Every state expanded the options to vote by mail in 2020. But what happens now? How can voters insist that their state keep these options for future elections?
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Let’s Take Another Peek at the Early Vote
We take a look at the early vote totals through mid-October, and look more specifically at Florida, North Carolina, and Texas.
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.
Election 2020: Make a Plan To Vote Today
Making a plan to vote is fairly simple — you just need to think through a few questions. Follow these prompts to get ready to vote.
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 ›
In the News: Voting Rights Updates From Around America
A roundup of recent voting rights news from around the country.
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 ›
Do This 1 Thing If You Want More People to Vote in 2020
How much would you like to see voter turnout skyrocket for the general election this November? If you’re anything like me, you want to see a landslide in the presidential election and massive turnout for state and local elections. We… Read More ›
How To Use Your Creativity to Protect Our Elections
Do you want to help bring attention to the need to protect our elections this fall? Well then, I have a fun way for you to do so! A friend on Twitter made me aware of a social media campaign… 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 ›
Tennessee’s Fight Over Voting by Mail, in Headlines
There’s a fierce fight happening in Tennessee right now. The ability for their voters to be able to vote by mail during a pandemic hangs in the balance. Here’s how the story has played out over the past two weeks…. 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 ›
15 States That Have Recently Expanded Access to Voting By Mail
Who needs some good news about voting by mail? There has been an incredible surge of states changing their election rules in response to the pandemic. Millions and millions of voters will be able to cast their votes this… Read More ›
Will the Republicans Confuse Their Voters About Voting By Mail?
What exactly will Republicans think about voting by mail when they’re bombarded by conflicting messages? The president keeps tweeting nonsense about voting by mail. Even though he voted by mail from Florida in their primary, he keeps framing voting by… Read More ›
Complications with Voting By Mail Start to Mount
Voting from the safety of your own home during a pandemic seems like a simple solution, doesn’t it? On the face of it, yes, but in practice, a whole mess of problems are emerging. Take Oklahoma, for example. Oklahoma law… Read More ›
Checking In On the 8 States That Just Expanded Voting by Mail
With two-thirds of Americans supporting an expansion of voting by mail this election year, it’s great to see election boards move swiftly to accommodate the surging interest in voting safely from home. 34 states already allow their voters to vote… 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 ›
We Need to Talk about the Second Wave
There is a second wave coming, and I don’t think it’s being talked about nearly enough. Not the next BlueWave, which we definitely want, but the second wave of COVID-19. Scientists and health officials have been reviewing information from the… Read More ›
The House Seat Republicans are Dangerously Close to Flipping
There’s a special election coming up soon for a House seat that the Democrats flipped in 2018 that the Republicans desperately want back. And they are dangerously close to getting their wish. Which seat? California’s 25th District, which is currently… Read More ›