Election volunteer Candice Fortman describes rising tensions in a ballot counting room as voters delivered Michigan to Joe Biden.
Category: Voting
Posted inEnvironment, Voting
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The American divide
Reveal host Al Letson talks to a first-time voter, whose struggles reflect the divisions this country faces after a historic election.
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John Johnson isn’t dead: How claims of voter fraud in Florida fell apart
The Public Interest Legal Foundation, a conservative nonprofit, has a long history of claiming voter fraud but getting its facts wrong.
Posted inVoting
A warning from Wisconsin
Tens of thousands of mail-in ballots were rejected on technicalities in a pandemic primary in a key swing state.
Posted inAccountability, Voting
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Whose vote will count?
From problems with vote-by-mail systems to voter suppression, we examine the potential for chaos in the 2020 elections.
Posted inVoting
Was Florida in 2018 a dry run for troubles in November?
A delayed vote-by-mail count in Florida’s 2018 midterm elections triggered protests, misinformation and unsupported charges of “fraud” by Republicans.
Posted inHate, Voting
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Trial and terror (rebroadcast)
Since 9/11, nearly every terrorist attack in the United States has come from within.
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Voting Matters
Fifty years after the Voting Rights Act of 1965, people of color across the U.S. still are engaged in a battle to protect their right to vote
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Texas’ voter ID law is confusing voters into disenfranchising themselves
Will it happen again?
Posted inThe Trump Era, Voting
Crosscheck is ineffective and insecure. But states aren’t withdrawing
The system run by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is supposed to help stop voter fraud, but it’s opening up millions to identity theft.