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Ballots set on fire in three states as Election Day approaches

4:25pm October 28, 2024

Federal officials have been warning that in recent months, some social media users have been encouraging sabotage of ballot drop boxes. "It's a direct attack on democracy," said one local official.

A citizen deposits a ballot into a box at the county clerk's office in Erie, Pa., on Oct. 15, 2020.

This Pennsylvania county picks presidents. Here's what it can tell us about 2024

4:40pm April 15, 2024

by Don Gonyea

Erie County, Pa., is one of just a handful of places that boomeranged from supporting Obama in 2008 and 2012, to Trump in 2016, to Biden in 2020. It's worth watching in 2024.

FILE - A ballot and voting drop box are in Rutherford, New Jersey, on Friday, October 21, 2022.

Politics & Government

Mail voting is still pretty popular, even without the pressure of the pandemic

2:28pm July 03, 2023

by Ashley Lopez

After the 2020 election saw record levels of mail-in voting, election officials saw less mail ballots than at the height of the pandemic but the method is still much more widely used than before.

Neither the FBI, nor the GOP, nor his own son can keep President Trump from railing against mail-in ballots.

Politics & Government

Ignoring FBI And Fellow Republicans, Trump Continues Assault On Mail-In Voting

2:56pm August 28, 2020

by Miles Parks

The president has backed off his attacks on the Postal Service but continues to question the integrity of mail ballots, without providing any evidence.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Doug Ducey, the governor of Arizona, not pictured, on Wednesday.

Politics & Government

Attacking Vote-By-Mail Was Hurting Trump In Fla., Experts Say. So He Changed Course

7:36pm August 05, 2020

by Miles Parks

Democrats lead Republicans in mail ballot requests in the state by 600,000, leading to pressure on the president to relent in his attack on mail voting.

A voter casts a mail-in ballot at a drop box in West Chester, Pa., prior to the June 2 primary election. Statewide, Pennsylvania saw a nearly 18-fold increase in mail-in voting in the primary compared with 2016.

Politics & Government

'Swing County, USA' Prepares For Unprecedented Influx Of Ballots By Mail

6:39pm July 21, 2020

Voting by mail is easier now across the U.S. Officials in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, a swing region in a critical state, are making changes to manage the time-consuming process of counting ballots.

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Clark County, Nev., election worker Stean Durias scans mail ballots at the Clark County Election Department this month.

Politics & Government

FACT CHECK: Trump Spreads Unfounded Claims About Voting By Mail

7:02pm June 22, 2020

by Miles Parks

President Trump tweeted a conspiracy theory that foreign countries could print and send counterfeit absentee ballots. Election officials from both parties say those concerns aren't based in fact.

Nina Ahmad declared victory as the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania auditor general nine days after the state's June 2 primary.

Politics & Government

This November, Election Night Could Stretch Into Election Week Or Month

8:00am June 13, 2020

by Miles Parks

Mail ballots take longer to process than votes cast in person. So, despite what some politicians may say, experts say it's not a sign of nefarious activity when results take days to come in.

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An election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots for Washington state's presidential primary on March 10 in Renton, a suburb of Seattle.

Why Is Voting By Mail (Suddenly) Controversial? Here's What You Need To Know

2:16pm June 04, 2020

by Miles Parks

President Trump's warnings of potential fraud don't line up with what elections experts predict or with how most Americans feel about voting by mail. Here are the facts about mail ballots.

Voting pins and stickers lie next to a ballot box earlier this year during early voting at the King County Elections processing center in Washington.

Politics & Government

New Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Voting By Mail Amid Pandemic

5:08pm April 28, 2020

by Miles Parks

Despite a partisan divide over increasing absentee voting, about half of all Republicans support universal access to a mail-in ballot, according a new Pew Research poll.