Protecting the Midterm Election Needs to Start Now - Bucks County Beacon

Protecting the Midterm Election Needs to Start Now - Bucks County Beacon

This week I voted in my upcoming local election. Here in Washington State, we vote by mail, and it’s a pretty neat system. Your ballot arrives, you have time to fill it out, and then you can either mail it or drop it off at one of the many drop-off boxes. You can check whether your ballot has been received and processed, and if there’s an issue, an election official can call or email you to resolve it. While I miss physically voting in person an…

A new start politically – but, for many, doubts

Hamtramck’s election is now over, and we have new members on city council and a new mayor. Or do we? This election is now under a cloud of suspicion about its integrity, with some absentee ballots showing something that fishy happened. Specifically, signatures that don’t match the signatures of voters, and some absentee ballots with no signatures. There are ongoing concerns about some candidates and their supporters ballot harvesting – an issue …