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.
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“We are following election and industry standards”
“We are following election and industry standards”: This was the response by Georgia GOP Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s spokesperson after election integrity advocates claimed officials failed to ensure that all absentee ballots were fairly counted in last week’s primary elections. Raffensperger’s office is once again embroiled in controversy over his state’s new voting […]
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.
An Opportunity Presents Itself
Seven states — Louisiana, Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, Connecticut, and Indiana — have postponed their presidential primaries. Wyoming canceled its in-person caucuses and urged everyone to vote by mail. In fact, a growing number of people are pointing out that mail-in voting could be the best way to keep voters safe without disrupting turnout this […]
Voting Hurdles Mount in Iowa
It’s not Texas but voter suppression is alive and well in this Midwestern swing state.
Guns at Polls: The Right to Vote Meets the Right to Carry
Voter intimidation concerns grow as voting gets underway in open-carry states.
2020 Dems Speak at Selma
Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) were the only presidential candidates to speak last night at the Selma Presidential Forum, moderated by MSNBC’s Joy Reid and Rev. Mark Thompson. “I want people to be shocked by the fact that one of the two major political parties in this country plans to win, and […]
On a Cliff’s Edge: Final Polls Are Close in Many Key States
Election integrity issues, lawsuits could tilt results, especially in Trump’s 2016 “red wall.”
Hacking Risk Prompts Police Escort for Electronic Votes
Amid growing public awareness of electronic voting machine vulnerabilities, Georgia’s largest county is concerned about the optics of using dial-up modems to transmit vote results.
Coronavirus and the 2020 Election — an Update
There are a lot of moving parts at the moment, but election officials are scrambling to keep elections going amid the coronavirus. Here’s what happened this past week: Congress included $400 million for elections in its emergency $2 trillion stimulus package last week. It’s a step in the right direction, but a drop in the […]