By contrast, the five states that clung to the requirement that voters provide a non-pandemic-related excuse in order to vote by mail (Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas) saw some of the smallest increases. For example, Texas’s rate of mail voting in 2020 was only 11 pe...
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According to many observers, one of the key factors contributing to the record turnout in 2020 was a dramatic increase in the availability of absentee voting in many states. Liberalized absentee voting rules made it possible for mill...
The governor's limiting order was quickly challenged by multiple voting right groups, and three Democratic chairs of high-profile congressional committees called the move an apparent "last-ditch effort to suppress Texans’ ability to vote." The Texas Tribune is a n...
However, in other battleground states where voting by mail has been more common in recent years, both parties tend to take advantage of early voting. In Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and Texas, the vast majority of ballots for both candidates were cast ahead of Election Day in 2020 — ab...
Trump's position on early voting in recent months has been unclear. At a rally in Michigan three months ago, he told supporters that early voting was "totally corrupt" and "a hoax." {{#rendered}}{{/rendered}} And at an April rally in Pennsylvania, the former president compare...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire state law is being updated to better account for absentee voting by inmates who are awaiting trial or serving time for misdemeanors.
As many states prepare for increased mail voting due to the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump has repeatedly
And I just want to talk to you for a few minutes about a critical primary election taking place in your state on Tuesday, June 7, that's coming up right around the corner. And absentee voting is already underway. I'm not a big fan of absentee voting, as you know, because we've ...
Jesse Helms (R), in office, or send him packing. In Massachusetts, a slight increase in turnout could give that state its first Republican governor since the 1970s.In Texas and California, small increases in black and Hispanic voting could unexpectedly tip the gubernatorial races toward the ...