mail-in-ballot

States that send a mail ballot to every voter really do increase turnout, scholars find

BY: - October 8, 2023

Lately, a rough consensus has emerged among people who study the impact of voting policies: Though they often spark fierce partisan fighting, most changes to voting laws do little to affect overall turnout, much less election results. But one fast-growing reform appears to stand out as an exception. When every registered voter gets sent a […]

How is secrecy preserved with mail-in ballots? | 2023 Election Mailbag

BY: - October 6, 2023

Welcome to the Capital-Star’s election mailbag: a weekly round-up of voting questions, crowdsourced from you — our readers.  Here’s this week’s question and answer: You asked: Article VII Section 4 of the PA constitution requires that secrecy in voting be preserved. How is this done with mail-in ballots? For example, what prevents an overbearing spouse […]

What to know so you’re registered, ready to vote in the Nov. 8 election

BY: - September 6, 2022

Election Day is still about two months away, but Pennsylvania voters can already apply for a mail-in or absentee ballot — and make sure their registration is up to date ahead of Nov. 8.

Lehigh County DA to monitor ballot drop-off boxes for violators

BY: - April 27, 2022

Voters could face charges for delivering more than one ballot, Lehigh County's top prosecutor has said.

‘The ballots are called mail-in ballots.’ Pa. Senate approves bill eliminating drop boxes

BY: - April 13, 2022

The upper chamber voted 29-20 along party lines to approve a GOP-authored bill that would require voters who don’t return mail-in ballots through the U.S. Postal Service to deliver them to their county elections office instead of depositing them into a drop box.

DOS: More than 741k Pa. voters have asked for mail-in ballots

BY: - May 3, 2021

According to the Department of State, 698,280 registered Pennsylvania voters have applied for a mail-in ballot and 43,602 voters have applied for an absentee ballot for a total of 741,882 ballot applications.

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When you vote, make the choices that make sense to you | Opinion

BY: - October 29, 2020

Vote what makes sense. It will be a better world if you do. And argue with the ones you love, the life you save may be theirs.

Election 2020: Tuesday, Oct. 27 is the last day to request a mail-in ballot in Pa.

BY: - October 27, 2020

The final day to request a mail-in ballot in Pa. is here. Here is everything you need to know.

These women from the Philly ‘burbs have one message for Trump: Leave our healthcare alone

BY: - October 26, 2020

“Medicare is not an entitlement. It is something we have paid into. We have earned it and it should not be touched," one woman said.

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Pa. is in the middle of a 2020 ‘litigation arms race’ that’s only going to escalate | Monday Morning Coffee

BY: - October 26, 2020

Eight days out, expect the blizzard of lawsuits to continue well past Election Day with swing states like Pa. playing a starring role.

State Supreme Court to rule on disqualifying mail-in ballot due to signatures

BY: - October 14, 2020

The court said it would use its King’s Bench authority to rule on a request from Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar on whether state election code allows mail-in ballots with “perceived signature variances” to not be counted.

Exclusive: In new video, Barack Obama has a message for Pa.: Have a plan to vote

BY: - October 13, 2020

With just three weeks to go before Election Day, national Democrats are calling in the big guns to make sure that voters in a must-win battleground state have a plan to cast their ballots.