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An absentee ballot is a vote cast by someone who is unable or unwilling to attend the official polling station to which the voter is normally allocated. Methods include voting at a different location, postal voting, proxy voting and online voting. Increasing the ease of access to absentee ballots is seen by many as one way to improve voter turnout through convenience voting, though some countries require that a valid reason, such as infirmity or travel, be given before a voter can participate in an absentee ballot. Early voting overlaps with absentee voting. Early voting includes votes cast before the official election day(s), by mail, online or in-person at voting centers which are open for the purpose. Some places call early in-person voting a form of "absentee" voting, since voters are absent from the polling place on election day.[1]
Aug 20, 2020
As of Friday, 388,535 of nearly 2 million requested absentee ballots remained outstanding, Secretary of State Steve Simon said.
US Election 2020: Minnesota Democrats ramp up push for absentee ballot turnout
Thursday’s ruling by a three-judge panel of the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals said absentees arriving after Election Day should be separated from other ballots, raising the specter that they could later be found to be invalid.
Oct. 31 - Minnesota Democrats and election officials on Friday urged people with absentee ballots not yet mailed to drop them off by hand or vote in person, a day after an appellate court’s ruling raised questions about whether ballots that arrive up to seven days beyond Election Day would be counted. [The answer is "NO".]
Oct. 31, (CNN)The case for President Donald Trump is simple: He made the economy work for so many Americans, kept us out of new and costly wars and even brokered peace deals in the Middle East.
He believes our taxes should be lower, not higher -- and signed into law sweeping tax relief for businesses and the vast majority of federal income tax filers. He thinks government shouldn't overregulate, rolling back numerous Obama-era overreaches, while working with his Republican allies in Congress.
And despite his relative dovishness, he has invested in our military and in the men and women who wear the uniform. As a result, our enemies know we are more than capable of finishing them. Just ask the former leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi or former Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. continue to read
President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. are both headed for crucial swing states on Friday, with less than 100 hours left in the campaign. Read live election updates.
What You Need to Know Today:
- Trump and Biden campaign through Midwest states with ‘red zone’ virus outbreaks.
- In Iowa, Biden criticizes Trump’s virus response and trade policies that ‘cost farmers and manufacturing so badly.’
- Voters suing Minnesota over a mask mandate are asking the Supreme Court to intervene.
Donald Trump ›Republican
Oct 31, 2020
Friday on the NewsHour, President Trump and Joe Biden converge on Wisconsin, a state setting records for COVID-19 infections and deaths. Plus: What to expect from the campaign’s final days, each candidate’s path to victory, migrant children sent to Mexico, Belgium’s pandemic crisis, the presidential battleground of Arizona, political analysis with Shields and Brooks and mourning COVID-19 victims.
