BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Negativity Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Politically Left Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 37.5% saturation with 122 hits. Analysis detected 800 faulty-reasoning hits from 325 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 37.4% and a BS Rank of 40% (18,562 of 30,584 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 60.70% of the article peer group.
As the midterms draw closer, President Trump and his allies on the right have increased their attacks on mail voting while continuing to falsely claim that it is rife with fraud.
Voting advocates are now warning about disruptive new policies announced by the U.S.
Postal Service and the Trump administration, including changes to how mail is postmarked, and an executive order this spring attempting to give the USPS sweeping new authority over who can even vote by mail.
That executive order has been blocked, for now.
Mail voting has also become a major battleground in states, as a barrage of GOP laws restricts access to mail ballots and drop boxes, and bans voters from receiving assistance .
But in late June, mail voting got a surprise reprieve when the Supreme Court upheld grace periods that allow election officials to count ballots that were postmarked by Election Day but arrive later.
Conservatives have seized on the time it takes some states to count all ballots to amplify baseless allegations of fraud, most recently in the California primaries.
We suspect this has left you with a lot of questions—including about what it means for your own access to mail voting.
So we want to hear from you.
Let us know what’s been on your mind and we will research and answer many of your queries in our next edition of “Ask Bolts.”
What questions do you have about the USPS’s latest policies and what it might mean for you?
Do you have questions about how mail ballots are counted—why that process can be so slow, and what reforms are on the table?
Are you curious which states provide the most restrictive or expansive access to mail voting?
Share your questions with us in the form below by noon ET on Friday, July 17 .
And remember: all questions are welcome.
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