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In small towns, even GOP clerks are targets of election conspiracies
A polling location in Jefferson City the morning of Aug. 6 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).PORT AUSTIN, Mich. — Deep in the thumb of Michigan’s mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula, Republican...
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Swing states prepare for a showdown over certifying votes in November
An election observer monitors two poll workers processing absentee ballots in the Milwaukee Election Commission warehouse on Aug. 13. Discrepancies in the count could be used by county canvassing...
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In the tightest states, new voting laws could tip the outcome in November
Voters in Grand Rapids, Mich., cast their ballots during the state’s August primary. LEFT: Michigan was one of the swing states that has greatly expanded voter access since 2020. (Matt...
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‘Firehose’ of election conspiracy theories floods final days of the campaign
Lisa Posthumus Lyons, the Republican clerk for Kent County, Mich., has to remind voters that elections are run by people and mistakes can occur; it doesn’t mean there’s a conspiracy. In the final days...
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Recent safeguards should quash efforts to overturn election results, experts say
Two election observers watch election workers at the Milwaukee Election Commission’s warehouse south of downtown during the August primary. The post-election period in swing states, including...
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Ranked-choice voting faces cloudy future after election setbacks
Ranked-choice voting, which allows voters to rank political candidates by preference, is used statewide in Alaska and Maine and in major U.S. localities such as New York City and San Francisco (Melissa...
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Election denialism has staying power even after Trump’s win
Republicans’ disinformation campaigns have caused Americans’ confidence in elections to plummet and exposed local election officials to threats and harassment, and some observers worry about a return...
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Judges topple gun restrictions as courts chart an uncertain path forward
A pro-gun rights demonstrator carrying an AR-15 and a handgun stands outside of the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville in August 2023. Assault weapons bans have faced more challenges in federal...
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Librarians gain protections in some states as book bans soar
Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" is among the books being targeted nationwide by public school book bans (Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector).Karen Grant and fellow school librarians throughout New Jersey...
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Blue states fear invasion by red-state National Guard troops for deportations
A Texas National Guard member observes as a federal Border Patrol agent pats down migrants who have surrendered themselves for processing. President Donald Trump wants to utilize the National Guard...
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Election officials blast Trump’s ‘retreat’ from protecting voting against...
A polling location in Jefferson City (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping...
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Red flag laws are increasingly being used to protect gun owners in crisis
Groups of mourners gather for a prayer vigil after a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis in 2021. Indiana is one of 21 states that have a red flag law, which allow police and family...
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