Headline Roundup • July 26th, 2020
Concerns About Mail-In Voting Rise as Elections Draw Near
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Many news media, political activists and social media giants have gotten on the bandwagon that voter fraud is fiction. It is not.
A review of court cases and recent indictments – including one this week in Philadelphia against a former congressman – finds there have been at least four dozen cases in criminal and civil court since the last presidential election in 2016 in which voter fraud has led to charges, convictions, lawsuits or plea deals.
The schemes have ranged from old fashion ballot box stuffing to absentee and mail-in...
As millions of Americans prepare to vote in November — and in many cases, primaries and state and local elections through the summer as well — lots of people are talking about voting by mail. It is a way to protect the integrity of the country's voting system and to limit potential exposure to the coronavirus, which continues to spread widely in the U.S.
I am a political scientist and part of a National Academy of Public Administration working group offering recommendations to ensure voter participation as well as public...
At least 41 states, plus Washington, D.C., will allow people to vote by mail this year. But the nine other states require people to provide an excuse to vote absentee in the fall.
The figures come from The Washington Post and were cited in an analysis by FiveThirtyEight. The Post said those nine states are Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, New York and Connecticut.
FiveThirtyEight noted some of those states may change their laws before Election Day.
And a new poll by the Pew Research Center...
