Counties in Pennsylvania employed inconsistent policies when it came to “curing” ballots — notifying voters of an error in their mail-in ballot so they could fix it. But contrary to claims by the Trump campaign, that inconsistency didn’t fall strictly along party lines. It wasn’t only Democratic counties that “cured” […]
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Ballot ‘curing’ deadlines loom in Georgia and other key states
The process has become especially important this year because of the unprecedented amount of mail-in and absentee ballots, which require signatures or other validation before they can be counted. But when a signature is missing or doesn’t match the one on file, or there is another issue with how the […]
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CA election results: Prop 21 rent control ballot measure
California rent control initiative Proposition 21 failed Tuesday, with 59.3% of the 10.1 million votes recorded rejecting the measure before the Associated Press called the race around 10:45 p.m. It was the second time in two years that California voters rejected a rent control measure at the ballot box. Proposition […]
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‘I Drove 20 Hours to Vote After Not Receiving My Absentee Ballot’
I applied for my absentee ballot in August when I moved back to Washington D.C for the fall semester of college. I grew up in Arlington, Texas but I moved to Washington D.C. for university, where I’m in my third year studying political science. I didn’t give it much more […]
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Inside the ballot processing center and its COVID safeguards | Oct. 21-27, 2020
From the exterior, the King County Elections headquarters resembles a drab office building, gray and in an industrial part of Renton, across from a used car dealership. On the inside, however, officials want the public to think of it as the Fort Knox of elections. King County, like the rest […]
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Is a ballot selfie legal in Florida? Here are things you can and can’t do at the polls
Can you wear a MAGA hat or a Biden mask in the polling place? What about a campaign shirt for a local candidate. And can you do what you do everywhere else: take a selfie? During a time when polling places are looking different, with socially distant floor markings and […]
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New NC law designed to prevent absentee ballot fraud
Elizabethtown The offices of the Bladen County Board of Elections are on a side street a few blocks from the courthouse in downtown Elizabethtown, across the street from the loading docks of a furniture store and a supermarket. It’s a quiet spot under a bright spotlight. The five members of […]