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Lawsuit filed attempting to allow Wisconsin voters to spoil ballots, revote

(The Center Square) – A group of Wisconsin voters have filed a lawsuit hoping to force the Wisconsin Elections Commission to reverse its guidance and allow early absentee voters th...

Judge rejects Democrats’ request to allow primary re-votes

A Dane County judge on Wednesday rejected a request from Democratic voters to allow people to “spoil” and re-cast their absentee ballots for any reason.  Under state law, voters ca...

Wisconsin Elections Commission clarifies rules ahead of election

(The Center Square) – Voters in Wisconsin are not going to get a chance to cast another ballot ahead of next month’s election. The state’s Elections Commission rece...

Wisconsin Democrats want absentee voters to be able to recast primary votes

(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Democratic Party is asking the Wisconsin Election Commission to retract its guidance against spoiling absentee ballots and allowing voters to re...

Forget to seal your mail-in ballot? New state elections rule adds extra step for voters

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A simple mistake when sending a mail-in ballot could have bigger consequences after the North Carolina State Board of Elections approved new absentee voting...

Wisconsin Democrats push elections commission to rescind guidance on absentee ballot revotes

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin has requested that the Wisconsin Elections Commission retract guidance that bars voters from changing their vote prior to the Aug. 11 primary if t...

More absentee ballots in NC in danger of being tossed under new directives

A new directive to North Carolina county boards of election puts more ballots in jeopardy of being discarded, though voters will have the chance to fill out another. Absentee ballo...

A Postal Service That Bites

How are you voting for the midterms? I'll have my ballot dropped off. They'll cheat to 'win' by any means necessary. Let's come out in massive numbers against this regime. Open th...

Editorial: USPS sure to bungle mailed ballots

"Voters shouldn’t wait until they don’t get their mail-in ballots to cry foul."

North Texans confused by mail-in ballot applications arriving with mistake on form

There’s confusion over some mail-in ballot applications arriving across North Texas. To vote by mail in Texas, you must meet certain criteria and you must request a mail-in bal...

Wisconsin Elections Commission again says do-over votes not allowed

(The Center Square) – The head of the Wisconsin Elections Commission is doubling down on his stance that state law does not allow voters to cast a do-over ballot. B...

Can Wisconsin voters void a returned absentee ballot? New lawsuit sends issue back to court

NC elections board moves to make it easier to toss voters’ ballots

The state Board of Elections on Thursday voted along party lines to endorse a rule that will make it easier for voters’ ballots to be thrown out if they don’t show a photo ID. As i...

NC candidate who wanted to use ‘Mortellus’ on the ballot says the state’s response is incomplete

North Carolina ballots must have candidates’ legal names or nicknames, and must include last names unless legally, the candidates have just one name, the state Board of Elections d...

Court case puts spotlight on Japan’s unconventional system of self-written ballots

The Tokyo High Court said ballots with the words "manjū shop" and "Mr. Dango" could not be clearly understood to refer to a mayor whose family runs a confectionery business.

NC elections board vote makes it easier to throw out mail-in ballots

Republicans say the change would enhance election security. Democratic critics say it would disenfranchise legitimate voters, and could be applied arbitrarily with political motive...

Lawsuit challenges Wisconsin absentee ballot guidance

Three Wisconsin voters sued the Elections Commission over guidance barring returned absentee ballots from being replaced before Election Day. The post Lawsuit challenges Wisconsin...

Does the new voting system work if thousands of people’s ballots didn’t count?

Thousands crossed their ballots in the wrong way.

Bye bye ballot

This week’s editorial cartoon is inspired by the following story:  NC elections board vote makes it easier to throw out mail-in ballots

Tens of thousands could be turned away from voting – but no one is counting them

Opposition says people who think they’re not enrolled should lodge special votes rather than being turned away from voting entirely

Yabloko Candidates Disqualified in St. Petersburg Elections Over Missing Paperwork

Members of Yabloko told local media that 11 of their 25 nominees received formal notices claiming their submissions were incomplete.

Postal Service plans may keep voters from getting ballots, whistleblower says

An anonymous federal official warns that a rushed USPS portal tied to Trump’s mail-voting order could reject large batches of ballots before the midterms.

USPS whistleblower predicts ‘catastrophic’ effect on elections under Trump vote-by-mail order

Entire batches of ballots could be thrown out by this system

California’s Election Nightmare: Voters Furious Over 150,000 Rejected Ballots