Iowa Supreme Court sides with GOP over absentee ballot request forms
The Trump campaign and Republican Party filed lawsuits to invalidate absentee ballot request forms pre-filled with voters' personal information.
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The Trump campaign and Republican Party filed lawsuits to invalidate absentee ballot request forms pre-filled with voters' personal information.
Voters across several states are showing up in record numbers to cast their ballots early for the presidential election.
"It's now up to us to do everything in our power to get our friends and family ready to vote early and safely together," Obama said. "We can't leave anyone behind."
A severed fiber optic cable was blamed for the website outage on the last scheduled day of registration, but officials are working to "make up for the time lost."
The move comes as early voting has been underway in multiple states across the country.
"In other words, America, I voted for the first time, and it feels good," he said.
A federal judge extended the deadline to register to vote in the state from October 5 to October 23.
According to early returns, nearly 4 million votes have already been cast.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said local elections offices may have more than one drop box — but only at the county boards of elections offices.
Beatrice Lumpkin, who first voted 80 years ago, said this was the most important election of her lifetime, and she wanted to cast her ballot to honor women's rights.
The campaign is looking toward the next phase of the poll worker recruitment: a focus on cities where shortages remain.
"If we can do it from space, then I believe folks can do it from the ground, too," Kate Rubins said.
A court decision could lead to over 100,000 ballots being rejected in Pennsylvania, according to administrator.
The state's highest court also ruled that voters can return mail ballots at drop boxes.
Tens of thousands of votes have already been cast in the 2020 general election, even though we're still a month and a half before Election Day. Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey spoke to "Red and Blue" host Elaine Quijano about how to make sure your ballot is counted.
The U.S. Postal Service says it is ready to handle the surge in mail-in ballots, but there are other options.
This year, Bucks County in Pennsylvania is expecting at least 200,000, possibly 250,000, absentee ballots.
At least 245 coronavirus election cases have been filed in 45 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico as of August 31, according to a tally by Justin Levitt, a Loyola Law School professor.
This group of young voters, people of color, and unmarried women account for 53% of Americans who voted in 2016.
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein said, "do NOT do what the President directs," after Trump told voters to go to polling places as well as send in absentee ballots.
What is the difference between voting absentee and by mail? What does it mean if my ballot is rejected? Here are your answers.
Voting season is now underway after North Carolina began sending the first mail-in ballots on Friday.
Mail-in voting kicked off in the key swing state of North Carolina on Friday, with a record 600,000 ballots sent out. Ed O'Keefe has more.
Some 80 million people are expected to vote by mail during the November election, testing elections officials and voters' patience as never before. Major Garrett reports.
The bulletin says Russia is seeking to "undermine public trust in the electoral process."