First Ever Ranked-Choice Vote Flips Seat to Dems
Maine is the first and only state to implement ranked-choice voting for federal elections. And now third-party voters’ second choice has led to a Republican losing his House seat to a Democrat.
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Chaos, Lack of Transparency Mar Vote Count in Georgia
After 10 days of court battles and Gwinnett County Board of Elections and Registration meetings, vote counting draws to a close — but questions remain about who gets counted, and why.
Federal Election Comes Down to Which Votes Won’t Be Counted
County officials have wide discretion over which provisional and absentee mail-in ballots should be counted in an election. In Gwinnett County, a Tuesday decision made by the Board of Registrations and Elections could swing a US House race.
Here Come the Judges! States Push to Maintain Judicial Independence
Civic and citizens groups around the country are ramping up efforts to ensure an independent judiciary and strong system of checks and balances.
Ancient Egyptians Used Ramps to Build Pyramids
Robert Bowers and ‘Cultural Marxism’ ; The ‘O.J. Strategy’ ; …and More Picks 11/6
A March to Disaster: Noam Chomsky Condemns Trump for Pulling Out of Landmark Nuclear Arms Treaty
Rep. Takes Credit, Criticism for Document Titled ‘Biblical Basis for War’ ; US Reimposes All Iran Sanctions …and More Picks 11/5
It’s Not Just Who Votes, It’s Who Counts the Votes
Investigative journalist Stephen Singular talks about his book Stolen Future, and the great mystery that still surrounds the 2000 presidential election.
Deepening Polarization: Why We Can’t All Just Get Along
Recent research reveals that the political divide in America is no longer just about two competing ideologies; it’s evolved into social and economic class conflict; and more recently, geographic self-segregation — a balkanization that is intensifying alienation, distrust, anger, and resentment among us.
Kemp Video With ‘Racist, Politically-Motivated Message’ Triggers Outrage, Then Disappears
After a tone-deaf video from Georgia’s Secretary of State, originally released in 2016, was ridiculed online, it was suddenly removed this week. But don’t worry, we saved a copy before it was pulled. So see for yourself whether the outrage is deserved.
Elections Matter — Shouldn’t We Be Taking Better Care of Them?
The GOP is setting up the “victimization” of Brett Kavanaugh as cause for a midterm election win next month. If that narrative sounds implausible, that’s because the cover story doesn’t have to be persuasive when you’ve got electronic voting machines.
Voting Machine Vendor Threatens Election Transparency Group
The largest electronic voting machine vendor in the US is threatening an election transparency group with legal action for publishing the company’s manuals. The transparency group says it has every right to share them.
Activists Concerned About Counties Destroying Ballot Images
Election transparency advocates are worried that numerous states may be breaking the law by not preserving ballot images and not following proper chain-of-custody rules.