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LA County

Behind the scenes at LA County’s Super Tuesday election meltdown

June 21, 2020 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2020 Election, Voting News, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

For Los Angeles County election chief Dean Logan, Tuesday, March 3, 2020 was, to quote a famous children’s book, “a terrible, horrible, no good,

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ballot design

Ballot design is important, especially now

May 25, 2020 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2020 Election, Voting News, Voting/Elections, Widgets: Voting Leave a comment

In the 2008 Minnesota election for US Senate, Al Franken beat Norm Coleman by less than three hundred votes. In that race, almost four

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New rules for absentee voting in Missouri: More complicated than ever

May 20, 2020 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2020 Election, Coronavirus, Voting News, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

In the final hour of the 2020 legislative session, the Missouri Senate passed SB631, which would allow Missourians to vote absentee by mail in

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Burundi

How to vote in Burundi

May 6, 2020 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2020 Election, International, Voting News Leave a comment

For those who don’t vote in the US because they think it’s too time-consuming, too complicated or too confusing, consider the voting process in

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Oregon knows how to vote by mail

May 4, 2020 Gloria Shur Bilchik States, Voting News, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Oregon has conducted all of its statewide elections entirely by mail since 1998. A Huffington Post article explains how it works: The process is

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