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.
What the Suffrage Movement Reveals About Race in America
Reading Time: 4 minutes Black women are still fighting for the right to vote 100 years after the ratification of the 19th Amendment.
Kentucky Official Calls for Mail-in Voting, Limits Who Can Vote Absentee
Reading Time: 3 minutes A choice between health and voting shouldn’t be one anyone has to make.
From the Front Lines of the Fight for Fair Elections
Reading Time: 19 minutes Gabriella Novello, WhoWhatWhy’s election integrity reporter, discusses what it’s like to cover efforts to protect the right to vote during a pandemic.
Activists Vow to Protect USPS as States Expand Mail-in Voting
Reading Time: 4 minutes Voting-rights groups are beefing up their legal efforts to protect access to absentee voting, which now also means protecting the postal service.
‘We Did It’: Voting-Rights Advocates Laud Early-Voting Expansion for Students
Reading Time: 3 minutes After six years in federal court, college students in Florida will finally be allowed to have early-voting locations on campus without any strings attached this November.
Election Advocates Eye Florida Fixes for 2020
Reading Time: 11 minutes Passage of Amendment 4 restored voting rights to more than a million Floridians, but advocates of election integrity want to see more accountability from election administrators in the Sunshine State before 2020.
League of Women Voters Gets Trump Bump
Reading Time: 8 minutes The venerable League of Women Voters has seen a surge in members and resources since the 2016 election. Nearly 100 years after its founding, the League has become a major player in the fight against voter suppression.
Democratic House’s First Step: Voting Rights
Reading Time: < 1 minute The first move for the Democratic House may not be subpoenas or investigations, but rather passing voting rights legislation.
Forget ‘Fraud’ — Florida Has Bigger Issues
Reading Time: 3 minutes Election integrity issues in Florida have much less to do with fraud than with mismanagement and explicit attempts to skirt the law.