Last year has seen a sharp uptick in stories about how issues with the U.S. Postal Service have begun to affect states’ and localities’ management of vote by mail ballots. Many o… Read More
Two Democratic Senators say Nine States are violating Federal law with their Mail-In Voter Registration deadlines for the November election, potentially disenfranchising thousands of people… Read More
Nevada Democrats have notified the Nevada Secretary of State (SOS) that Saturday’s Voter Registration deadline violates Federal Law because it falls outside of a mandated 30-day window… Read More
Officials at the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) said Friday that the Agency Failed to send Information for 329 New Voters to State Elections Officers in time for the November… Read More
The following States made changes to their Voting System in March 2020:
Alaska Democrats - Alaska Democrats extend Mail-In Voting Window and Cancels In-Person Voting and Extended the Postma… Read More
A Week after it had Eliminated In-Person Voting at its Party-Run Primary, the Hawaii Democratic Party announced Changes to its Delegate Selection Process in the face of the Coronavirus Pande… Read More
Three tubs of Absentee Ballots that never reached Voters were discovered in a Postal Center outside Milwaukee. At least 9,000 Absentee Ballots requested by Voters were Never Sent, and others… Read More
Disability and Seniors' Rights Groups are Suing Pennsylvania to Count Absentee Ballots that are Postmarked on time but get Delayed in the Mail for as long as a Week. The Lawsuit asks the Sta… Read More
Early last month, Voters in Wisconsin navigated a dizzying number of Rule Changes Governing the State’s Elections as Officials tussled over the Risks of the Covid-19, prompting a Backl… Read More
Legislative Updates
Federal Legislation: House Democrats have included $3.6 billion in Election Funding as part of the $3 trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Bill they rolled out on Tuesday. The… Read More
Legislative Updates
California: The San Diego City Council’s Rules Committee Voted 3-2 last to week to allow further Evaluation of a Measure that would Shift City Elections to a Ranke… Read More
This Chart as of July 2nd, 2020.
Alabama - Judge Abdul Kallon, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, issued a Preliminary Injunction barring Election Officials fr… Read More
As New York City Absentee Ballots are being Counted, many Voters have raised Concerns about the Number that are being Rejected. Over 20% of Absentee Ballots Are Being Invalidated in some par… Read More
New York City's 2020 Mailed-Ballots Rejection Rate, averaged around 25%, is by far the Highest Rate in the Country.
New Reformers, a Queens-based Progressive Group, released Numbers showing… Read More
The New York State Legislature had the chance in May to ensure Safe and Fair Elections, but chose Not to, and now Tens of Thousands of Votes are being Thrown Out, Disproportionately from Bla… Read More
The New York State Legislature had the chance in May to ensure Safe and Fair Elections, but chose Not to, and now Tens of Thousands of Votes are being Thrown Out, Disproportionately from Bla… Read More
At a rare Summer Session this week, New York State Lawmakers, in both the State Senate and State Assembly, have reached a deal on an Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) Bill.
The Deal could… Read More
A Law Passed by the New York City Council in 2016 could have helped Prevent some of the many Problems plaguing the Absentee Ballot Process from the June 23rd 2020 Primary Elections. But that… Read More
Voter-Rights Advocates hope Legislation that New York State Lawmakers Approved in their Summer Session will Prevent Widespread Invalidation of Absentee Ballots in the Presidential Election i… Read More
A Civil Liberties Groups are asking a State Court to Block New York Election Officials from Enforcing a Requirement that Voters Register 25 days before an Election.
Representatives of the N… Read More
On July 28th, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY, 12th District), my Representative, Declared Victory in a Tight Primary Race.
Maloney, who was first elected to Congress in 1992, issued a… Read More
Top Officials at the New York State Board of Elections, on Tuesday August 4th, announced they would Appeal a Federal Judge's Order to Count Absentee Ballots in New York City that had been In… Read More
The New York Board of Elections (BoE) has Dropped its Appeal against a Ruling that Reinstated Thousands of Invalidated Ballots from the State’s Problem-Plagued June 23rd Primary.
