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Feb. 13—CONCORD — Nonpartisan election advocates said allowing no-excuse absentee ballot voting would increase voter turnout and help citizens who fail to fit into the legal reasons one can ...
Imagine you voted by mail in 2020, only to find out you have to vote in person in 2024 because your state got rid of no-excuse absentee voting. You then learn the local polling place has closed ...
By 1938, 42 states allowed absentee voting for civilians. [27] Nearly 2% of voters in the 1936 election voted through absentee ballots. [27] Starting in the 1970s, more states began to offer no-excuse absentee voting, allowing voters the ability to vote absentee without needing an excuse. The share of absentee voters has increased over time. [27]
As of 2024, 36 states and D.C. offer either "no-excuse absentee voting" (in which any qualified voter may cast an absentee ballot without an excuse) or conduct all elections by mail; in the remaining states, an absentee ballot will only be provided to a voter with a valid excuse. [34] Absentee ballots are often returned to election offices by ...
No-excuse absentee voting, also commonly called early voting, is Oct. 31, Nov. 1 and Nov. 2. In the 2022 midterms, 82,665 Kentucky voters requested an absentee ballot.
A central focus of Republicans in the state in 2021 has been eliminating no-excuse absentee voting, which was enacted in 2020 in a bipartisan vote. [279] [280] [281] Bills tightening voting laws are not expected to pass in Pennsylvania, as the state's Democratic governor has stated he is "opposed to any efforts to disenfranchise voters". [282]
May 12—The state House of Representatives approved a no-excuse absentee voting resolution on Tuesday night, but could not reach the 75% threshold of votes needed to put the question on the ...
27 states and the District of Columbia permit voters to vote absentee without requiring an excuse. 20 states permit voters to vote via absentee ballots but require an excuse. 6 states and the District of Columbia allow voters to request 'Permanent Absentee Status'. 5 states (Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Utah, and Hawaii) conduct their ...