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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says lessons from 2020 are informing election officials' priorities and preparations for the general election in November.

Michigan's elections chief wants to protect voters, poll workers and democracy itself

7:25am February 26, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sat down with Morning Edition in Detroit days ahead of the state's primary to discuss her approach to election security in 2024.

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Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference after his defamation trial outside the federal courthouse in Washington, on Dec. 15. A jury awarded $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers who sued Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment. (A judge lowered the jury's award to $146 million.)

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Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy a day after a judge orders him to pay $146 million

7:28pm December 21, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The bankruptcy filing follows a Wednesday court order that Giuliani, a former campaign attorney for Donald Trump, must immediately pay millions to two 2020 election workers that he defamed.

The FBI and postal inspectors are investigating letters — some containing fentanyl — sent to election offices in at least five states.

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Envelopes with fentanyl or other substances were sent to several elections offices

9:11pm November 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

The letters were sent to elections offices in the presidential battlegrounds of Georgia and Nevada, as well as California, Oregon and Washington, with some being intercepted before they arrived.