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News Articles: Elections

A demonstrator holds up a sign that reads "HANDS OFF OUR STATE COURTS!" during a December 2022 rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

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  • Elections

How a major election theory case at the U.S. Supreme Court could get thrown out

A major U.S. Supreme Court case from North Carolina about a once-fringe election theory may end up getting tossed out of the high court now that a state court in GOP hands is rehearing the case.

February 06, 2023
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
A young man fills out an application to cast his ballot at the Ann Arbor clerk's satellite office on the University of Michigan campus.

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  • Elections

Gen Z's political power: new data gives insight into America's youngest voters

Generation Z, which turned out in large numbers along with millennials last election, is still new to politics. A report exclusively obtained by NPR adds more context to the youngest voting bloc.

February 06, 2023
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  • Elena Moore

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  • Politics

Instant runoffs voting bill introduced in Georgia House

State Rep. Joseph Gullett, R-Dallas, introduced a bill into the Georgia House this week that would allow Georgia cities to experiment with instant runoff voting in nonpartisan municipal elections.

February 03, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Workers sort absentee ballots in Kenosha, Wis.

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  • Investigations

Are you an election worker who has received threats?

Republicans and Democrats alike who work to ensure free and fair elections have been facing increased threats and harassment. If you have been targeted, NPR wants to hear from you.

February 01, 2023
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
Nikki Haley is seen during an appearance on <em>Hannity</em> at Fox News Channel Studios on Jan. 20 in New York City.

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  • Elections

Republican Nikki Haley is set to announce a run for president

The former South Carolina governor would be the first to challenge Donald Trump in the GOP primary.

February 01, 2023
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  • NPR Staff
Miami-Dade County elections workers begin counting Florida mail ballots on Nov. 8, 2022.

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  • Elections

Local election officials in Florida call for scrapping new ID rules for mail voting

County election supervisors say the new restrictions will create significant election reporting delays and a slew of costs for local election offices, and could disenfranchise large numbers of voters.

January 30, 2023
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
NPR and <em>The New York Times</em> have asked a Delaware judge to consider unsealing hundreds of documents in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion dollar defamation lawsuit against Fox News.

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  • Business

NPR and 'New York Times' ask judge to unseal documents in Fox defamation case

NPR and The New York Times are seeking to convince a Delaware court to unseal documents to see whether Fox News defamed Dominion Voting Systems over claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

January 26, 2023
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Suspending former President Donald Trump's account was the most high-profile and controversial content moderation decision Facebook parent Meta has ever made.

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  • Technology

Meta allows Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram

The social media company is letting a two-year ban, imposed after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, expire.

January 25, 2023
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  • Shannon Bond
In this May 2022 file photo, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney speaks during proceedings to seat a special purpose grand jury in Fulton County, Ga., to look into the actions of former President Donald Trump and his supporters who tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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  • Elections

A Georgia judge weighs release of a grand jury report into 2020 election interference

After an months-long investigation into efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results by Donald Trump and his allies, a grand jury's report could be made public — or not.

January 24, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler
The News Corp. building in New York City, home to Fox News.

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  • Media

Fox News' defense in defamation suit invokes debunked election-fraud claims

Disproven claims about Donald Trump's loss in 2020, many debunked in real time by Fox's own reporters, are part of Fox News' defense against a $1.6 billion lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems.

January 23, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
Clockwise: California Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee, Ro Khanna, Katie Porter and Adam Schiff are expected to battle it out for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat in 2024 if she retires. Porter is the only one who has formally announced a run, but Lee is expected to make an announcement soon, while Schiff and Khanna are still contemplating the 2024 race.

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  • Politics

Early jockeying for Senate seats foreshadows competitive 2024 elections

Lawmakers are already setting their sights on 34 Senate seats that will open up in 2024, indicating a busy election season.

January 23, 2023
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
A sign held up by a demonstrator says "MOORE V. HARPER: A WEAPON TO OVERTURN ELECTIONS" at a December rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

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  • Elections

The Supreme Court is weighing a theory that could upend elections. Here's how

How federal elections are run across the U.S. could be upended if the Supreme Court adopts even a limited version of a once-fringe idea known as the "independent state legislature theory."

January 22, 2023
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer speaks about voting machine malfunctions at the county elections center in Phoenix on Nov. 9, 2022.

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  • Elections

An Arizona official has a plan to speed up election results. Not everyone is on board

Arizona's Maricopa County faced criticism as it took days to count its votes in 2022. The county's Republican recorder has a proposal to try to fix the problems he sees.

January 21, 2023
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By:
  • Ben Giles
Election workers process mail ballots for the midterm elections in Philadelphia on Nov. 8, 2022.

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  • Elections

Despite mail voting changes, ballot rejections remain relatively low in 2022 midterms

Hundreds of thousands of mail ballots were rejected across the country during the 2022 general election. That's about 1% of returned ballots, a rate similar to prior years.

January 13, 2023
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  • Ashley Lopez
Hundreds of voters wait in line at State Farm Arena in Atlanta during the first day of in-person early voting Oct. 12, 2020.

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  • Politics

No takeover recommended in Fulton County elections board probe

After a 17-month review, a panel assessing Fulton County's elections board is not recommending the state take over operations in Georgia's most populous county.

January 13, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler
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