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More Mixed Messages from Trump and the RNC on Mail-In Voting: ‘Swamp the Vote” vs. Swamp the Courts

June 11, 2024June 11, 2024

While new messaging from the Republican National Committee and former President Donald Trump encourages turnout by early, absentee or mail-in voting, GOP lawyers in Nevada, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mississippi, and Oregon are simultaneously challenging the rules and legitimacy of mail-in voting.

U.S. Supreme Court Passes on Texas Access to Mail-In Voting Case

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024

April 22nd, the U.S. Supreme Court declined a 2020 Texas case testing whether the state’s no-excuse mail-in voting law for seniors discriminated against younger voters.

Pro-Voter Pushback in Wisconsin on Drop Boxes and Electronic Voting for Disabled Citizens

April 22, 2024April 22, 2024

We’re in Wisconsin today, where Governor Tony Evers signed on to a state supreme case to restore drop boxes, and disability and democracy groups are pushing to allow electronic ballots for disabled citizens.

NH ‘Election Information Portal’ Funding Passes State Senate. Will the Granite State Finally Enter the 21st Century?

March 18, 2024March 19, 2024

Former New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner famously quipped, “You can’t hack a pencil.” Perhaps, but that mindset has set the Granite State decades behind in its election technology. Now, there’s another proposal for a state “election information portal,” to finally offer online voter registration.

Alabama Legislature Poised to Add More Barriers to Absentee Voting, Claiming ‘Ballot Harvesting’, Despite No Evidence

March 11, 2024March 11, 2024

The Alabama legislature is poised to further restrict absentee voting, claiming it is protecting elections from “ballot harvesting.” Democracy advocates point to little evidence of abuse, and claim it’s another round of voter suppression of vulnerable citizens.