A 5-4 majority upheld longstanding practices of allowing ballots postmarked on election day to be counted. But exaggerated fears of “voter fraud” loomed over the ruling and dissent.
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Does Voting By Mail Really Help Candidates Win?
A Virginia special election provides clues—and shows the GOP still struggling.
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The New York Times Catches Up (Finally) to the Vote by Mail Story
It is now so obvious that the GOP screwed itself by bad-mouthing mail voting that even the Gray Lady noticed.
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The Vote-by-Mail Switcheroo
It’s hard to imagine, given the right wing’s freak-out about vote by mail, but when the Washington Monthly first championed the idea a decade ago, the biggest pushback we got was from the left. Democratic operatives assumed that mailing every registered voter a ballot would advantage the GOP because most voters who utilized absentee ballots […]
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Vote by Mail Expands in the East
States in the South and Midwest are making it harder to vote at home. Those in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are making it easier.
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How to Get Vote-by-Mail Reform to Biden’s Desk
A powerful House bill faces long odds in the Senate. Here’s what Democrats should fight for—and what they can compromise on.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Speedy Mail-In Ballot Plan that Can Thwart Trump’s Election Power Grab
The president wants to delay the counting of absentee ballots, which will be overwhelmingly Democratic, so he can declare victory on Election Night. Postal union leaders have an idea to speed up the process.
