Tag: mail-in ballot

Manitoba’s Governing Tories Pick New Leader During Controversy Over Ballots

WINNIPEG—Manitoba’s governing Progressive Conservatives are to choose a new party leader today who will become the province’s next premier. Party members are deciding between former health minister Heather Stefanson, who has the support of most caucus members, and former member of Parliament Shelly Glover. The leadership race began in the summer after former premier Brian…


Voter Turnout for 2021 Federal Election Lowest Since 2008, Mail-In Ballots Likely to Affect Final Outcome

With the final result of the federal election delayed while mail-in ballots are counted, voter turnout appears to be the lowest since 2008. Preliminary data from Elections Canada shows that 59 percent of roughly 27 million registered Canadian electors cast their ballots, although this figure could change once approximately 1 million mail-in ballots are counted. Not since 2008, when 58.8 percent of…


Large-Scale Mail-In Ballots In Federal Election Could Facilitate Voter Fraud: Independent MP

Mail-in ballots done on a large scale could open the door to manipulation and election fraud, says independent MP Derek Sloan, who recently voted against a federal government bill that includes this option as one way of helping to make voting safer during the pandemic. “We typically avail [mail-in] ballots for people that are out…


Arizona Formally Bans Post-Election Signature Fix for Mail-In Ballots

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a law that bans voters from adding signatures on unsigned mail-in ballots after Election Day. The measure, Arizona Senate Bill 1003 (S.B. 1003), was approved earlier in the state legislature in party-line votes. The new law codifies a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on…


Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Casting Dead Mother’s Ballot

A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to five years’ probation after admitting to casting an illegal ballot during the Nov. 3 election. Bruce Bartman, 70, apologized to Common Pleas Court Judge Richard Cappelli during a hearing on Friday, saying he “made a stupid mistake” when he illegally cast a mail-in ballot for his deceased mother. The…


Pennsylvania GOP Moves to Repeal No-Excuse Mail-In Ballot Provisions

Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania have announced they will introduce legislation to repeal provisions in the law that allows for no-excuse mail-in ballots. “Shortly, we intend to introduce legislation repealing the no-excuse mail-in ballot provisions enacted in Act 77 of 2019,” state Sens. Patrick Stefano and Doug Mastriano said in a Jan. 21 memorandum. “By removing…


Infographic: China’s 2020 Election Interference

For the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the 2020 presidential election in the United States was always a life and death struggle. For the first time in decades, a U.S. administration had confronted the CCP’s subversion and infiltration of the United States, curtailing its expanding global influence. The CCP made clear through its state-run media that…