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Mass. Senate Passes Pandemic Policy Extensions
A bill temporarily extending a host of pandemic-era policies that would otherwise expire in connection with next Tuesday’s termination of the COVID-19 state of emergency cleared the Massachusetts Senate on a voice vote Thursday afternoon. The bill keeps measures including the authorizations for mail-in voting, remote public meetings and takeout cocktails for several months. Sen. Michael Rodrigues, who chairs...
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Pandemic Protection Extension Debate on Beacon Hill
The Massachusetts Senate will take up a bill that seeks to extend some pandemic-era policies beyond next week’s end of the COVID-19 state of emergency Thursday.
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Postal Service Delays Disenfranchised Thousands of Legally-Cast Ballots This Fall
Because more than half the states – including most of the key battlegrounds – don’t provide a grace period for ballots that arrive after Election Day, it is likely 25,000-50,000 ballots nationwide were ultimately rejected because of USPS problems.
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How Many Ballots Did Postal Service Delays Actually Disenfranchise During the 2020 Election?
While U.S. Postal Service workers likely delivered more than 99.9% of the country’s mail ballots in time to be counted this year, it also appears that tens of thousands were disenfranchised by postal delays.
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More Than 2 Million People in Mass. Have Already Voted
More than 2 million people in Massachusetts who can vote have already done so, accounting for nearly 44% of all registered voters, the secretary of the commonwealth’s office said Thursday. That’s equal to 62.4% of the total ballots cast in 2016, according to the officials. There are five days left in the election. Adding the 2,108,337 ballots returned with the…
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Voters Have Cast 1.1M Mail-In Ballots In Massachusetts. Will the Rest Arrive in Time?
With a week until election day, all eyes are on the U.S. Postal Service as it copes with a massive increase in mail-in voting. More than 1.1 million mail-in ballots have now been received in Massachusetts, according to figures released by the Secretary of State William Galvin’s office on Tuesday afternoon. Nearly 683,000 more have voted in person at early…
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Checking on Postal Performance Before Election Day
With election day approaching, all eyes are on the U.S. Postal Service.
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If Your Mail-In Ballot Hasn't Arrived, Don't Stress: Provisional Ballots Are Your Plan B
If you are one of the many people who voted by mail this year, you may be stressing out if your local election officials haven’t officially accepted your ballot yet. But don’t worry, you have a Plan B to make sure your vote is counted. It’s called a provisional ballot. NBCLX’s Chase Cain explains how it works....
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Over 1 Million Mass. Residents Have Voted Early in the 2020 Election
Early voting began Saturday in Massachusetts, and more than 1 million residents have already cast their ballots in person or by mail. According to the Secretary of State’s office, 1,957,066 voters have applied to vote by mail or voted early. As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, the fourth day of early voting, 1,934,032 ballots had been provided, and 1,001,725 ballots have…
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Early Voting a Grand Slam at Fenway Park
More than 2,200 Boston residents showed up to cast their ballots at Fenway Park on Saturday, city officials said.
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Early Voting Begins This Weekend in Massachusetts. Here's What to Know
Early in-person voting begins Saturday in Massachusetts, and Secretary of State William Galvin believes cities and towns are prepared. Some are predicting that 80% of registered voters in the commonwealth will cast ballots on or before Nov. 3. “The advantage of early in-person over election-day voting is, of course, you can do it on your own time, and there’ll be…
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Early Voting in Mass. to Begin This Weekend
Saturday is the start of early voting in the 2020 election in Massachusetts.
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NBC Tests USPS Speeds Before Election But Finds Little Sign of Improvement
The U.S. Postal Service isn’t delivering mail as quickly as it should, but the delays don’t appear significant enough – at this time – to disrupt an election, according to a September test by NBCLX and NBC Owned Television Stations.
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Official: Toilet Display Mocking Mail-In Voting Is a Crime
A Michigan resident’s apparent joke showing disdain for voting by mail is no laughing matter for one local elections official
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POLL: Democrats Plan to Mail Ballots Much Earlier Than Republican Voters
The partisan war over how voters cast ballots in a pandemic isn’t just leading more Democrats to plan on voting by mail this fall; it’s also leading far more Democrats than Republicans to heed United State Postal Service warnings to play it safe and get ballots in the mail well before Election Day.
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6 Myths About Mail-In Voting Debunked
NBCLX’s Chase Cain exposes the truth about six circulating vote-by-mail myths ahead of the 2020 election.
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Election 2020: 5 Things to Do to Make Sure Your Vote Is Counted
With both sides calling this the most important presidential election in decades, you want to make certain that your vote is counted. NBCLX’s Clark Fouraker has a checklist of the five most important things you should do to make sure your ballot doesn’t get disqualified this November.
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Primary Election Looks Different During Pandemic
More than 900,000 people voted in the primary before the polls opened Tuesday, but others went to polling places, where extra precautions were in place.
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Markey and Kennedy Race Is One of the Most Watched in Mass.
Several primary races are taking place in Massachusetts Tuesday but one of the most closely watched is between incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and challenger Congressman Joe Kennedy III.
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Primary Election Day: Candidates Make Final Push as Voters Head to the Polls
On Primary Election Day in Massachusetts, candidates are making their final pitches to voters, who have a chance to pick a nominee to represent their party in the U.S. Senate as well as four of the state’s nine congressional districts.