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Absentee voting

11/8/2020

There is Nothing Sacred About the Military Vote

by Rachel Gunter

After a patient count, Joe Biden has claimed victory, and fears that late-arriving military absentee ballots could be subject to litigation that might decide the election have receded. This is fortunate, because history shows parties won't hesitate to interfere with the military vote for political advantage.

SOURCE: Made By History at The Washington Post
7/31/2020

Trump’s Mail Ballot Claims are Part of a Long History of Voter Suppression

by Griffin Black

Over the years since 1965, voter suppression tactics have returned in forms like voter ID qualifications and voter roll purges that force citizens through administrative hoops to reach the ballot box.