On F… Read More
After the June 23rd Primary, saw drastic Shifts in how Voting in New York is Conducted, Elections Administrators, State Legislators, and Watchdogs have a Long List of Changes they want to se… Read More
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 about whether the Agency… Read More
U.S. State's Election Result Canvassing, is also known as the Certification of Voting Results. This List shows the State's Time Frames Requirements. These Dates could be Changed do to the Co… Read More
Legislative Updates
Pennsylvania: The Senate State Government Committee Voted 7-4 at the end of the brief meeting September 3rd to Approve the only piece of Legislation on its Agenda: a Bil… Read More
President Trump's Re-Election Campaign asked a Federal Judge, Wednesday Sept. 16th, to Prevent New Jersey Election Officials from Counting Mail-in-Ballots beginning 10 days ahead of Election… Read More
It's best to Double-Check with your State for any Recent Changes to Election Rules.
Alabama - Postmarked 1 day before Election Day, Received by Noon on Election Day.
Alaska - Postmarked b… Read More
Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.
On September 28th, Pennsylvania Republican Leaders asked the U.S. Supreme Court to Countermand an Order of the Pennsylvania Su… Read More
Mail-in-Voting has gotten off to a rocky start in New York City, where Election Officials sent out a Large Number of Absentee Ballots with the Wrong Names and Addresses on the Return Envelop… Read More
Legislative Updates
Connecticut: The Legislature is considering a bill that would allow municipal clerks — the officials responsible for handling absentee ballots — to open the… Read More
Trump’s Campaign Can’t Block New Jersey’s Plan to accept Mail-in-Ballots Lacking a Postmark for as many as Two Days after Election Day, a Federal Judge Ruled.
U.S. Distri… Read More
Legislative Updates
Connecticut: The Legislature has approved and the governor has signed a bill that will give registrars the option to open the outer envelopes of absentee ballots as soon… Read More
A Federal Judge in Pennsylvania has Denied the Trump Campaign and Republican Party's Bid to make Ballot Drop Boxes in Pennsylvania Unconstitutional, in a Resounding Defeat for the Campaign's… Read More
With the Clock ticking down to Election Day, Officials are cautiously Optimistic New York has Fixed Problems with Mail-in-Voting that led to Delays and Disenfranchisement in a rocky June Pri… Read More
Legislative Updates
Federal Legislation: This week the president signed legislation making it a federal crime to attempt to hack federal voting systems. The Defending the Integrity of Votin… Read More
A Federal Appeals Court Panel ruled, Thursday Oct. 29th evening, that Minnesota must Reject Ballots received after Polls Close on Election Day, upending the State’s Plan to Count Absen… Read More
USPS Delivers 40,000 More Ballots after Court-Ordered Sweep.
USPS reported early Friday Nov. 6th, that it found 1,076 Ballots at its Philadelphia Processing and Distribution Center, about… Read More
Thousands of Ballots continued to Stream into USPS Facilities, Monday Nov. 9th, according to Newly Filed Court Documents, too Late in Many States to be Counted, even if Postmarked by Electio… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alabama: House Bill 397, introduced by state Rep. Jeremy Gray (D-Opelika), and co-sponsored by 21 House Democrats, was first read on Feb. 10 and would eliminate straight… Read More
Legislative Updates
Federal Legislation: Reps Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Donald Norcross (D-NJ) introduced the Alice Paul Voter Protection Act, which will protect a citizen’s access to vote… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alabama: The Constitution, Campaigns and Elections committee approved legislation from Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville), that would allow county absentee election manag… Read More
Legislative Updates
Federal Legislation: House Democrats have introduced legislation that would allow residents of federally subsidized housing to register to vote when they fill out their… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alabama: The Alabama Senate passed a number of election-related bills that, among other items, narrow the timeframe for absentee ballot applications and ban voting out o… Read More
New York is making it easier for Voters to Request Absentee Ballots and Allowing Mail-in Ballots, Postmarked by Election Day, to be considered Timely.
Gov. Cuomo (D) signed a host of Votin… Read More
Fairfax County, Virginia, Officials are Violating Election Law, Two Weeks before the Off-year Gubernatorial Election, according to a Lawsuit filed Tuesday.
"We write election rules in adva… Read More
This secret message from Santa printable is an adorably fun free printable that you can have your Elf on the Shelf bring to your kids or have Santa mail it to your family. Your kids will del… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alabama: The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make it a crime for state and county election officials to accept money or services from private group… Read More