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A day after a Georgia judge threw out its challenge to Gwinnett County’s expanded mail ballot return policy, Republicans are pressing ahead with their effort to block the pro-voting policy just five days before early voting begins.
Wisconsinites who vote by mail will effectively be disenfranchised if the U.S. Postal Service doesn’t deliver their ballot by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
The county, home to Louisville, touted it as an accessibility win for voters who have disabilities, in particular.
The state’s appeal will likely create additional confusion for student voters in the Granite State, who already face a variety of obstacles to casting their ballots.
Midterm voting in Montana is here. Early in-person polls opened Monday and mail ballots will start flowing to voters Friday, Oct. 9. The state is a battleground, both for the U.S. Senate and in courtroom fights over voter access.
The Trump administration was hit with a second lawsuit over its use of taxpayer money to air campaign-style television ads promoting President Donald Trump just weeks before the midterm elections.
Voting rights groups are citing recent ICE activity near voting sites and new evidence of intimidation as they expand a lawsuit seeking to keep armed federal agents away from polling places during the midterm elections.
A Georgia judge dismissed a Republican lawsuit seeking to restrict where Gwinnett County voters can return mail ballots, ruling that state law allows the county to accept ballots at designated early voting sites even when those locations don’t have drop boxes.
One ICE official said there’s no requirement that the individual even has “knowledge that he or she has illegally voted, and no conviction is required.”
Democrats sued the Trump administration for using taxpayer money on campaign-style television ads promoting President Donald Trump.