Georgia Poised to Pick Vulnerable Barcode Voting Technology
Georgia is setting the stage to spend over a hundred million dollars to again purchase insecure voting machines, disregarding public and expert opinion.
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The Ultimate (Dangerous) October Surprise
WhoWhatWhy’s Election Integrity Weekly is written by Gabriella Novello, and edited by William Dowell and Sue Rushford. Have a tip or want to suggest a story? Send us an email at ei@whowhatwhy.org. Several questions remain unanswered about President Donald Trump testing positive for the coronavirus and what the 2020 election will finally look like. […]
Automatic Voter Registration Efforts Face Setbacks
Automatic Voter Registration Efforts Face Setbacks: The Massachusetts state legislature passed a bill in 2018 that would automatically register eligible voters once they interacted with the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV). But once voting rights advocates learned that the RMV was working to implement a more confusing version of what the legislature passed, they urged lawmakers […]
Activists to Congress: Secure Elections or Risk a Repeat of 2016
Democrats and election integrity activists are sounding the alarms for election security measures before 2020 after a bombshell report on Russian interference in 2016.
America Decides 2020: Our Democracy, Explained
Our series answering frequently asked questions about our electoral system.
10th Anniversary of Citizens United
A few Oklahoma state senators want to offer residents “Make America Great Again”-themed license plates, a move that could violate campaign finance laws. Welcome to 2020… it’s going to be a bumpy ride. A Not-So-Happy Anniversary: This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark and controversial ruling in Citizens United. Ridiculous amounts of money […]
The Drop Box ‘Problem’: Election Truthers’ Fictional Claim Gains Traction
This November, millions of Americans will vote for candidates whose shared agenda appears to be to make it more difficult for many of them to vote.
Report Alleges Voter Suppression in Alabama
Since the Supreme Court gutted a key part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Alabama lawmakers have taken a string of actions that disproportionately disenfranchise African American voters, according to a recent report by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The report states that the Republican-controlled state legislature implemented a voter ID law that targets […]
Voting During a Pandemic
Republicans have spent decades making it more difficult for core Democratic constituencies to vote by implementing things like voter ID, “exact-match” signature requirements, voter purges, poll closures, and other election rules that voting-rights groups say disenfranchise millions of Americans every year. Now, their efforts are facing a much tougher test than a Supreme Court that […]
The GOP’s Last Hope in Pennsylvania
With Trump down in the polls, Pennsylvania Republicans turn to the courts as a last resort.
America Watches and Waits
With the presidential race still undecided, ballot counting continues as lawsuits are filed.
The Media’s Most Important Job in 2020: Countering Postelection Chaos
Newsrooms need to prepare themselves and the public for what will be a contentious couple of weeks following the delay in election night results.