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Troops aim to be made ‘first-class voters’ with new DARPA tech

The technology proposal from VotingWorks would change the game with portable one-stop voting stations for troops stationed far from home.

By Hope Hodge Seck

3 months ago

Absentee ballots are seen during a count at the Wisconsin Center for the midterm election on Nov. 8, 2022, in Milwaukee.

Legal challenges may nullify military votes for Trump in 2 primaries

Will your absentee vote for Trump be counted if he's kicked off the ballot in Colorado or Maine?

By Karen Jowers

3 months ago

Can Biden fire US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy?

The nine-member United States Postal Service Board of Governors has the sole authority to fire, and hire, the postmaster general.

By Molly Weisner

21 months ago

Biden elected president

The Democratic nominee and former vice president is set to become the country's next commander in chief.

By Leo Shane III and Joe Gould

3 years ago

Judge orders Postal Service to take extraordinary measures

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to take “extraordinary measures” to deliver ballots in time to be counted in Wisconsin and around Detroit, including using a priority mail service.

3 years ago

Millions of mail ballots not yet returned in key states

Compounding concerns are mail delivery delays that have persisted across the country.

By Christina A. Cassidy, The Associated Press

4 years ago

Ex-postal worker charged with tossing absentee ballots in Kentucky

Approximately 111 general election absentee ballots were found in dumpster.

4 years ago

US judge orders stop to Postal Service cuts, echoing others

A federal judge in Philadelphia joined others Monday in ordering a halt to recent Postal Service cuts that critics say are causing mail delays and threatening the integrity of the presidential election.

4 years ago

House subpoenas embattled Postal Service leader over delays

The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday subpoenaed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for records about the widespread mail delivery delays that have pulled the Postal Service into the political spotlight as it prepares to handle an onslaught of ballots in the November election.

4 years ago

House to subpoena postmaster general over mail delays

The House Oversight Committee intends to subpoena Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for documents about disruptions in mail delivery operations that are now central to questions over the ability to handle an onslaught of mail-in ballots expected for the November election.

4 years ago

Postal chief DeJoy has long leveraged connections, dollars

How exactly Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was hired is among the questions Congress is trying to unravel.

4 years ago

Post Office warns states across US about mail voting

The U.S. Postal Service is warning states coast to coast that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, even if mailed by state deadlines, raising the possibility that millions of voters could be disenfranchised.

4 years ago