Category: mail-in voting

Arizona Republicans File Lawsuit Over Mail-In Voting

The Arizona Republican Party has filed a lawsuit seeking to remove absentee voting and no-excuse mail-in voting in the state. In the suit filed on Friday, the political party argued that “in-person voting at the polls on a fixed date (election day) is the only constitutional manner of voting in Arizona.” In the petition to…


Arizona Republicans File Lawsuit to Remove Mail-In Voting

The Arizona Republican Party has filed a lawsuit seeking to remove absentee voting and no-excuse mail-in voting in the state. In the suit filed on Friday, the political party argued that “in-person voting at the polls on a fixed date (election day) is the only constitutional manner of voting in Arizona.” In the petition to…


Facts Matter (Feb. 4): Court Strikes Down ‘No-Excuse’ Mail-In Voting Law, Rules it Unconstitutional in Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania, a state judge officially struck down its 2019 mail-in voting law, saying that the Pennsylvania Constitution requires voters to cast their ballots in person unless they meet specific requirements—meaning that the law was unconstitutional. Meanwhile, in Boston, a young man is being denied a heart transplant because he is unvaccinated. The doctors are saying…


Post 2020 Election Sees Barrage of Election Bills Limiting or Expanding Mail-in Voting

After the unprecedented expansion of mail-in voting in the 2020 election, dozens of states changed their mail-in voting rules. Republican-leaning states tended to introduce measures to make voting more secure, but less convenient. Democrat-leaning states were more likely on the opposite track. At least 36 states passed bills pertaining in some way to mail-in voting,…


Pennsylvania Lawmakers File Legal Challenge to Mail-In Voting Law

A group of Pennsylvania lawmakers late Wednesday lodged a legal challenge to a voting law that some of them helped pass in 2019, arguing it has been applied in a way that violates the Commonwealth’s Constitution. Fourteen Pennsylvania GOP representatives are asking the Commonwealth Court to declare provisions that enable voting by mail without excuse…


Mail-In Voting: Canada’s System Different Than In US, Elections Canada Spokesperson Says

A record number of mail-in ballots are expected in this federal election, but the process will be much different than the one used in the last U.S. election, says an Elections Canada spokesperson. In the 2019 federal election, 50,000 Canadians cast their ballot by mail, a number that could swell to 2-3 million this time…


Mail-In Voting: Canada’s System Different Than In US, Elections Canada Says

A record number of mail-in ballots are expected in this federal election, but the process will be much different than the one used in the last U.S. election, says an Elections Canada spokesperson. In the 2019 federal election, 50,000 Canadians cast their ballot by mail, a number that could swell to 2-3 million this time…


Ottawa Recommends ‘Voting by Phone’ Option for Elections Held During Pandemic

A House of Commons committee has recommended that Elections Canada consider allowing Canadians to vote by phone should a federal election be held during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a majority report (pdf) submitted by the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs to the Parliament on Feb. 26, Liberal MPs suggested to include a “voting by…