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News Articles: Absentee Ballots

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.

Tagged as: 

  • Elections

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

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.

July 21, 2020
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu,
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • and 1 more

Tagged as: 

  • Elections

Bill Would Ban Elections Officials From Mailing Georgians Absentee Applications

The House Governmental Affairs Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would prevent state and county elections officials from sending vote-by-mail...

June 24, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
More than 1 million absentee ballot applications have been processed for the June 9 primary election, a number that is expected to grow. These ten counties have approved the most as of May 2.

Georgia’s Mail-In Ballot Requests On Track To Surpass Total 2018 Primary Turnout

Nearly two-thirds of Georgia’s 159 counties have approved more absentee ballot requests for the June 9 primary than the total number of votes cast in...

May 06, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler ,
  • Eric Fan ,
  • and 1 more

Macon Elections Officials Say Absentee Ballots Prompting Confusion

More than 1 million Georgia voters have requested absentee ballots but some who have gotten them are confused and have questions. Plus, as the state...

May 01, 2020
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By:
  • Liz Fabian

GPB Midday Headlines For Friday October 26, 2018

Kemp Appeals Absentee Ballot Ruling Missing Absentee Ballot Applications Alleged In DeKalb County VP Pence Schedules Multiple Rallies In Georgia

October 26, 2018
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By:
  • Drew Dawson

Judge: Counties Must Stop Rejecting Absentee Ballots With Signature Mismatch

Georgia elections officials will no longer reject absentee mail-in ballots with signatures that do not match those on file. In a federal court order...

October 26, 2018
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler

Two Lawsuits Target Georgia's Absentee Voting Rejections

Another part of Georgia’s elections infrastructure is being challenged in court this week, as two separate lawsuits are challenging parts of Georgia's...

October 24, 2018
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler

How Do Georgia's Absentee Ballots Work?

In-person early voting for the Nov. 6 election is underway, but many more Georgians are also choosing to vote using an absentee by mail ballot. More...

October 24, 2018
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler

GPB Midday Headlines For Thursday October 18, 2018

GA Unemployment Numbers Best In More Than A Decade Federal Court To Look At Georgia Absentee Ballot Process Atlanta Housing Market Slows

October 18, 2018
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By:
  • Drew Dawson
Voter casting his ballot in Sandy Springs, Ga.

How Do Early Voting, Provisional Ballots Work In Georgia?

Monday is the first day of early voting in Georgia, which runs through Nov. 2. If you signed up to vote early, what do you have to do? Where do you do...

October 15, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Elena Rivera

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