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Ballot deadline extended for some Georgia voters after error

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Atlanta-area county sued for not mailing voters their ballots

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Wisconsin judge refuses to suspend absentee ballot ruling

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Wisconsin Supreme Court disallows absentee ballot drop boxes

Wisconsin’s conservative-controlled Supreme Court dealt a defeat to Democrats who said the decision would make it harder to vote.
/ July 8, 2022
Voting Access Bill Sparks Controversy In Georgia

Georgia Senate passes sweeping voter restriction bill following Dem. election wins

Georgia Senate passes the sweeping voter restriction bill following the Democrat election win during the senate runoffs and 2020 election.
/ March 9, 2021

Trump promises court fight over Pennsylvania absentee votes

Trump is threatening to pursue a legal strategy to try to prevent Penn. from counting mailed ballots received three days after the election.
/ November 2, 2020

Postal Service removed over 700 mail-sorting machines in 2020

That’s the highest number of machines removed since 2016. Before then, the average was 388 withdrawn per year.
/ September 10, 2020
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton Discusses 'Delivering For America Act' Outside Benjamin Franklin Post Office

Black postal workers worry USPS changes could impact job security

The USPS has employed Black Americans since the end of the Civil War. Recent changes, however, could put a stop to it.
/ September 4, 2020
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Undecided election in embattled North Carolina district gets even more complicated

A North Carolina elections volunteer claims to be holding hundreds of absentee ballots, another problem plaguing an election that is more than a month overdue
/ December 12, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

First lady Michelle Obama votes absentee for president: 'I couldn't wait for Election Day'

WASHINGTON (AP) – The first lady says on Twitter that she dropped her absentee ballot in the mail Monday, telling her followers: ‘I couldn’t wait for Election Day’…
/ October 15, 2012