Where states stand on mail-in and absentee voting.
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill told ABC News that while he believes the way Alabama will carry out its own election is secure, he does believe that voting by mail has been susceptible to fraud in other states.
Although he hasn't spoken to the president or attorney general about the vote-by-mail process personally, Merrill said he has raised his concerns to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.Arizona Secretary of State public information officer Sophia Solis told ABC News that the"majority of voters in Arizona already vote by mail, and we anticipate even more voters opting to do so given the current public health circumstances.
She also said that the Trump administration has not been in contact with the Arizona secretary of state's office regarding any concerns about mail-in voting.
"It's hands down the most secure and accessible way to vote at any time, but more especially is the best way to vote during a pandemic," she said. Gabe Rosenberg, the communications director for Connecticut secretary of state told ABC News that Connecticut's absentee ballot process"isn't changing" from what the state normally does.
The administration has not been in touch with the Secretary of State's office on the topic, Rosenberg said.Anthony Albence, the Delaware state election commissioner told ABC News that he believes the state will not be susceptible to mass voter fraud and they"are confident in the procedural safeguards we have in place."No response to inquiries from ABC News.Idaho: Excuse required for absentee ballotNo response to inquiries from ABC News.
"Firstly, in VBM [vote-by-mail], ballots are sent out on a schedule with no request required by the voter. In absentee balloting, the voter initiates the request and no one else can do that for them; further, we only send ballots to people who request them, not all voters," Dunlap said. Dunlap said that he's"heard nothing from the Trump administration or anyone else in the Federal government regarding our conduct of Maine elections or any concerns they have with any process."A Maryland Board of Election spokesperson told ABC News that"election officials in Maryland believe that a primarily vote-by-mail election can be conducted in a safe and secure way.
He said he's confident voting by mail will work and called comments from the president and attorney general"frustrating."He said when people go and register for a mail in ballot they have to provide some form of ID, whether it be a social security number or driver's license number,"and unless the ballot is returned with that same information, it will not be counted."
"Our office believes VBM would lead to instances of voter fraud, such as forgery and ballot harvesting," she said. "I believe that that helps us with that integrity," Ashcroft said."Is it ever as good to vote by mail as to vote in person? No, in-person is the gold standard. But the decision was made this year by the legislature that -- frankly I don't think it was necessary but was more done out of fear because I think people had concerns about voting in person, they changed the law to allow them to do this.
Curtas added that the White House has made no contact with the office regarding concerns about voter fraud.Director of public information John Conklin said that"New York does have a history of problems with absentee ballot abuse," including a 2015 New York City Council race and another in 2010 in Troy, New York. Most of these have resulted in local boards of elections imposing restrictions on the number of absentee ballots an agent can request," he said.
"Safeguards are ingrained in the absentee voting process," Gannon said."Absentee ballots are sent only to registered voters who request them using an official state absentee ballot request form. The request must be signed and includes identifying information about the voter, including date of birth and driver's license number or last four digits of the voter's Social Security number.
"North Dakota already has 33 out of its 53 counties vote by mail . On June 9, we had a statewide election that was entirely vote by mail in all 53 counties because of the COVID-19 situation and the Governor's Executive Order. It was successful and it was secure," Jaeger said."In fact, voter turnout was 28% higher than the average of 9 out of the last 10 June elections over a span of 20 years.
"Although we cannot speak to the processes used in other states, Oklahoma's election security and integrity procedures make mail absentee voting secure here. Oklahoma has long had"no excuse" absentee voting, and our state's procedures help ensure that the voter to whom an absentee ballot is issued is the same person who voted and returned the absentee ballot.
In this May 28, 2020, photo, Dave Turnier processes mail-in ballots at at the Chester County Voter Services office in West Chester, Pa., prior to the primary election. President Donald Trump's campaign and allies have blocked efforts to expand mail-in voting, forcing an awkward confrontation with top GOP election officials promoting the opposite in their states.
"Absentee voting was expanded to all voters for our June Primaries and Runoffs, but that legislative change has expired," spokesperson Chris Whitmire said in a statement."It's unclear whether the General Assembly will implement changes for November."
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