“Lawsuit filed after more than 1,000 Cobb County absentee ballots were never mailed”
AJC.
“Election officials fear counting delays will help fuel claims of fraud”
WaPo:
Officials in a handful of closely contested states are warning that the winners of tight races may not be known on election night, raising the possibility of a delay that former president Donald Trump and his allies could exploit… Continue reading
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.)
“Gerrymandering, hubris and court fights: How redistricting shaped the battle for the House”
“Trump and other Republicans are already casting doubt on midterm results”
CNN:
Former President Donald Trump posted on social media on Tuesday to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the midterm election in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania. “Here we go again!” he wrote. “Rigged Election!”Trump’s supposed evidence? An… Continue reading
“This year, GOP election deniers got a free pass from Twitter and Facebook”
WaPo:
Mark Finchem, the Republican candidate seeking to oversee Arizona’s election system as that state’s secretary of state, made a last-minute fundraising pitch on Wednesday using one of his favorite talking points: the looming threat of voter fraud.Finchem falsely argued… Continue reading
“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.