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1 day ago · Counties begin mailing absentee ballots to voters on Oct. 7, and early in-person voting starts on Oct. 15. The earliest that new rules from the State Election Board could take effect would be Oct. 14.
2 days ago · In Michigan, officials are optimistic about faster results in 2024 — though this will be their first high-profile trial. After Democrats took control in 2023, lawmakers passed rules to allow absentee ballot counting up to eight days before the election. Michael Siegrist, Canton Township's clerk, tells Axios the change will mean a "sizable ...
Aug 27, 2024 · Georgia’s GOP-controlled election board voted 3-2 in August in favor of a new rule, which specifies county election officials should certify results “after reasonable inquiry” that the vote...
- Alison Durkee
6 days ago · Once Again, Election Results Could Take Awhile. More Americans are using mail-in ballots, which take longer to count than those cast in person. In several battleground states, a winner may...
Aug 22, 2024 · Berks, Fayette, and Lancaster counties originally refused to include mail ballots that lacked a handwritten date on the return envelope in their certified results, despite a federal court ruling that the date was immaterial to a voter’s eligibility, meaning the ballots should be counted.
- Carrie Levine
Aug 28, 2024 · One of the latest rules, which passed Aug. 19, requires county investigations of even minor discrepancies between the number of ballots cast and the number of voters in a precinct before...
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Aug 27, 2024 · One hundred years of Georgia case law has made clear that the duty of county election officials to certify results is a “ministerial” task, not a discretionary one, election experts and Democrats...
