{"id":2361768,"date":"2024-10-30T17:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T21:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-we-know-about-early-ballot-problems-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T17:19:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T21:19:22","slug":"heres-what-we-know-about-early-ballot-problems-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-we-know-about-early-ballot-problems-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what we know about early ballot problems &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fheres-what-we-know-about-early-ballot-problems-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2361768&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article from the Washington Examiner discusses various challenges faced\u200b by voters during the early voting period for the upcoming elections in \u2063the United States. Over 50 million voters have \u200dalready cast \u2064their ballots; however, many have encountered significant issues. In Pennsylvania, long lines and bureaucratic \u2062inefficiencies related to a new mail \u2064voting procedure have left \u2063voters \u200bfrustrated and concerned about being disenfranchised. Election officials \u2064have faced criticism \u2063over difficulties and delays at polling locations.<\/p>\n<p>In Florida, a worker&#8217;s negligence\u2062 led to the loss of hundreds of ballots \u200cthat fell out of a truck, sparking controversy over the handling of the electoral process. Additionally, \u200dthe theft of blank ballots from mailboxes using a master \u2064key has raised alarms among election officials.<\/p>\n<p>The arson of ballot boxes in the\u2062 Pacific Northwest,\u2063 specifically in Vancouver, WA, and Portland, OR, is another serious issue, with nearly 500 ballots destroyed. The article highlights these incidents as significant risks that could impact \u2063voter participation and confidence\u200d in\u200c the electoral process as Election Day\u200b approaches.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Here&rsquo;s what we know about early ballot problems<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1868789\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>More than 50 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">voters<\/a> in the United States have already cast their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ballots<\/a> since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voters-set-to-pick-who-will-lead-new-york-citys-economic-recovery-fight-against-rising-crime-and-more\/\" title=\"Voters Set To Pick Who Will Lead New York City\u2019s Economic Recovery, Fight Against Rising Crime And More\">early voting began<\/a> in mid-September as the country looks to elect the next president and other candidates down the ballot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>However, people looking to cast their votes ahead of Election Day have been faced with several challenges. Long lines in Pennsylvania have frustrated many residents trying to cast their vote early. Other voters&rsquo; ballots have been destroyed and damaged in arson attacks, and hundreds more ballots were discovered on a roadside after falling off a processing vehicle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As early voting wraps up, <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner&nbsp;<\/em>looks into four incidents in which<\/span> ballots cast ahead of Election Day were put at risk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pennsylvania: &lsquo;On-demand mail voting&rsquo; goes awry<\/h2>\n<p>An awkward and &ldquo;inefficient&rdquo;&nbsp;new voting process has lawmakers saying some voters in Pennsylvania could be &ldquo;disenfranchised.<\/p>\n<p>The procedure, instituted just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, has led to swamped county offices struggling to handle the record influx of disgruntled voters. While many voters across the country can simply go to their polling center and immediately cast a ballot once they get through lines, Pennsylvania is using an early voting process called &ldquo;on-demand mail voting&rdquo; that requires residents to go to their county government office, fill out an application to early vote, and receive approval, before the official will print their ballot. The process takes a minimum of 12 minutes per voter, <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/pennsylvania-early-voting-option-long-lines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to<\/a><em>  WHYY<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s an uncertain process for a lot of people because it&rsquo;s still relatively new, and it&rsquo;s also kind of inefficient,&rdquo; Bucks County Board of Elections Chairman Bob Harvie told the outlet. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s definitely changes that need to be made.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The problems hit home hard in Bucks County over the weekend, with election officials <a href=\"https:\/\/levittownnow.com\/2024\/10\/27\/confusion-over-mail-in-ballots-at-bucks-county-election-office-leads-to-lines-frustrated-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">cutting off<\/a> lines of voters so they could close the polling location on time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The move attracted backlash from Bucks County lawmakers, who wrote in a letter to Bucks County commissioners on Sunday that they were worried Pennsylvania residents were being &ldquo;disenfranchised.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The letter, signed by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (D-PA), said, &ldquo;This incident has sent shockwaves throughout our community and is causing individuals to lose faith in our electoral system&rdquo; and urged officials to change the &ldquo;on-demand mail voting&rdquo; policy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After the Republican National Committee brought a lawsuit appealing the process Wednesday morning, Pennsylvania Judge Jeffrey Trauger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesa.fm\/politics-government\/2024-10-30\/trump-sues-buck-county-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ruled<\/a> in its favor, extending the &ldquo;on-demand, mail-in voting&rdquo; period for three additional days. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: Trump campaign wins lawsuit in Bucks County, Pennsylvania after footage went viral showing voter lines being shut down hours early.<\/p>\n<p>See something, film something.