Voting - Page 68

May 12, 2023

Maine's top elections official issues cease-and-desist to No Labels party

Democratic Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has issues a cease-and-desist warning to No Labels over its questionable petitioning tactics.

May 10, 2023

Constitutional amendment vote threshold question slated to appear on Ohio's August ballot

A proposal to raise the vote threshold for future amendments to the Ohio Constitution will appear on the Buckeye State's August ballot.

May 10, 2023

Feds settle with New Jersey county over ballot language barrier

The Justice Department has reached a settlement with Union County, New Jersey, in a case claiming the county broke federal law by failing to provide Spanish-language voting materials.

May 5, 2023

Kansas loses suit over 2020 advance ballot application law

U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil ruled Thursday that a Kansas law banning the prefilling of advance mail ballot applications is unconstitutional.

May 5, 2023

Connecticut House approves early in-person voting bill

The House of Representatives in Connecticut, one of four states that have some of the strictest voting rules in the country, has approved a bill that allows early in-person voting.

May 4, 2023

Helping fill out absentee ballots a felony under Alabama proposal

A bill that would make submitting an absentee ballot on someone else's behalf a Class D felony has passed the Alabama House of Representatives.

May 3, 2023

Texas bill would let state secretary redo county election during ballot shortage

The Texas state senate has passed a bill that would grant the state secretary authority to order elections be redone if ballot shortages compromise voting.

May 3, 2023

Nearly half of all 2022 midterm voters cast ballots early or by mail

According to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, casting ballots early or by mail were popular voting methods during the 2022 midterm elections.

May 2, 2023

Louisiana lawsuit alleges paperwork voting hurdle for some former inmates

Louisiana requires paperwork for former inmates who seek to regain voting rights, but lawsuit claims discriminatory treatment.

May 1, 2023

Michigan Gov. Whitmer loosens deadlines for military, overseas voters

Michigan law will now allow overseas and military ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted if received up to six days afterward.