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News Articles: voting stories

A voter leaves after casting her ballot in a special congressional election on Jan. 11 in Miramar, Fla.

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  • Elections

Activists in Florida say Black voters have seen their political power curtailed

A combination of new election laws and congressional redistricting has made it harder for Black communities in Florida to organize and vote, activists say.

August 21, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case next term involving a controversial legal theory about the power state legislatures have over federal election rules that the conservative Honest Elections Project has been backing in court filings.

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  • Elections

This conservative group helped push a disputed election theory

The Honest Elections Project, a group that advocates for more restrictive voting laws, has helped push a legal theory — now at the Supreme Court — that could radically reshape federal elections.

August 12, 2022
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
Pinal County Attorney Kent Volkmer listens to complaints while addressing Election Day ballot shortages in the county.

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  • Elections

Election issues in this Arizona county provide fodder for both political parties

Last week's primary in Pinal County was marred by ballot issues, giving both Republicans and Democrats opportunity to push their respective narratives about election administration.

August 08, 2022
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By:
  • Ben Giles
Miami-Dade County Elections Department employees check the tabulation made by voting equipment that will be used in the upcoming state primary election.

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  • Elections

New data sheds light on one method to combat election lies

Positive messaging about democratic values like freedom and unity seems to have a meaningful effect on whether voters say they trust voting results.

August 05, 2022
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By:
  • Miles Parks
Mark Finchem, a Republican candidate for Arizona secretary of state, waves to the crowd as he arrives to speak at a rally put on by former President Donald Trump in Arizona on July 22.

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  • Elections

Election denier Finchem wins GOP nomination to oversee voting in Arizona

Mark Finchem was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and is a longstanding member of the right-wing extremist group the Oath Keepers.

August 04, 2022
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By:
  • Miles Parks
In this Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, a worker prepares absentee ballots for mailing at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, N.C.

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  • Elections

North Carolina certifies the Green Party, which could allow it onto the Senate ballot

National Democrats have questioned the validity of the Green Party's signatures on a petition drive needed to get a spot on the state ballot.

August 01, 2022
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By:
  • Steve Harrison
Georgia Rep. Jody Hice speaks during a rally last September as former President Donald Trump looks on. Trump endorsed Hice, who falsely believes fraud tainted the 2020 election, in the Georgia secretary of state race, but Hice was defeated.

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  • Elections

Election deniers are running to control voting. Here's how they've fared so far

In five states, Republicans who deny the 2020 election results have now moved closer to overseeing the voting process. Arizona, which has a primary on Tuesday, could be next.

July 29, 2022
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By:
  • Miles Parks
A Donald Trump supporter holds a "Trump Won" sign before a rally on Jan. 15 in Florence, Ariz. The former president, who lost the state and the presidential election in 2020, has endorsed a slew of election-denying candidates in Arizona this year.

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  • Elections

Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona

Despite a discredited election review and false claims about the 2020 election, this year's primary, coming up on Tuesday, isn't all that different in Arizona's biggest county.

July 28, 2022
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By:
  • Ben Giles

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  • Investigations

A new Georgia voting law reduced ballot drop box access in places that used them most

Georgia lawmakers changed voting laws after 2020, including eliminating drop boxes in certain counties, making it harder for many voters in cities and suburbs, often people of color, to access them.

July 27, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler,
  • Sam Gringlas,
  • and 1 more
Then-Vice President Mike Pence is seen presiding over a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 Electoral College results after a mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. Proposed changes to the Electoral Count Act would clarify the vice president's role in counting states' electoral votes.

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  • Elections

Proposed reforms for the Electoral Count Act draw broad support

The proposal, aimed at reforming the widely criticized 135-year-old law governing the process of casting and counting Electoral College votes, has garnered widespread support among election experts.

July 22, 2022
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt and
  • Miles Parks
Two canvassers are seen last year on Michelle Garcia's front-door camera in in Pueblo, Colo. The men said they were "doing a voter verification project."

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  • Elections

The election denial movement is now going door to door

In Colorado, canvassers have been knocking on doors in some communities to determine whether people actually voted. The effort is raising concerns about voter intimidation.

July 21, 2022
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By:
  • Miles Parks and
  • bente birkeland
Proposed changes to the Electoral Count Act would clarify the vice president's role in counting states' electoral votes. Here, then-Vice President Mike Pence is seen in the House chamber early on Jan. 7, 2021, to finish the work of the Electoral College after a mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol.

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  • Elections

A bipartisan Senate group announces a deal on reforming the Electoral Count Act

The 1887 law governs the process of counting Electoral College votes and came under fresh scrutiny following attempts to invalidate the presidential election results on Jan. 6, 2021.

July 20, 2022
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt
The Texas State Capitol

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  • Elections

Texas is barred from enforcing new restrictions on voter assistance

A federal judge has struck down provisions in Texas' new law that set limits on how people can help voters cast their ballots.

July 19, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
Stacks of ballot envelopes waiting to be mailed are seen at the Wake County Board of Elections on Sept. 3, 2020, in Raleigh, N.C. The Green Party has so far been kept off North Carolina's 2022 Senate ballot by the Democratic-led Board of Elections.

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  • Elections

North Carolina's Green Party says Democrats are working to keep it off the 2022 ballot

The North Carolina Board of Elections, which is controlled by Democrats, has — so far — refused to give the Green Party a spot on the ballot, citing possible fraud in their ballot petition.

July 15, 2022
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By:
  • Steve Harrison
Residents drop mail-in ballots in an official ballot box outside of a Milwaukee library on Oct. 20, 2020.

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  • Elections

The Wisconsin Supreme Court says ballot drop boxes aren't allowed in the state

The decision lays out ground rules for absentee voting a month ahead of Wisconsin's statewide primary elections.

July 08, 2022
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt
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