The Fulcrum

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The Postal Service is warning the two biggest Midwest presidential battlegrounds, Pennsylvania and Michigan, that much of their election mail won't get delivered on time because the states' absentee ballot deadlines are too tight.

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum, and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.

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Iowa's governor decreed Wednesday that most felons in the state may vote starting this fall, ending the state's status as the only place in the country where convicted criminals are denied the franchise forever.

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With fewer than a hundred days to the presidential election, almost half the states have now altered some normal laws or regulations to make casting a ballot easier and safer in light of the coronavirus.

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.

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Businesses that finance super PACs could be exploited by foreigners who want to secretly and illegally spend millions to influence American elections, a campaign finance advocacy group warned Wednesday.

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Four states are on the cusp of approving anti-gerrymandering petitions for the November ballot, but challenges still remain.

Editor's Note: This op-ed originally appeared in The Fulcrum and has been republished with permission from the publisher.

This is a call to people who love our country more than they hate their political opponents. It is our duty and our honor to put country before party.

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Proponents of expanded voting by mail during the pandemic won victories Monday in three states, two of them solid blue but one of them reliably red.

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked several hundred thousand Florida felons from exercising their new voting rights in next month's primary.

The decision was the first from the high court in one of the past decade's most important, impassioned and complicated stories about expanding democracy.