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We just won our lawsuit in Bucks County for extended Early Voting through Friday at 5 PM,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesBlairUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JamesBlairUSA<\/a>&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CCtvYIRYI9\">pic.twitter.com\/CCtvYIRYI9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1851693366498795632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Wednesday was originally set to be the last day of &ldquo;on-demand, mail-in voting&rdquo; in Bucks County. However, voters now have until 5 p.m. Friday to complete the process.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Florida ballots found by roadside: &lsquo;Human error&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>After a passerby found hundreds of ballots on a Florida roadside, the Miami-Dade Elections Department fired a careless worker.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Miami elections officials said the incident was due to &ldquo;human error,&rdquo; explaining that an employee had forgotten to lock the back of the truck, enabling a bin and bag of ballots to fall out of the vehicle and onto the roadside. Florida residents subsequently stumbled across the ballots and delivered them to the police, who said there was no evidence of tampering.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The worker forgot to lock the back of the truck and as they drove off, one sealed bin and one sealed bag fell out, containing already voted ballots from early voting,&rdquo; the Miami-Dade Elections Department wrote in a statement Tuesday. &ldquo;While unintentional, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-chairwoman-ward-wants-decertification-of-ariz-election-results\/\" title=\"GOP chairwoman Ward wants decertification of Ariz. election results\">elections department<\/a> has a zero tolerance for error and therefore the employee was terminated.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A box and a bag containing early voter ballots was found on the road by a driver in Florida. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Iu6kPYO0JH\">pic.twitter.com\/Iu6kPYO0JH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yashar Ali &#128024; (@yashar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yashar\/status\/1851446215625621649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Another voting debacle had Floridians stewing when a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">bad actor stole blank ballots<\/a> from Orange County residents&rsquo;&nbsp;mailboxes using a stolen U.S. Postal Service master key earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Recently, our office was made aware by Orange County voters and the United States Postal Service that a stolen USPS Arrow Key was used to access cluster mailboxes in the county,&rdquo; Orange County Supervisor of Elections Glen Gilzean said. &ldquo;During the theft, several vote-by-mail ballots our office mailed days earlier to voters were discarded on the ground.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Chief Elections Administrator Christopher Heath has indicated the thief was after mail containing money, as the nearly dozen blank ballots were found in nearby storm drains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The people breaking into these cluster mailboxes do not care about ballots,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article294425429.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> <em>McClatchy News<\/em>. &ldquo;They don&rsquo;t want ballots, but mailboxes have ballots in them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ballot arson in Pacific Northwest: &lsquo;Free Gaza&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Three ballot boxes across the Pacific Northwest have been targeted by an unknown arsonist who is possibly a pro-Palestinian agitator.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ballot boxes in Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3209097\/ballot-boxes-fire-washington-oregon-free-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">set on fire<\/a> Monday.&nbsp;Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey confirmed Wednesday that nearly 500 ballots were destroyed in the Vancouver fire, and an unknown number were destroyed as authorities continue to search for the arsonist.<\/p>\n<p>  Another Vancouver ballot box was targeted earlier this month, though no ballots were damaged.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Clark County Elections ballot drop box at the Fisher&#8217;s Landing Transit Center was lit on fire this morning. Clark Co. Auditor Greg Kimsey says hundreds of ballots were inside at the time, the last pickup being 11AM Saturday. Full story here <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sYkz8ydEqH\">https:\/\/t.co\/sYkz8ydEqH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KATUNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KATUNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a8vw0QXXoY\">pic.twitter.com\/a8vw0QXXoY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Evan Bell (@evanbellKATU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evanbellKATU\/status\/1850922831548420439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Authorities believe the three incidents are connected, while the <em>New York Times<\/em> has reported that &ldquo;Free Gaza&rdquo; messages were scrawled on all three incendiary devices used to target the ballot boxes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The FBI has mounted an investigation into the arson attacks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Portland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Portland<\/a> Police Bureau Assistant Chief Amanda McMillan said&nbsp;during a Monday news conference that the fires are &ldquo;targeted&rdquo; and expressed concern that the suspect, or suspects, is &ldquo;trying to impact the election process.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1868789\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1868789\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early voting issues: Over 50 million ballots cast, but challenges arise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2361769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/early-voting.-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[42280,25322,34069,33358,32076],"class_list":["post-2361768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-ballot-issues","tag-early-voting","tag-election-news","tag-voter-turnout","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/early-voting.-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2361769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}