Topic: ballots

An election worker processes mail-in ballots at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center during California's state primary election in the City of Industry, California, on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

Ballot rejections soar in rural counties

Ken B. Morales, Jen Fifield, Misty Harris - ProPublica
A United States Postal Service mail collection box is seen on a street in New York City, United States, on August 7, 2026. (Photo by Marcin Golba/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Officials urge get ballots in pronto

Dion Nissenbaum, Votebeat - Votebeat
Donald Trump | Ballots are received, sorted and verified at the LA County ballot processing facility. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's Big Lie comes back to bite GOP

Heather Digby Parton
Contractors working for Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by the Arizona State Senate, examine and recount ballots from the 2020 general election at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 1, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Maricopa County ballot recount comes after two election audits found no evidence of widespread fraud. (Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images)

AZ audit ending with a whimper

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story
A contractor working for Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by the Arizona State Senate transports ballots from the 2020 general election at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 1, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Maricopa County ballot recount comes after two election audits found no evidence of widespread fraud in Arizona. (Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images)

Arizona audit: liaison threatens to quit

Steven Rosenfeld - Raw Story
Voters wait in line to cast their ballot on Nov. 3, 2020, at the Manor ISD Administration building in Manor, Texas (Getty Images)

Restrictive voting law set to pass in TX

Alexa Ura - The Texas Tribune
Amy Coney Barret and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Supreme Court wishy-washy on AZ voting

Jon Skolnik
Anthony Fauci, Al Gore and Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

SCOTUS unlikely to bail out Trump

Steven Mulroy - The Conversation
Milena Abreu, County Judge, and Victoria Ferrer, County Judge, inspect a Vote-by-Mail ballot for a valid signature as Miami-Dade County Canvassing Board convenes ahead of the November 3rd general election at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department on October 15, 2020 in Doral, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

How to spot disinformation about ballots

Kate Starbird, Jevin West, Renee DiResta - The Conversation
Donald Trump along with his son Donald, Jr., arrive for a press conference at Trump Tower in New York, as Allen Weisselberg (C), chief financial officer of The Trump, looks on January 11, 2017. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)

Don Jr. hawks power grab for presidency

Alex Henderson - Alternet
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Swinging the vote in Pennsylvania

Steven Rosenfeld - Independent Media Institute
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Idaho county offered ballots in Spanish

Gabe Osterhout - The Conversation
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Designing better ballots

Michael Byrne - The Conversation
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shadow influencers

Kytja Weir, Chris Zubak-Skees, Ben Wieder - Center For Public Integrity