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Probation for WVa mail carrier in absentee ballot case

Jun. 21, 2021 04:20 PM EDT
ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia postal carrier who pleaded guilty to altering mail-in requests for absentee voter ballots was sentenced to five years’...

Bill moving up absentee deadline in NC clears Senate panel

By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 09, 2021 05:08 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mail-in absentee ballots in North Carolina would have to be received by the day of the election, under a Republican-backed bill that...

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)
'Get used to me': Postmaster evokes Trump style in Biden era

By Will Weissert Jun. 07, 2021 12:57 AM EDT

Postal workers plead guilty to California unemployment fraud

May. 24, 2021 07:07 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two U.S. Postal Service employees pleaded guilty Monday to charges they purchased postal money orders with thousands of dollars in...

In this Tuesday, May 18, 2021, photograph, Amber McReynolds, chief executive officer of the National Vote at Home Institute, is shown in the Cherry Creek shopping district in Denver. McReynolds has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve on the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
AP Interview: Disinformation concerns mail voting expert

By Christina A. Cassidy May. 19, 2021 01:18 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press May. 17, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
(Elyria) Chronicle-Telegram. May 14, 2021. Editorial: A new stage in the pandemic If you still needed a reason to get...

FILE - In this April 22, 2021 file photo, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez speaks during a live radio address with first lady Jill Biden in attendance, in Window Rock, Ariz. Native American tribes in Arizona say two new state election laws won't make it any easier for their voters. Navajo Nation President Nez says the actions belittle tribes and fail to recognize the unique challenges Native Americans face when casting ballots. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP, File)
Navajos say new Arizona restrictions will complicate voting

By Felicia Fonseca May. 15, 2021 11:44 AM EDT

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks at a Senate Rules Committee markup to argue against the "For the People Act," which would expand access to voting and other voting reforms, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The bill was already passed by Democrats in the House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Democrats press for broader voter access as GOP resists

By Brian Slodysko And Christina A. Cassidy May. 12, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., listens during a markup of the "For the People Act of 2021" in the Senate Rules Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The bill, which would expand access to voting and other voting reforms, was already passed by Democrats in the House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Democrats press for broader voter access as GOP resists

By Brian Slodysko And Christina A. Cassidy May. 11, 2021 06:27 PM EDT

People gather outside the House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin on Thursday May 6, 2021, to protest House Bill 6, a bill that would create new election-related crimes, boost penalties for existing crimes and raise the profile of partisan poll watchers. (Jay Janner /Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Some Republicans worry voting limits will hurt the GOP, too

By Christina A. Cassidy And Ryan J. Foley May. 06, 2021 04:10 PM EDT

FILE-This Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 file photo shows Board of Elections worker Bob Moody moving boxes of ballots at the Trumbull County Board of Elections in Warren, Ohio. A state representative sponsoring a significant rewrite of Ohio's election laws says it will be released soon, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. State Rep. Bill Seitz said the bill could reduce early voting days and prohibit ballot drop boxes but also could add conveniences like online mail-in ballot requests. (AP Photo/David Dermer, File)
Democrats blast 'regressive' GOP-backed voting law rewrite

By Julie Carr Smyth Apr. 23, 2021 01:25 PM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, file photo, an election worker stamps a vote-by-mail ballot dropped off by a voter before placing it in an official ballot drop box before at the Miami-Dade County Board of Elections in Doral, Fla. Ballot drop boxes were enormously popular during the 2020 election, with few problems reported. Yet they have drawn the attention of Republican lawmakers in key states who say security concerns warrant new restrictions. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
GOP targets ballot drop boxes in Georgia, Florida, elsewhere

By Christina A. Cassidy Apr. 19, 2021 11:57 AM EDT

This April 2021 photo provided by Christina Theriault, a nurse practitioner, shows her at the Maine Family Planning clinic in Presque Isle, Maine. Theriault says her abortion patients are grateful for the convenience and privacy of telemedicine. “Some are in a bad relationship or victim of domestic violence,” she said. “With telemedicine, they can do it without their partner knowing. There’s a lot of relief from them.” (Courtesy Christina Theriault via AP)
Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication

By David Crary And Iris Samuels Apr. 11, 2021 11:33 AM EDT

Proposed Indiana voting law change faces corporate criticism

By Tom Davies Apr. 06, 2021 12:10 PM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — One of Indiana’s most prominent corporations is criticizing an Indiana proposal that opponents maintain will make mail-in voting more...

Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, left, speaks while Sens. Chuck Edwards, R-Henderson, center, and Ralph Hise, R-Mitchell, stand at a news conference at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C. on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Newton is a primary sponsor of an elections measure heard in a Senate committee later Wednesday that in part would adjust deadlines to request absentee ballots and to turn them in to county election offices (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)
Debate begins on N Carolina absentee voting deadline changes

By Gary D. Robertson Mar. 31, 2021 02:54 PM EDT

Senators press NC elections chief for answers on ballot deal

By Gary D. Robertson Mar. 23, 2021 06:48 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican senators peppered the state's top elections administrator on Tuesday with questions about a legal settlement...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Mar. 15, 2021 02:00 PM EDT
Houston Chronicle. March 10, 2021. Editorial: ERCOT, PUC can’t just shrug off $16 billion in overcharges during the Texas blackout ...

2 postal workers linked to California unemployment fraud

Mar. 10, 2021 06:02 PM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two U.S. Postal Service employees were arrested Wednesday on charges that they abused their positions to purchase postal money orders with...

Senate moves bill forward to fund microbusinesses, venues

Mar. 04, 2021 09:18 AM EST
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The state Senate gave preliminary approval Thursday to a COVID-19 catchall bill that seeks to protect nursing home residents and boost...

Postal carrier Josiah Morse heads out to deliver mail and packages, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Portland, Maine. The U.S. Postal Service's stretch of challenges didn't end with the November general election and tens of millions of mail-in votes. The pandemic-depleted workforce fell further into a hole during the holiday rush, leading to long hours and a mountain of delayed mail. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Election of Democratic chair portends change at post office

By David Sharp And Matthew Daly Feb. 09, 2021 12:44 PM EST