Mail-In Voting News
Reports on mail-in voting, ballot security, and election reforms. Conservative commentary and analysis included from The Daily Signal.
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Republican House Should Fatten Senate GOP’s Boney Reconciliation Bill
Picture a packed airport gate. Passengers languish as a delayed flight goes nowhere. The typically cheerful airline personnel are as bored and dejected as the travelers. Suddenly, the pilot announces departure in five minutes. The huddled masses jump for joy. After the flight crew boards, the gate agents direct two passengers onto the plane and then shut the…Deroy Murdock -
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Conservatives Split on Future of Mail-In Voting, Ballot Harvesting
In light of recent election results, Republicans and conservatives are debating whether to beat or join the mail-in ballot rush that Democrats have excelled at in most states. Notably, after prolonged counting of mail-in ballots, Nevada put Democrats over the top to maintain control of the Senate as late results rolled in Saturday. They’re still…Fred Lucas -
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Pennsylvania’s Drawn-Out Senate Primary Underlines Need to Reform Mail-In Voting, House Republican Says
Pennsylvania’s second prolonged election in two years demonstrates a need to reform both the mail-in voting process and ballot counting, the co-chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Election Integrity Caucus says. “This mail-in-ballot voting is really an issue,” Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., told The Daily Signal in a phone interview Tuesday. “And it’s an…Fred Lucas -
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Mail-In Voting Audit of Montana’s 2020 Elections Finds Significant Number of Irregularities
MISSOULA COUNTY, Mont.—A mountainous, 2,600-square-mile region with a population of approximately 119,600 does not seem like your prototypical setting for machine politics. Yet a recent audit of mail-in ballots cast there found irregularities characteristic of larger urban centers—on a level that could have easily swung local elections in 2020 and statewide elections in cycles past….John R Lott Jr. -
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Appeals Court Rules North Carolina Absentee Ballots Postmarked by Nov. 3 Are Valid If They Arrive Before Nov. 12
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the North Carolina State Board of Elections on Tuesday, allowing it to count absentee ballots that arrive before Nov. 12 as long as they were postmarked by Nov. 3. “All ballots must still be mailed on or before Election Day,” said Circuit Judge James…Andrew Trunsky -
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NY Primary ‘Mess’ Seen as Omen for Big Problems With Mail-In Voting in November
The more than 84,000 mail-in ballots that were disqualified in the June 23 primary in New York—where two congressional nominations were just decided this week—underscore prospective problems posed by the universal mail-in voting being called for by liberal politicians for the November elections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The massive problems with the primary…Fred Lucas -
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The Risks of Mail-In Voting
Many people misinterpreted President Donald Trump’s tweet Thursday morning about a possible delay in the Nov. 3 election as a threat by him to postpone the election. But that’s not what his tweet said—and in any event, no president has the power to delay Election Day. “The president is simply raising a question, whereas Democrats are proposing an entirely…Hans von Spakovsky -
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These 3 Groups Organized to Support Mail-In Voting
Political progressives who favor the expanded use of mail-in balloting have been telling the American people not to pay attention to that man on Twitter who sees a potential connection between their proposals and massive voter fraud. The Brennan Center for Justice, Priorities USA, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law are three of…Kevin Mooney -
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Appeals Court Rebukes Imperious Judge Over Absurd Absentee Ballot Ruling
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has taken federal District Judge Fred Biery to the proverbial woodshed over an outlandish order he issued in late May. In that order, Biery required Texas to allow all voters to vote by mail even if they didn’t otherwise meet the state’s eligibility requirement for an…Zack Smith -
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The Left Is Calling for Mail-In Voting. Here’s Why It’s a Bad Idea.
Political figures on the left, ranging from former first lady Michelle Obama to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, are calling for the presidential election on Nov. 3 to take place through mail-in voting due to the coronavirus pandemic. Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and…Virginia Allen -
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Absentee Ballot Fraud Plagues State: ‘That Is How Elections Are Stolen’
MIAMI—As Election Day nears, absentee ballot fraud will likely be in Florida’s news headlines once again. Carolina Lopez, spokeswoman for the Miami-Dade Department of Elections, said staff there can determine if the person requesting a ballot is the one who actually receives it but can’t control what happens to the ballot after that. “It is…Marianela Toledo