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.
KDKA TV – The state Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral argument from lawyers on whether the state’s no-excuse mail-in ballot system is constitutional.
Anchorage Daily News – Anchorage voters can now sign up to receive automatic tracking alerts for their ballots in the city’s vote-by-mail system.
USA Today – American elections are the latest industry to feel the squeeze of inflation and global supply chain disruptions.
NBC Connecticut – In 2020 for the first time, Connecticut voters were able to use COVID-19 as an excuse to vote by absentee ballot, but that provision has expired.
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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