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The 2020 election is underway — here's how to request an absentee ballot, vote early, and vote by mail
States are broadening the rules for absentee ballot requests and early voting — and more people tha…
Jacqueline Baylon
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Trump says he's voting absentee in the 2020 election after months of baseless attacks on mail-in voting
Trump has drawn a false distinction between absentee and mail-in voting, which are virtually the sa…
John Haltiwanger
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Vote-by-mail applications in 43 states are not accessible to people with disabilities, possibly disenfranchising millions of voters
Inaccessible applications could disenfranchise the estimated 38 million people with disabilities wh…
Yelena Dzhanova
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The coronavirus may force US states to adopt vote-by-mail policies — which usually take decades to implement
The transition to voting exclusively by mail took a full 25 years in Washington state. Just a handf…
Kara Chin,Mark Abadi
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After spreading disinformation about voting by mail, Trump requests mail-in ballot to vote in Palm Beach
The Palm Beach Post reported that it's his third time as a Palm Beach County voter requesting a mai…
Azmi Haroun
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Vote by mail rules differ by state. Here's a map showing how it works where you live.
If you're voting by mail this year, be sure to request your ballot now to ensure you get it well in…
Grace Panetta,Yuqing Liu
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White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who has promoted conspiracy theories about mail-in-voting fraud, voted by mail 11 times over the past 10 years
Like his press secretary, Trump also votes by mail in Florida, despite his false claims about fraud.
Eliza Relman
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Trump says voting by mail in Florida is 'safe and secure, tried and true' after months of falsely claiming that mail voting is fraudulent
Trump's tweet encouraging Florida voters to cast ballots by mail is a massive reversal of the last …
Grace Panetta
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Every state allows members of the military to vote by mail. Here are the other ways to vote overseas.
Every is required by federal law to let military and overseas personnel vote by mail, but there are…
Kayla Gallagher,Tien Le
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Texas' Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called vote-by-mail a 'scam,' saying it's 'laughable' that people under 65 would be scared to vote in person
Patrick said an expansion of voting by mail was a "scam" by Democrats to steal the election and tha…
Connor Perrett
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Why Trump's crusade against vote by mail could backfire on Republicans and hurt the president's own voters
Trump's opposition to voting by mail is based on a mistaken belief that the practice, and higher vo…
Grace Panetta
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As Trump attacks voting by mail, the Post Office says it has 'ample capacity' to handle a surge in ballots
With a Trump confidant in charge of the agency, mail delivery has already begun to slow, stoking fe…
Graham Rapier
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Vote by mail rules vary by state. Here's a map showing how it works where you live.
Voting by mail became a particularly popular option during the pandemic, but the rules differ by st…
Kayla Gallagher,Annie Fu
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Trump made false claims about vote-by-mail on Facebook and Twitter. Here's why the tech companies won't ban him or take down the posts.
Both platforms determined that Trump's false claims about vote-by-mail this week don't violate thei…
Aaron Holmes
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'It's certainly disappointing': Michigan's top election official rebukes Trump's threat to withhold federal funding over the state expanding vote by mail
On Wednesday morning, Trump explicitly threatened to cut off federal funding to Michigan and Nevada…
Grace Panetta
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'We want to see it happen': New Yorkers spent hours waiting in the rain to vote early and make a statement
A common sentiment among voters in Brooklyn was a skepticism around how well the Postal Service and…
Jake Lahut
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Hawaii just saw a record high turnout in its primary election. Nearly everyone voted by mail.
Out of the 406,425 ballots cast by the election deadline, 400,952 were delivered via mail-in ballot…
Connor Perrett
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California tells state GOP to 'cease and desist' use of unauthorized vote-by-mail drop boxes
"Only county elections officials have the authority to determine the number, locations, and hours o…
Charles Davis
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Vote in person if you're young and healthy — it's relatively safe, and your vote is more likely to count
Voters face a conundrum: Either vote in person and worry about coronavirus, or vote by mail and fac…
Susie Neilson
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Leader of major postal union calls Trump's unfounded campaign against mail-in voting an 'assault on the US Constitution'
There is no evidence that mail-in voting results in more fraud, and many White House officials — in…