Jul 21 Watch 5:19 A look ahead at election laws as the Democratic Party picks a new nominee By John Yang Democratic Party officials will now have to negotiate state election laws, just six weeks from when the first mail-in ballots go out to voters in North Carolina. For more, John Yang speaks with Rick Hasen, a professor at UCLA Law… Continue watching
Oct 27 It's normal not to know the official results on election night. Here's why By Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press In 2020, Trump proclaimed that the lack of final results on election night was an indicator of something nefarious. He used it to assert without evidence that the election was stolen. In reality, results released on election night are unofficial… Continue reading
Aug 02 Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholds state's 2019 mail-in voting expansion By Mark Scolforo, Marc Levy, Associated Press A wide expansion of mail-in voting in Pennsylvania has survived a legal challenge brought by some of the same Republican state representatives who voted for the legislation nearly three years ago. Continue reading
May 17 Printing error affects mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania county By Geoff Mulvihill, Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press Officials in Lancaster County say a commercial printer sent ballots to voters containing a code that makes them unreadable by scanning machines. Continue reading
Mar 17 WATCH: House holds hearing on ensuring free and fair access to voting in Texas By Associated Press Texas threw out mail votes at an abnormally high rate during the nation's first primary of 2022, rejecting nearly 23,000 ballots outright under tougher voting rules that are part of a broad campaign by Republicans to reshape American elections. Continue reading
Mar 16 Texas mail-in ballot rejections soar under new restrictions By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press, Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America Final figures from Texas' primary election earlier this month show nearly 23,000 mail ballots in all were discarded and not counted. Continue reading
Nov 09 3 voter trends that helped Biden By Laura Santhanam As this cycle ends and the post-mortem analysis flies, political strategists on both sides will be absorbing who voted and why, whose support they won or lost -- crucial lessons for the next election. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch 4:20 Record absentee ballot and in-person voting in Ohio By PBS NewsHour In addition to the presidential race, Ohio will also be voting for 16 congressional seats on Election Day. The last two elections haven’t seen a competitive race, partly because of how the district maps are drawn. Karen Kasler, Ohio Statehouse… Continue watching
Oct 07 Texas high court blocks Houston plan to offer mail ballots By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press The Texas Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that 2 million Houston voters cannot receive unsolicited mail ballot applications from local elections officials who are dramatically expanding ways to vote in November in the nation's third-largest county, a key battleground in Texas. Continue reading
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