Patrick Marley

Madison

Democracy Reporter, Upper Midwest at The Washington Post

Covering voting issues for the Washington Post. Previously with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Texas court documents allege payments in ‘vote harvesting’ probe

5 days ago | adn.com | Patrick Marley |Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

Officials in a rural Texas county who were charged with “vote harvesting” this week were accused of paying a campaign worker who told elderly residents how to vote while helping them with their ballots in 2022 and 2023, according to court documents. The indictments and applications for search warrants in Frio County, near San Antonio, were released a day after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced the charges against six people related to what he waid wasa “vote harvesting” operation.
Texas court documents allege payments in ‘vote harvesting’ probe

5 days ago | detroitnews.com | Patrick Marley |Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

NATIONPatrick Marley, Yvonne Wingett SanchezWashington PostView Comments Officials in a rural Texas county who were charged with “vote harvesting” this week were accused of paying a campaign worker who told elderly residents how to vote while helping them with their ballots in 2022 and 2023, according to court documents.
Texas court documents allege payments in ‘vote harvesting’ probe

5 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Patrick Marley |Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

Texas court documents allege payments in ‘vote harvesting’ probe (washingtonpost.com) Texas court documents allege payments in ‘vote harvesting’ probe By Patrick Marley; Yvonne Wingett Sanchez 2025050901413500 Officials in a rural Texas county who were charged with vote harvesting this week were accused of paying a campaign worker who told elderly residents how to vote while helping them with their ballots in 2022 and 2023, according to court documents.
Texas AG says judge, other officials arrested for ‘vote harvesting’ crimes

6 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Patrick Marley |Yvonne Sanchez

Texas AG says judge, other officials arrested for ‘vote harvesting’ crimes (washingtonpost.com) Texas AG says judge, other officials arrested for ‘vote harvesting’ crimes By Mariana Alfaro; Patrick Marley; Yvonne Wingett Sanchez 2025050803084300 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Wednesday said six individuals — including a county judge and a former elections administrator — were indicted and arrested for what Paxton described as a fraudulent "vote-harvesting scheme" in the state's Frio...
NC justice can be sworn in after 6-month court battle over top court seat

6 days ago | abajournal.com | Patrick Marley

Home Syndicated NC justice can be sworn in after 6-month… Election Law NC justice can be sworn in after 6-month court battle over top court seat A Republican who narrowly lost a North Carolina Supreme Court election ended his challenge to the results Wednesday, clearing the way for the Democratic incumbent to be sworn in six months after she won the race. Justice Allison Riggs, who was appointed to the court by a Democratic governor in 2023, won the November election by 734 votes out of 5.5...
Republican concedes in N.C., ending effort to change election rules after the fact

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Patrick Marley

Republican concedes in N.C., ending effort to change election rules after the fact (washingtonpost.com) Republican concedes in N.C., ending effort to change election rules after the fact By Patrick Marley 2025050716561900 A Republican who narrowly lost a North Carolina Supreme Court election ended his challenge to the results Wednesday, clearing the way for the Democratic incumbent to be sworn in six months after she won the race.
Judge orders officials to certify Democrat’s win for N.C. Supreme Court

1 week ago | spokesman.com | Patrick Marley |Niha Masih

A federal judge on Monday ordered North Carolina election officials to certify a November election and confirm the narrow victory of a Democratic justice on the state Supreme Court. The order was the latest development in a back-and-forth legal saga that has gone on for six months. The Republican who lost the case has seven days to appeal the decision, which could prolong the dispute. In the order, Richard E.
Judge orders officials to certify Democrat’s win for N.C. Supreme Court

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Patrick Marley |Niha Masih

Judge orders officials to certify Democrat’s win for N.C. Supreme Court (washingtonpost.com) Judge orders officials to certify Democrat’s win for N.C. Supreme Court By Patrick Marley; Niha Masih 2025050601513600 A federal judge on Monday ordered North Carolina election officials to certify a November election and confirm the narrow victory of a Democratic justice on the state Supreme Court.
Trump wants voters to prove citizenship. Arizona tried that and bungled it.

1 week ago | adn.com | Yvonne Wingett Sanchez |Patrick Marley

PHOENIX - For 30 years, no one questioned Danny Dobosz’s citizenship when the lifelong Republican cast his ballot. So when a letter arrived from a local election official last month asking him to send back a copy of his birth certificate to prove he was an American citizen who was eligible to vote, he tossed it in the trash at his home in Yuma, Arizona.
GOP takes over N.C. elections board, boosting chances of reversing high court race

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Patrick Marley

GOP takes over N.C. elections board, boosting chances of reversing high court race (washingtonpost.com) GOP takes over N.C. elections board, boosting chances of reversing high court race By Patrick Marley 2025050119523700 Republicans took over North Carolina's elections board Thursday, boosting their chances of reversing the results of a November election and expanding their majority on the state Supreme Court.