Sep 21 Judge extends Wisconsin absentee cutoff to 6 days after election By Scott Bauer, Todd Richmond, Associated Press Unless it's overturned, Monday's ruling means that the outcome of the presidential race in Wisconsin might not be known for days after polls close. Continue reading
Sep 14 Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Green Party bid for ballot access By Scott Bauer, Associated Press The ruling Monday clears the way for local clerks to resume mailing absentee ballots to more than 1 million voters who have requested one. Continue reading
Sep 10 States take lessons from chaotic primary season to prepare for an unprecedented election By Candice Norwood As voting rights organizations push for changes, filing dozens of lawsuits since March aimed at removing restrictions on who is eligible to vote by mail, election officials are making changes to avoid a repeat of the primary season. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch 5:49 Chaos in Georgia primary yields ‘moment of reckoning’ for election officials New voting machines, trouble with absentee ballots and a pandemic combined to create chaos in Georgia’s Tuesday primary. After some voters waited in line more than five hours to cast their ballots, Georgia’s secretary of state called the problems “unacceptable”… Continue watching
Feb 21 North Carolina orders new election for undecided U.S. House race By Associated Press The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted 5-0 on Thursday to hold a new election in the 9th Congressional District… Continue reading
Nov 02 Hospitals help patients get out the vote while stuck in bed By Kristen de Groot, Associated Press For those in the hospital unexpectedly, that process isn't exactly simple. Continue reading
Nov 06 In the hospital on Election Day? You can still vote. Here’s how By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu, STAT Illness, disability and hospital stays are major contributing factors to a person's ability to vote. Continue reading
Oct 07 Forget Election Day — voting is already happening By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford Today in the Morning Line: 43 states have some form of early voting What mail ballots could say about the N.C. Senate race About one-in-five expected to vote early More fundraising for President Obama Early voting underway: With less than… Continue reading
Nov 05 The Overseas Contingent By Jeremy Blackman An absentee ballot completed and ready to send home to the U.S. Photo courtesy of the Overseas Vote Foundation. Their numbers rival the populations in some swing states, and they could -- in theory -- play as critical a role… Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch Candidates Push Early Voting on Campaign Trail Though Election Day is nearly six weeks away, some voters have already cast their ballots. Thirty-five states have early voting or no-excuse absentee voting. Gwen Ifill talks to George Mason University's Michael McDonald for more on the process of early… Continue watching