Nationwide, the use of absentee ballots and other forms of voting by mail has more than tripled since 1980 and now accounts for almost 20 percent of all votes, according to a front page story in The New York Times. At the same time, votes cast by mail are less likely to be counted, more likely to be compromised and more likely to be contested than those cast in a voting booth. Read more.

The St. Louis Beacon previews the St. Louis Disability Vote Summit, which offers disabled voters information about voting rights and advice on how to navigate the polls on election day. Read more.

The New York Times details allegations against Nathan Sproul, who is being investigated in several states over his company’s voter registration activities. Read more.

A federal judge in Florida has ruled that the state can continue to remove from voter rolls noncitizens who were never lawfully registered to vote. Read more.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is launching a criminal investigation into voter registration forms filed by a GOP vendor, Strategic Allied Consulting, according to The Miami Herald. Read more.

The Orlando Sentinel reports that Democrats have been more successful than Republicans in registering new voters since the Republican Legislature has moved to regulate groups that independently register voters in Florida. Read more.

Groups that include the NAACP are pressing for the reversal of a Florida decision last year that makes it more difficult for felons to regain the right to vote, according to a report by the News Service of Florida. Read more.

The Tampa Bay Times reports that Strategic Allied Consulting, a firm hired by the Florida GOP to register voters, knew weeks ago of possibly fraudulent voter registrations. Read more.

The New York Times reports on a Pennsylvania judge’s decision to put the states voter ID law on hold until after next month’s election, saying that not enough has been done to ensure voters have access to newly required documents. Read more.

The Washington Post reports on the practice of selling votes, a type of election fraud it says is common. The price of a vote? Rarely more than a tank of gas. Read more.