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Provisional ballots should be counted even when voters’ mail ballots are rejected, Delaware County judge rules
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.A judge has told Delaware County to count ballots cast in person by voters whose mail ballots were rejected during the primary, a ruling the county, even though it lost the case, says it welcomes.Following the May 16 primary, Delaware County’s Board of Elections decided not to accept provisional...
Pennsylvania adopts automatic voter registration at PennDOT
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Pennsylvania will now automatically lead residents through the process to register to vote when they interact with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday. Under the new system, which goes into effect today, residents obtaining new or renewed driver’s licenses and ID cards will respond to questions...
Managing lines and same-day registration matters to young voters
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. A version of this post was originally distributed in Votebeat’s free weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox every Saturday.We’re about to see a lot of polls (hello 2024!) that talk about “young voters ages 18-29.” But young voters are not a monolithic group, politically or administratively. That group, after all, contains...
GOP activists target Arizona elections official Celia Nabor through public records
This article was co-published in partnership with The Guardian.They started searching for her in late January.“Where’s CELIA NABOR?” one member of the angry online mob wrote. “Find her,” another wrote. Track her phone, credit cards, social security number, and social media, others suggested. It was time for her to “face the music.” “COULD SHE BE AT HOME????” someone wrote, posting her address. And then, that same night, after 2 a.m., someone started...
New bill aims to deter threats to election workers with possible prison time for offenders
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Michigan election workers and officials say they’ve endured threats to hang them from a tree, harassing phone calls filled with foul language, and other hostile behavior such as being followed near their homes while doing their jobs.Under legislation introduced in the state House, intimidating, threatening, or harassing an election...
Alabama case shows how ugly redistricting can get
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. A version of this post was originally distributed in Votebeat’s free weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox every Saturday.Redistricting is supposed to be a way to ensure equitable representation. Americans adjust political boundaries at all levels to make sure districts are equal, population growth is accounted for, and everyone’s vote...
What’s at stake in the long-awaited trial over Texas’s sweeping 2021 elections law
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S.Two years after voting rights groups challenged Texas Republicans’ sweeping overhaul of its voting and election laws, the case comes to trial Monday in a federal court in San Antonio. The lengthy roster of plaintiffs will argue certain provisions of the new law made it harder for voters of color to cast ballots, with some alleging the effect was intentional.More than 20 state and national organizations brought a collective five lawsuits against the law, often referred to as Senate Bill 1, that have been consolidated...
Texas trial over sweeping voting law to discuss voter ID and ballot drop box ban
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S.Two years after voting rights groups challenged Texas Republicans’ sweeping overhaul of its voting and election laws, the case comes to trial Monday in a federal court in San Antonio. The lengthy roster of plaintiffs will argue certain provisions of the new law made it harder for voters of color to cast ballots, with some alleging...
Pennsylvania Senate proposes moving 2024 primary to March
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.A bill aiming to move up Pennsylvania’s position in the 2024 presidential primary calendar advanced out of a key committee in the state Senate Wednesday, but officials say changing the date less than eight months before the election would present a host of logistical problems.The Senate State Government Committee...
Texas requires more polling places for countywide voting, even where buildings are scarce
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S.A new Texas law requiring more Election Day polling sites in several counties next year has officials worried they won’t be able to find enough voting locations or workers to staff them.The mandate, which was approved earlier this year by Republican lawmakers, applies only to the roughly 90 counties that use the countywide voting program. Counties...
Judge orders 2 years in prison for threats against Arizona election officials
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Maricopa County Supervisors Chairman Clint Hickman held it together in a federal courtroom in Phoenix on Monday until it was about his family.Hickman told a judge that he remembers the night in 2020 that dozens of protesters — propelled by lies about the fairness of the county’s presidential election...
GOP debate shows politicians still groping for right answer on democracy
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here. A version of this post was originally distributed in Votebeat’s free weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox every Saturday.Hi, y’all, The first Republican primary debate, as expected, was really awkward. Former President Donald Trump was not in the room but also very much in...
Michigan bill would help people released from prison prepare to vote
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.It’s been nearly a decade since Vince King cast his first vote, and that act of filling out a ballot still resonates with him.“Imagine what it’s like for a person who has never done it,” King recalls. “It made me feel free and part of the process.”King hadn’t voted...
Harris County’s top elections official won’t oversee November election
This article was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Harris County’s request to temporarily block a new law that eliminates the county’s elections administrator position.Senate Bill 1750, passed by Republican lawmakers in May, is slated to go into effect Sept. 1, weeks before...
Cochise County votes no on extending controversial ballot paper security pilot
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Cochise County will only be able to work with one company to test security features on ballots in Arizona as part of a state pilot this year — and it’s not the company with political connections that pushed for the work.Cochise County supervisors on Tuesday voted 2-1 against extending...
Fani Willi’s prosecution of Trump could deter future election crimes at local level
A version of this post was originally distributed in Votebeat’s free weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox every Saturday.A lot of ink has been spilled this week pointing out the differences and similarities between the two sets of indictments that former President Donald Trump faces for his efforts to subvert the 2020 election. Special counsel Jack Smith’s federal case is highly narrative. He is creatively interpreting older law...
Voting machine malfunctions in Pennsylvania will be tracked through new state system
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Thanks to a new settlement between Pennsylvania and a coalition of election security groups, the commonwealth’s Department of State will soon require counties to publicly report voting machine malfunctions — a measure that election experts say could be the first of its kind. Counties are still awaiting details on what...
Extended early-voting hours could worsen poll worker shortage in rural Texas
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Elections officials in some of Texas’ small counties, already strapped for resources, could face a shortage of poll workers in 2024 because of strenuous new requirements passed this year by the Legislature that force them to expand their hours and days for early voting.The new law, authored by Rep....
Michigan residents protest clerk Stanley Grot for being charged as a “fake elector”
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Stanley Grot, the clerk of a suburban Detroit township who was among several “false electors” indicted last month for allegedly trying to subvert Michigan’s 2020 presidential vote, faced a harsh public reception Tuesday from several local residents calling for him to resign or face removal from his job, if...
Arizona Elections Procedures Manual draws criticism from Republicans, voting rights groups
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.As Secretary of State Adrian Fontes makes rules for how next year’s elections must be run in Arizona, Republican legislative leaders say he’s overstepping his authority. Voting rights advocates say he isn’t exerting enough authority.The groups publicized their qualms this week with Fontes’ new draft of the state’s Elections...
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