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Tag: Absentee voting

Georgia Omnibus Voter Suppression Law Banning Line Warming, Curtailing Drop Boxes & Restricting Mail-In Voting Goes on Trial

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024
After the Georgia legislature passed its omnibus voter suppression bill SB 202 in 2021, a firestorm of criticism erupted, including the moving of that year’s Major League Baseball All-Star game out of the state.  April 15th, a trial began in federal court to throw out a small part of the law, one of eight active lawsuits. 
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Never Mind . . . After Trump Shake-Up at RNC, “Bank Your Vote” Mail-In Voting Campaign Dropped, “Election Integrity” Unit Created Instead

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024
We reported last month that the Republican National Committee unveiled its 2024 “Bank the Vote” campaign to encourage Republicans to vote early and by mail to mobilize elderly and disabled GOP voters.    Well, never mind.   
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Iowa House Bill Requires Mail Ballots to Be Returned Before Election Day, Bans RCV, and Allows Convicted Felons to Qualify to Run in Federal Elections

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024
The Republican-dominated Iowa House passed regulations March 5th which would require voters to return mail ballots the day BEFORE election day. House File 2610 also stops use of ballot drop boxes, bans ranked choice voting, and allows felons to run for federal office.
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Just in Time for Halloween, Michigan Case Tries to Reanimate the Independent State Legislature Theory and Kill Democracy Reforms

October 26, 2023December 28, 2023
Just in time for Halloween, Michigan GOP legislators are attempting to reanimate the rejected Independent State Legislature theory to invalidate a voting rights citizen ballot initiative passed in 2022. Haven’t we seen this horror movie before?
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Florida Just Purged its List of Absentee Ballot Requestors, Forcing Millions of Voters to Reapply

July 26, 2023December 30, 2023
If you voted in the midterms by absentee ballot in Florida last year, your automatic request, along with millions of others, may no longer be valid for 2024, due to a new law requiring that absentee ballot requests expire in two years, rather than four.
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