Ballot collecting

This article is about the collecting of ballots by a third-party. For the container used to hold ballots, see Ballot box.

Ballot collecting, also known as "ballot harvesting" or "ballot chasing", is the gathering and submitting of completed absentee or mail-in voter ballots by third-party individuals, volunteers or workers, rather than submission by voters themselves directly to ballot collection sites.[1][2][3] It occurs in some areas of the U.S. where voting by mail is common, but some other states have laws restricting it.[1]

  1. ^ a b Phillips, Amber (26 May 2020). "What is ballot 'harvesting,' and why is Trump so against it?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. ^ Corse, Brent Kendall and Alexa (29 May 2020). "Ballot-Collection Battles, Split by Partisanship, Move Through Courts". The Wall Street Journal.
  3. ^ Gomez, Luis (4 December 2018). "What is 'ballot harvesting' and how was it used in California elections?". San Diego Tribune. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019.