Arizona Republicans wanted to hand-count ballots. Then they saw the price tag- and errors.
Mohave County in Arizona has decided not to hand-count ballots in next year's election after discovering that counting the ballots by hand would cost over a million dollars and lead to inaccurate results. Many Republican leaders in the state had been advocating for a shift to hand-counting votes in response to claims of voter fraud from former president Donald Trump and his supporters. However, after a test run in June where workers spent three days hand-counting a batch of 850 test ballots from the
Colorado Republican Party sues Secretary of State to block nearly 2 million Coloradans from voting in primary elections
The Colorado Republican Party is suing the Colorado Secretary of State to prevent independent voters from casting their ballots in the Democratic or Republican primary elections. The lawsuit would repeal Proposition 108, an overwhelmingly popular ballot measure from 2016, which gives independent voters in CO the right to vote in either the Democratic or the Republican primary. If the Republicans are successful in overturning the law, over 1.7 million Coloradans will be unable to vote in the next primary election as unaffiliated voters. Visit
Trump indicted for efforts to overturn 2020 election and block transfer of power
Donald Trump was indicted last week on felony charges for working to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The four-count indictment chronicles the cascading effect of the former president's months-long campaign of lies regarding the election results leading to the insurrection at the Capitol, and in turn Trump trying to exploit the violence as a reason to further delay the counting of the votes that sealed his defeat. Visit Associated Press to learn moreImage Credit:Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)
‘Ripe for political violence’: US election officials are quitting at an alarming rate
Over the last four years, over 40 of North Carolina’s 100 counties have had to replace their election directors due to retirements, resignations, and other career moves. A spokesperson for the state Board of Elections claims that number is significantly higher than North Carolina has ever seen before. This trend is not isolated in North Carolina, a Boston Globe analysis of data from the US Vote Foundation found that turnover of election officials spiked after the 2020 presidential election in battleground states like Arizona,
NY Legislation Expands Vote by Mail Access
Lawmakers in New York have expanded voting access by passing the New York Early Mail Voter Act. The new act allows registered voters to get early mail voting ballots by submitting an application to their local Board of Elections. Brett Edkins, managing director for policy and political affairs at Stand Up America, believes the new policy will increase voter turnout, especially among young people, voters of color, and elderly voters. Visit Public News Service to learn moreImage Credit:Cliffordsnow (CC BY-SA 4.0)