Ballot design is getting better as jurisdictions replace outdated systems and incorporate best practices into new technology. The butterfly ballot, for instance, is almost entirely extinct.

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So eventually we moved on to ballot boxes. ... And finally, ballot design matters most when an election is really, really close. So think back again to the 2000 Florida election.

Federal authorities are investigating fires at two ballot boxes reported Monday morning in the Portland, Oregon, area, as well as another fire reported earlier this month.

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Unable to read until she was in her 40s, she would struggle to decipher the words on the ballot, intimidated by how quickly the people around her finished and departed. advertisement Good Good Good ...

Last-minute voters should seek out a drop box. Ballots must be postmarked by 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 5. Mail dropped in a mailbox does not get postmarked until it is picked up and processed ...

Ballot drop boxes are open in Los Angeles County and across Southern California for the November election. Here’s everything you need to know. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever ...

Two ballot drop boxes in Washington and Oregon were set on fire this week. Officials say hundreds of ballots were destroyed. San Diego County Registrar says ballot drop box design is weather, fire ...

Washington state Republican Chair Jim Walsh has called having voters write their party affiliation on the outside of their mail-in ballot a “questionable design decision” as some ...

Voting rights advocates scored a major victory Friday in New Jersey when a federal judge struck down the use of a controversial primary ballot design that favored party-backed candidates.