Voting Changes For Overseas Voters

What happened

The outlets' own sentences, most widely reported first. Hover one for who reported it.

Analysis

How it changed

1. 30 Sep

   Weeks before a Sept. 19 deadline for states to send those voters midterm ballots, the Pentagon submitted "emergency" requests to bypass the usual months-long process for changing federal forms.

   2 outlets · NPR
2. 1 Oct

   There are an estimated 2.2 million US citizens living abroad who are eligible to vote, according to the Federal Voting Assistance Program (the highest number of eligible citizens are living in Canada and the UK).

   2 outlets · The Guardian
3. 2 Oct

   The Democratic National Committee on Thursday filed a lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump’s administration secretly changed a postcard used by U.S. citizens overseas in a way that makes it harder to register to vote.

   2 outlets · Toronto Star

Coverage 4 articles

• 2 Oct DNC sues Trump admin over voting change for Americans abroad
  New York Post
• 2 Oct Trump administration's quiet move makes it harder for some US citizens abroad to vote, lawsuit says
  Toronto Star
• 1 Oct DNC sues Trump administration over last-minute changes to overseas voting form
  The Guardian
• 30 Sep Trump officials changed forms for overseas voters amid a GOP push to restrict voting
  NPR

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