsin after missing a filing deadline,...
Sen Jones of Alabama calls rival Tuberville ‘Coach Clueless’
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama called Republican challenger Tommy Tuberville “Coach Clueless” on Friday, stepping up attacks on the...
Wisconsin court sets up possible delay in absentee mailing
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a halt in the mailing of absentee ballots until it gives the...
Trump campaign asks US judge to kill Nevada vote-by-mail law
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attorneys for President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign are urging a federal judge in Las Vegas to block a state law...
Georgia investigating ‘potential double voting’ in primary
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's top elections official said Tuesday that his office has identified about 1,000 cases of “potential double voting” in the June...
In battlegrounds, absentee ballot rejections could triple
ATLANTA (AP) — Thousands of absentee ballots get rejected in every presidential election. This year, that problem could be much worse and potentially pivotal...
Trump suggests polling place double-check for mail-in voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — President...
Trump takes jab at Biden during V-J Day visit to battleship
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) —...
House subpoenas embattled Postal Service leader over delays
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Coronavirus worries force election officials to get creative
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) —...
The Latest: China nears full re-opening of schools
BEIJING — China began...
Judge voids 50,000 absentee ballot requests in Iowa county
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP)...
More companies pledge to give workers time to vote
A growing number of...
No turning back in the state that pioneered voting by mail
SALEM, Ore. (AP) —...
NY lets voters get absentee ballots due to virus concerns
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Mail-delivery concerns put spotlight on ballot deadlines
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S....
Pelosi says postmaster has no plans to restore mail cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The...
Ballot drop boxes seen as a way to bypass the post office
PHOENIX (AP) — With...
Postal Service halts some changes amid outcry, lawsuits
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing...
The Latest: 2nd wave of cases traced to 2 Australia hotels
MELBOURNE, Australia — An...
Postal workers concerned about delivering ballots on time
The U.S. Postal Service...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump muddies facts on mail ballots, Harris
WASHINGTON (AP) — President...
New voting laws revive fights over ‘ballot harvesting’
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Trump admits he’s blocking postal cash to stop mail-in votes
WASHINGTON (AP) — President...
Mail-in ballots sent to Trump, First Lady in Florida
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Trump admits he’s blocking postal cash to stop mail-in votes
WASHINGTON (AP) — President...
The Latest: Seattle schools to start with remote teaching
SEATTLE — The Seattle...
Constraints gone, GOP ramps up effort to monitor voting
WASHINGTON (AP) — For...
Inaction by Congress leaves states to pay for election costs
ATLANTA (AP) — Congress’...
Postal Service emerges as flash point heading into election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mail...
