The Voting Machine Monopoly — Is This Any Way to Vote?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Excerpt from “Is This Any Way to Vote?: Vulnerable Voting Machines and the Mysterious Industry Behind Them” by Celeste Katz Marston and Gabriella Novello.
Sports Teams Help Create Election ‘Super Centers’
Reading Time: 3 minutes With a pandemic still raging, athletes and election advocates are teaming up to make voting as exciting as the Super Bowl.
How Conservative Media Shapes American Democracy Online
Reading Time: 3 minutes A grand total of 19 people were charged with voter fraud in North Carolina last week, but a right-wing media frenzy influenced GOP lawmakers to sound the alarm.
America Decides 2020: Registering to Vote, Explained
Reading Time: 4 minutes There are several ways to register to vote, but do you know what the rules are in your state?
Voting by Mail Faces Obstacles Beyond the US Postal Service
Reading Time: 3 minutes Cuts in the US Postal Service could have an impact on voting by mail, but that’s not the only obstacle to making certain that absentee ballots get counted.
Problems with Electronic Poll Books: Scrutineers, Part IV
Reading Time: 22 minutes E-poll books are used around the US to check in voters. Because they use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, they’re vulnerable to manipulation and malfunction.
The US Postal Service May Be Broken. It Doesn’t Need to Be.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Republicans in Washington say they want to overhaul the US Postal Service. The last time they tried, they dug the cash-strapped agency into an even deeper hole.
America Decides 2020: Ranked-Choice Voting, Explained
Reading Time: 4 minutes We live in a two-party electoral system, with each side more opposed to compromise than ever before. What if we could rank more than one candidate and end the gridlock?
Election Offices Operate in Limbo as Congress Debates More Funds
Reading Time: 4 minutes Local election offices are preparing for a contentious November election but may not have enough staff or money to handle an expected surge of mail ballots.
Supreme Failures to Protect Elections from Partisanship
Reading Time: 8 minutes The fight over mail voting is symptomatic of deeper problems in American politics.