Democrats are pushing an important set of voting reforms, from expanding dropboxes to helping ex-felons vote. They’re convinced it will help them at the polls. That’s hardly certain.
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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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Look Who Else Doesn’t Like Vote by Mail
Amazon is trying to block its workers from casting mail-in ballots for an upcoming union election.
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Why GOP Officeholders Tolerate Trump’s Election Antics
Conservatives main objection to the president’s legal strategy is that it won’t work.
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The Vote by Mail Triumph
It built democracy. It elected a Democratic president. No wonder Trump is trying to stop it and the Monthly will keep fighting for it.
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How Vote By Mail Saved Democracy and Defeated Trump
And it all started at the Washington Monthly.
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It’s Too Soon For Election Post-Mortems But Here’s What We Know So Far
There are millions of votes still to count and they favor the Democrats.
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Pennsylvania Republicans Are Already Refusing to Count Absentee Ballots
In critical counties, local GOP officials are setting mailed-in votes aside so that courts can toss them out.
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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.
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Republicans Are Slowing Down Mailed-In Vote Counts in Key Swing States
Are they purposefully manufacturing a crisis that Trump wants to use to contest the election results?
