Wis. Republicans pass legislation to add requirements for absentee voting, limit drop boxes

Both the Assembly and Senate also passed legislation to end the extra $300 per week in federal unemployment benefits.

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Gov. Tom Wolf vows to protect Pennsylvanians' voting rights, says he will veto rollbacks to mail-in and ID rules

With voting rights legislation taking center stage at the federal and state levels, Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday addressed possible changes to Pennsylvania's laws and vowed to veto any bill that limited voting access.

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OK elections chief says Senate voting rights bill "guarantees chaos in our elections"

The head of the Oklahoma State Election Board is urging U. S. Senators to vote against a sweeping federal voting rights package. In a letter sent June 2, Secretary Paul Ziriax calls S. 1, better known as the For the People Act of 2021, "an unnecessary (and constitutionally dubious) federalization of election administration policy.

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Waiting for election results ‘breeds suspicious theories,’ NC lawmaker says

“Every day that passes after the election with uncertainty just causes distrust in the process," said the Republican sponsor of a bill to change North Carolina's mail-in voting laws.

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Early counting for absentee ballots in New York, expansion of voting sites

“We will dramatically increase the number of early voting sites and require them to count absentees up front so that we can actually know election results in almost all cases on Election Night,” N.Y. Sen. Gianaris told the Daily News.

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Dover NJ Democratic Committee reports voting machine issues

The group reported issues with two voting machines located at the Sacred Heart Parish Center during primary elections.

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Miss. officials investigating Tupelo councilwoman over election raffle

A Facebook video shows Tupelo Councilwoman Nettie Davis describing a raffle where people with 'I voted' stickers would be entered for cash prizes.

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Some election irregularities reported to Miss. secretary of state

The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office said it fielded about 430 calls to its Elections Hotline during Tuesday’s municipal elections.

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Mass. House may add permanent mail-in voting rider to budget bill

House Speaker Ron Mariano and House Democrats are moving towards a permanent expansion of voting options to include mail-in voting and early voting before the biennial state primaries and general elections.

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Georgia state senators tour “sham” Arizona ballot review

Time and again, a faction of leading Georgia Republicans have shown they're more focused on re-litigating the 2020 results than the tough campaigns waiting for them in 2022.

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Watertown, Conn. registrars quit, citing frustration with poll workers’ pay

WATERTOWN – Both the Democratic and Republican registrars of voters have issued letters of resignation just days apart and not halfway through their most current terms to which they were elected.

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Republicans Flock To Maricopa County Election Review

Republicans from a growing number of states are traveling to Maricopa County to witness the review, a sign that similar probes may be sought elsewhere across the country.

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Election experts offer challenge to Cyber Ninjas: We can count ballots without opening boxes

It would take about 5 minutes to produce a report detailing the vote tallies for the 800 to 1,000 ballots inside any unopened box, the experts said.

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Wis. Prosecutor finds no intent to violate the law and declines to charge 16 residents who registered to vote at wrong address

The La Crosse County district attorney determined the people were legitimate Wisconsin voters who did not intend to break the law when they used the UPS Store as their voting address.

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Warner says office is fighting misinformation on For the People Act

The West Virginia Secretary of State's Office said Tuesday that several groups advocating for a federal election reform package are spreading misinformation about what is and isn't in the current form of the bill.

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Even as COVID restrictions are lifted, Virginians continue to vote absentee at record high rates

2020 was a record year in Virginia for absentee voting, due to a combination of safety precautions during the pandemic and a new law in Virginia that eliminated the need for an excuse to vote absentee.

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‘Die fighting on my feet.’ How Democrats executed a mass walkout that killed the Texas elections bill

Led by Black and Latino lawmakers, Democrats triggered the nuclear option to take down a divisive bill. What will they do when it's revived in a special session?

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Mail-in voting law spurring new tensions over elections in Pa.

County officials reprised their call Tuesday for fixes to Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law to help them run a smoother election in November, as a fight brewed over whether counties must throw out mailed-in ballots without the voter’s handwritten date on the envelope.