John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” Tackles the Risk of Election Subversion in the U.S.
You can watch here:
(Disclosure: I discussed these issues with LWT staff.)
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“Russia Reactivates Its Trolls and Bots Ahead of Tuesday’s Midterms”
NYT:
The user on Gab who identifies as Nora Berka resurfaced in August after a yearlong silence on the social media platform, reposting a handful of messages with sharply conservative political themes before writing a stream of original vitriol.The posts… Continue reading
“What Can U.S. Democracy Learn From Brazil?”
NYT:
Down in the polls, the right-wing president claimed, without evidence, that the election could be rigged. He suggested that he might not accept a loss. And millions of his followers vowed to take to the streets at his command.But… Continue reading
“How Republicans Fed a Misinformation Loop About the Pelosi Attack”
NYT:
Within hours of the brutal attack last month on Paul Pelosi, the husband of the speaker of the House, activists and media outlets on the right began circulating groundless claims — nearly all of them sinister, and many homophobic… Continue reading
“Lawsuit seeks to block counting of military ballots in Wisconsin”
WaPo:
Wisconsin lawmaker who has been a frequent promoter of false election claims is suing to prevent the immediate counting of military ballots in her state after she received three ballots under fake names.The lawsuit, filed on Friday, was… Continue reading
“The Pa. Supreme Court has issued a second order on mail ballot dates as the legal fight continues; The justices on Saturday clarified what they meant when they ordered earlier this week that wrongly dated mail ballots be rejected. Meanwhile, a new lawsuit was filed in federal court on the issue.”
“New York early counting of absentee ballots to move forward after appeals court upholds law”
AP:
A New York appeals court on Tuesday upheld a new state law allowing absentee ballots to be reviewed before Election Day, saying it would would be “extremely disruptive” to change the rules with absentee voting already underway.The decision from… Continue reading
“The Untold Story of ‘Russiagate’ and the Road to War in Ukraine; Russia’s meddling in Trump-era politics was more directly connected to the current war than previously understood.”
Jim Rutenberg for NYT Magazine:
Putin’s assault on Ukraine and his attack on American democracy have until now been treated largely as two distinct story lines. Across the intervening years, Russia’s election meddling has been viewed essentially as a closed… Continue reading
“Coordinating Audits and Recounts to Strengthen Election Verification”
New paper available at Verified Voting.
“Republican Secretaries of State Walk a Minefield of Election Lies”
NYT:
Regardless of how the most outspoken election deniers perform on Tuesday, the furious political climate has already transformed an office whose occupants have often prided themselves on their remove from partisan trench warfare. At a time when Republican… Continue reading
“The Best Way to Protect Elections From Partisan Manipulation; Election administration is a job for professionals.”
Larry Schwartztol for The Atlantic.
“How a pro-Trump youth group remade the Arizona GOP, testing democracy”
“Campaigns Pay Influencers to Carry Their Messages, Skirting Political Ad Rules”
NYT:
In between posts showing himself running ladder drills and lifting weights, Ky’Wuan Dukes, a 20-year-old wide receiver at Johnson C. Smith University, tells his 21,000 Instagram followers to vote. He has also discussed gun control and abortion rights, as… Continue reading
“Exclusive: DOJ mulling potential special counsel if Trump runs in 2024”
CNN:
As Donald Trump inches closer to launching another presidential run after the midterm election, Justice Department officials have discussed whether a Trump candidacy would create the need for a special counsel to oversee two sprawling federal investigations related… Continue reading