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Supreme Court endorses grace periods for mail-in ballots
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws allowing timely mailed ballots received after Election Day to be counted, reversing a lower court ruling.
US Postal Service defends plan to require states to disclose mail voting lists
Summary Postmaster General David Steiner defends voter list disclosure plan Plan requires states to provide names and barcodes for mail ballots 47 Democratic senators urge USPS to drop the proposal […]
Judge orders woman who cast dead mother’s ballot in 2024 to write essay
A Minnesota woman convicted of filling out and submitting a mail-in ballot for her deceased mother supporting Donald Trump in 2024 was ordered by a judge to write an essay and read a book about voting’s importance to democracy.
States sue to block Trump’s election order, saying it violates the Constitution
The White House is criticizing Democrats' lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s attempt to reshape elections. Democratic officials in 19 states say what the Republican president wants to do is an unconstitutional invasion of states’ clear authority to run their own elections.
AP-NORC poll: Rising support for mail voting amid pandemic
Americans’ support for mail-in voting has jumped amid concerns about the safety of polling places during the coronavirus pandemic, but a wide partisan divide suggests President Donald Trump‘s public campaign […]
As Trump rails against mail voting, some allies embrace it
President Donald Trump is claiming without evidence that expanding mail-in voting will increase voter fraud. But several GOP state officials are forging ahead to do just that, undermining one of […]
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