An extraordinarily high number of ballots — more than 550,000 — have been rejected in this year’s presidential primaries, according to a new analysis by NPR. That’s far more than the 318,728 ballots rejected in the 2016 general election and has raised alarms about what might happen in November when […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Questions about accuracy of vote counting rise as most want to vote before Election Day
Confidence that votes for president will be accurately cast and counted has dropped significantly since 2016, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. And as the coronavirus pandemic enters its sixth month of changing nearly every aspect of American life, the poll also finds a majority of voters […] Read more »
The Voting Will End Nov. 3. The Legal Battle Probably Won’t.
The stormy once-in-a-lifetime Florida recount battle that polarized the nation in 2000 and left the Supreme Court to decide the presidency may soon look like a high school student council election compared with what could be coming after this November’s election. Imagine not just another Florida, but a dozen Floridas. […] Read more »
‘Nobody wants a replay of Bush v. Gore’
FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver discusses mail-in voting and the possibility that election results could be delayed. This Week, ABC News Read more »
United States of Conspiracy
How trafficking in conspiracy theories went from the fringes of U.S. politics into the White House. FRONTLINE examines the alliance of conspiracy entrepreneur Alex Jones, Trump advisor Roger Stone, and the president, and their role in the battle over truth and lies. CONT. Frontline, PBS Read more »
Trump is creating an untraditional partisan divide on vote by mail
The popularity of voting by mail has exploded during the coronavirus pandemic. … Yet over the past few months, President Donald Trump has crusaded to cast doubt on voting by mail. Many of those are false charges, including the idea that there is massive fraud, that have been debunked. Still, […] Read more »