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Absentee ballot drop box recordings As of July 1, municipalities are required to have implemented video recording technology, complete with date and time evidence, at each of their absentee ballot drop boxes.
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Gabby Debenedictis, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
Casting a ballot as a noncitizen is already against the law and can result in fines and deportation if convicted.
Also blocked in Friday's ruling was part of the order that sought to require states to exclude any mail-in or absentee ballots received after Election Day.
—Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
The order also would require states to exclude any mail-in or absentee ballots received after election day and puts states’ federal funding at risk if election officials don’t comply.
—Christina A. Cassidy, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
The court also overturned a decision by the former conservative court that banned absentee ballot drop boxes.
—Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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Gabby Debenedictis, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
Casting a ballot as a noncitizen is already against the law and can result in fines and deportation if convicted.
Also blocked in Friday's ruling was part of the order that sought to require states to exclude any mail-in or absentee ballots received after Election Day.
—Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
The order also would require states to exclude any mail-in or absentee ballots received after election day and puts states’ federal funding at risk if election officials don’t comply.
—Christina A. Cassidy, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
The court also overturned a decision by the former conservative court that banned absentee ballot drop boxes.
—Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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short ballot
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In a strange reversal of a longstanding trend with the Academy, this year’s documentary short ballot is almost entirely domestic (which is to say, films made by or about Americans), while the feature doc category — where subtitles aren’t so common — is entirely international.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2024
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About half a dozen poll workers said this election has been particularly slow, likely because of the short ballot and bad weather.—
Jolene Almendarez,
The Enquirer,
16 May 2023
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