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Election Officials Add Panic Buttons And Bulletproof Glass For Security
Across the country, local election directors are beefing up their security in advance of Election Day on Nov. 5 to keep their workers and...
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Sep 18, 20242 min read
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Four Charged in Connecticut City Election Misconduct
Four individuals tied to a mayoral race in Connecticut’s largest city were arrested Tuesday for allegedly misusing absentee ballots, NPR...
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Jun 12, 20241 min read
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Survey: Nearly 40 Percent Of Election Officials Experience Threats Or Abuse
Nearly 40 percent of election officials report experiencing “threats, harassment or abuse” and 54 percent are concerned about the safety...
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May 2, 20241 min read
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US Election Officials Face Increased Violent Threats, Taskforce Chief Warns
Election officials across the US are facing an onslaught of unfounded hostility for “dutifully and reliably doing their jobs”, the head...
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Mar 26, 20242 min read
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Election Integrity Units Yield Only 47 Convictions, Mostly Minorities
Election integrity units created after Donald Trump's 2020 election loss primarily targeted minorities and Democrats for prosecution...
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Dec 22, 20232 min read
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NJ Election Expected to Bring More Division over Trans Kids’ Identities
Ahead of the New Jersey school board election, battles are still raging in several New Jersey schools over policies that would disclose...
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Nov 28, 20232 min read
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Letters With Fentanyl And Suspicious Substances Sent To Election Officials In At Least Four States
Suspicious letters were sent to local elections officials in at least four states, according to The New York Times. Two locations in...
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Nov 10, 20232 min read
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Mayor’s 25-Year-Old Fund-Raising Chief in Spotlight After F.B.I. Raid
A recent college graduate, Brianna Suggs was an unusual choice to run Eric Adams’s big-money fund-raising operation as he campaigned for...
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Nov 8, 20232 min read
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Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia Move Towards Abortion Rights
Abortion rights advocates won major victories Tuesday as voters in conservative-leaning Ohio decisively passed a constitutional amendment...
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Nov 8, 20232 min read
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Another Attempt To Restore All Ex-Inmates' Federal Voting Rights
Crystal Mason of Tarrant County, Tex., was arrested on a charge of illegally attempting to vote in the 2016 presidential election. Mason...
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Aug 15, 20232 min read
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A Slow, Mixed Start For DeSantis Voter Fraud Police
The fallout came fast when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s election police unit charged Peter Washington with voter fraud last summer as part...
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May 1, 20232 min read
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More With Felony Convictions Regaining The Right To Vote
Last week, thousands of people with felony convictions regained the right to vote in New Mexico, the latest in a growing number of states...
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Apr 4, 20232 min read
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TN Drops Charges Against Woman Imprisoned For Trying to Vote
A Tennessee prosecutor dropped criminal charges against Pamela Moses, a Memphis woman with a previous felony conviction who was sentenced...
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Apr 24, 20222 min read
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GOP Pursues Election Fraud In States, But How Much Is There?
Republicans across the U.S. are stepping up moves to investigate and prosecute voter fraud, the New York Times reports. Lorraine Minnite,...
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Mar 17, 20221 min read
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Texan Said It Was 'Time to Kill' Elections Official, DOJ Charges
The Justice Department charged a Texas man with threatening election and other government officials in Georgia, in the first case brought...
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Jan 21, 20221 min read
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