Stories tagged: "vote by mail"

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Elections Nearly 700,000 Arizonans Have Already Voted. Here’s What to Do Next.

Arizona officials can start counting early ballots two weeks before the election. But other states can’t start counting them until the actual Election Day.

Mivette Vega Mivette Vega Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner October 19, 2020 1:20 pm MST
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Elections A Timeline of Arizona’s Long History of Early Voting

This is the first year many states are allowing voters to mail in their ballots, an option Arizona voters have enjoyed since the '90s.

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner October 13, 2020 11:29 am MST
Voting In this July 31, 2020, file photo, letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility in McLean, Va. The success of the 2020 presidential election could come down to a most unlikely government agency: the U.S. Postal Service. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Voting Trump Admits He Won’t Fund Postal Service Because He Opposes Mail-In Voting

Trump’s latest comments represent his most explicit attacks on vote-by-mail, affirming voting rights advocates’ fears that he is setting the stage to dispute the validity of mail-in-ballots altogether.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil August 13, 2020 10:03 am MST
Voting Marcia McCoy drops her ballot into a box outside the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Graphic via Denzel Boyd/Tony Dejak of AP)
Voting Trump Is Trying to Undermine Mail-In Voting. Here Are Five Ways to Ensure Your Ballot Is Counted.

If you’re one of the many people who wants to vote-by-mail, but is nervous about doing so after Trump’s attacks on the process, there’s some good news.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil August 10, 2020 11:49 am MST
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Politics COVID Cases Are Rising Across Arizona. Yet Rep. Bolick Still Opposes Mail-In Voting.

Bolick has joined a task force that aims to purge voter rolls and stop ballots from being automatically mailed to voters.

Camaron Stevenson Camaron Stevenson July 9, 2020 1:22 pm MST

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Commentary In this Nov. 1, 2016, file photo, mail-in ballots for the 2016 General Election are shown at the elections ballot center at the Salt Lake County Government Center, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Commentary I’m a Republican. Everyone — Including My Party — Should Embrace Voting By Mail.

The time is now for the federal government and the states to secure adequate funds to prepare for a November election that doesn’t require the majority of voters to congregate at the polls on Election Day.

Chris Gagin Chris Gagin May 21, 2020 7:32 am MST