The Providence Journal – Are some restrictions on voting by mail in Rhode Island “kind of like how we all have the vestigial tail in our behinds, where we used to have tails?” That was the question posed by Rep. Jason Knight, D-Barrington, at a Thursday hearing of the House State Government and Elections Committee.
Government Technology – In a pilot announced last week, the Orange County Registrar of Voters in California will test new ballot-tracking technology at select drop boxes during the June primary election.
KTAR News – While Republicans in the Arizona Legislature advance a bill that includes eliminating nearly all forms of early voting, a poll showed most voters in the state want the option to cast ballots by mail.
Politico – Supply chain snags are making it harder for election officials to secure the raw materials they need to put on this year’s primaries: paper and envelopes. Read More
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AP – Legislation eliminating drop boxes and similar drop-off locations for absentee ballots in Idaho will not get a hearing in the Senate and is dead. Read More
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Connecticut Mirror – Connecticut took a step towards easier ballot access with bipartisan passage Wednesday by the House of Representatives of a bill that would allow out-of-town commuters and caretakers of the disabled or chronically ill to vote by absentee ballot.
North Carolina Public Radio — Absentee and by-mail voters in North Carolina will again be able to track the status of their ballots for the May 17 statewide primary election.
Fulcrum – States that mailed a ballot to every registered voter in 2020’s presidential election saw voter turnout increase by an average of 5.6 percent, and turnout was even higher among infrequent voters, according to the first peer-reviewed academic study of 2020 mail voting.
Smile Politely – Champaign County Clerk and Recorder Aaron Ammons shared the arrival of a new machine that will help make the vote by mail process more efficient on the back end. It’s kind of mesmerizing to watch it work.
Connecticut Insider – Committee haggling over the definition of “illness” in a 90-year-old section of the state Constitution, led to partisan votes Wednesday that will send two separate-but-similar voting-right bills to the House and Senate.
