Due to the influx of mail-in ballots, we know that getting election results on Election Day is probably unrealistic. But when WILL we know? These 2 charts help make that clear.
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How To Make Absolutely Sure Your Vote Counts This November
More voters will vote with an absentee/mail-in ballot in 2020 than ever before. But the smallest mistake can invalidate your vote. Here’s how to make sure that doesn’t happen to you.
Voting Rights News From Around the Country
Get caught up on some of the big voting rights news stories–both good and bad–from around the country.
50 Days To Go: The Election is Heating Up
With 50 days left until Election Day, two states have already started to do early voting, and many more are about to do the same. It’s time for us all to talk, nonstop, about voting.
Vote By Mail: The Latest News You Can Use
There has been a lot of great information coming out recently about voting by mail, so I wanted to be sure you all had the latest information. Let’s start with the most important items. When does your ballot need to… Read More ›
The Latest in the Battle for the Post Office
The battle for the Post Office is one we must win. For the last month, we’ve been inundated with eyewitness stories and photographs and news about how the Trump administration is messing with the U.S. Postal Service. Back in July,… Read More ›
How To Combat Trump’s Latest Lie About Mail-In Ballots
Do you ever get confronted with a lie about voter fraud, but aren’t exactly sure how to combat the falsehood? Well, here’s the perfect comeback for the next time someone tries to argue the president’s recent prognostication that foreign countries… Read More ›
The GOP’s Problem With Voting By Mail
This is not an article to explain why Donald Trump dislikes voting by mail. It’s an article about how Trump’s constant assailing of voting by mail is causing huge headaches for the Republican party. The Republicans have effectively used voting… Read More ›
Will Trump’s Rhetoric Suppress African-American Voters?
This November, COVID19 will still be with us which is why nearly every state in the nation is expanding the ability of voters to vote with an absentee or mailed ballot. Yet Trump baselessly proclaims that mailed ballots will lead… Read More ›
How to Get Republicans to Embrace Voting By Mail
We all know that voting by mail is the safest way to vote while in the middle of the pandemic, but in the right wing news media we see Republicans and pundits decrying that it is all a big Democratic… Read More ›
The Week’s Best Cartoons 4/11
Editorial cartoonists don’t just capture the news, they express an opinion about what’s happening. These are the cartoons that really stood out to me this week. Let me know which ones grab you the most! Failed Leadership By… Read More ›
How to Vote By Mail in Every Single State
Do you agree that every single voter should be allowed to vote by mail this year? If we’re being truthful, I think every registered voter should automatically have their ballot sent to them at home, but I’m also in one… Read More ›
America Needs to Vote By Mail … Now
There are five states that are guaranteed not to postpone their elections due to the coronavirus. Oregon, Hawaii, Colorado, Utah, and Washington are all-mail ballot states. Social distancing is built right into the system. There are no local polling sites… Read More ›
The Latest in Voting Rights in the States
Always assume that your voting rights are under attack. The best way to counteract it is to pay attention and also be on the offensive. Here’s what’s going on in a handful of states–some of it is good news, and… Read More ›
Voting Rights News Out of Texas
With more and more stories coming out about just how much of a battleground Texas might be in 2020, I got curious about how voting rights are faring in the Lone Star State. ✦ The Texas Civil Rights Project filed… Read More ›