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Almost every state has opted to make voting by mail easier in light of the coronavirus pandemic, but the shift toward early and remote voting has not been uniform across the country.
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Nearly 100,000 New York City voters were mailed general election ballots with incorrect names and return addresses.
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If the winner of the presidential election is not known on election night, it won't be an alarming surprise to most voters, a new poll shows.
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Voting in the presidential election ends in 40 days, and states are still making adjustments to their rules and procedures.
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South Carolina is poised to become the latest state to permit all voters to use an absentee ballot this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The coronavirus pandemic has already changed how millions of Americans will vote this year, and a new poll makes clear it's also going to change when they vote.
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Ohio will provide updates starting election night on the number of absentee ballots that haven't arrived to be counted. It's an apparent first, especially in a battleground state, that good-government experts are hailing as a smart way to help the public through the unique rhythm of this election.
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A sweeping election reform measure has been removed from the November ballot following a North Dakota Supreme Court ruling Tuesday.
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy promised on Friday that the Postal Service would fulfill its "sacred duty" to deliver election mail this fall and said he was "extremely highly confident" that even mail-in ballots sent close to Election Day would be delivered on time.
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Tuesday he would "suspend" all recent operational changes and cost-cutting moves until after the election in order to "avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail."