Nearly 100,000 Michigan voters have already submitted absentee ballots

Election Day is still a month away but, as of Friday, more than 93,000 Michiganders have already cast their ballot…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-10-02/michigan-absentee-voter-turnout-midterm-election

 

BREAKING: Marc Elias drops BAD LEGAL NEWS on Republicans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFlENzZbGZU

 

BREAKING: Republicans quietly file lawsuit we've been dreading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__J64Uo4Nao

Election officials in battleground Michigan grapple with sweeping voting changes and a presidential election | CNN Politics

This year, voting will be far easier for Michigan residents – thanks to new laws that establish early voting, automatically send out absentee ballots to voters who requested them and mandate that every community has least one drop box in which to return those ballots…

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/20/politics/michigan-elections-voting-changes/index.html

The Texas primaries showed the risk of restricting mail-in voting - Vox

…The statewide rejection rate for mail-in ballots has typically been between 1 and 2 percent in past elections and was about 1 percent in the 2020 general election when mail-in voting rates were much higher. But in the 2022 primaries, county-level rejection rates ranged from 6 to 22 percent, according to data compiled by the Texas Civil Rights Project and shared with Vox...

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/3/16/22967734/texas-voting-law-mail-ballot

How Michael P. Farris Tried to Block 2020 Election Outcome - The New York Times

… Mr. Farris's involvement in the effort, which has not previously been reported, came as part of a broad push by religious conservatives to get Mr. Trump re-elected. Their role intensified after the pandemic hit in early 2020 and states began to loosen absentee ballot rules, which the religious conservatives feared would lead to a surge in participation by liberal voters...

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/us/politics/religious-conservative-michael-farris-lawsuit-2020-election.html

Trump tweets string of falsehoods about Wisconsin absentee voters - The Washington Post

... As we've documented in recent fact checks, the statements from Trump and his lawyers are all absurd and easily debunked...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/25/trump-tweets-string-falsehoods-about-wisconsin-absentee-voters/

AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrong on Georgia voter signature checks - ABC News

President Donald Trump wrongly claimed on Twitter that Georgia election officials are prevented from verifying signatures on absentee ballot envelopes because of a legal settlement.....

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/ap-fact-check-trump-wrong-georgia-voter-signature-74222820

Outrage as Texas governor orders closure of multiple ballot drop-off sites

Texas is already one of the hardest places in America to vote, and Greg Abbott, the Texas governor, on Thursday made it even harder.  The announcement from Abbott, a Republican, limits an executive order from July that made it modestly easier for voters to return their ballots during the pandemic. Texas usually only lets voters return their mail-in ballots in person on election day, but Abbott’s July order said voters could return their ballots in person to the election clerk’s office earlier. He also extended early voting by six days.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/01/texas-governor-greg-abbott-ballot-votes-election

Analysis: The Coming Crisis of Legitimacy - Government Executive

"The instinct of the American people should be to trust in the outcome of our election," Marsden said. "When you actually look at the details of how elections are run—from security features to audits to transparency measures to legal guardrails—the list of fail-safes is quite long."

https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/09/analysis-coming-crisis-legitimacy/168447/

Don Jr. robocall urges supporters to vote by mail - POLITICO

The president's son made the appeals as his father continues to rail against widespread mail-in voting.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/26/donald-trump-jr-vote-mail-robocall-402503

Trump Opposes New Post Office Money To Block Vote By Mail : NPR

While President Trump has long railed against mail-in voting, falsely claiming it leads to rampant fraud, he appeared to confirm Thursday morning that he opposes Democrats' proposed boost in funding for the U.S. Postal Service because he wants to make it harder to expand voting by mail. l Trump gave that explanation during an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business Network after she asked why the White House and congressional Democrats are still miles apart on approving a new stimulus deal.
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/13/902109991/trump-admits-to-opposing-funding-for-postal-service-to-block-more-voting-by-mail