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Counting Federal Write-In Ballots Even If Election Officials Did Not Receive Absentee-Ballot Applications

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
August 18, 2023

Bush v. Hillsborough County Canvassing Board (Lacey A. Collier, N.D. Fla. 3:00-cv-533)
A district judge ruled that it was improper for counties to not count federal write-in ballots cast by overseas voters solely because the counties had no record of an application for an absentee ballot or solely because the ballots were not postmarked.
Subject: Absentee and early voting. Topics: Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA); military ballots; absentee ballots; write-in candidate; enforcing orders.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Tags:
Election Litigation | Absentee Ballots | Early Voting | Enforcing Orders | Military Ballots | Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) | Write-in Candidate | Emergency Proceedings | U.S. District Courts | N.D. Fla.