Political Data & Technology

How Officials Secure The Ballot: With Multiple People, Multiple Checks

9:32am November 02, 2016

by Carrie Jung

Elections workers in Phoenix test each tabulation machine in advance and transport paper ballots and machine tallies by separate teams, not over the Internet, to assure the result is accurate.

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Elections Expert Breaks Down Early Voting Data

6:23pm November 01, 2016

Early voting is set to account for one-third of the vote this year. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to early voting expert Michael McDonald about what early voting data shows, which states are the most competitive based on early voting data, and if the FBI's revisiting of Hillary Clinton's emails will have a significant impact on the election.

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Hillary Clinton is campaigning in Florida this week, asking people to join the roughly 2 million Floridians who have voted already.

5 Questions About Early Voting, Answered

9:41am October 28, 2016

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Early voting makes casting a ballot easier for some people, but it might not boost turnout overall.

Instructions for electronic touch-screen voting machines in Illinois in 2006.

Some Machines Are Flipping Votes, But That Doesn't Mean They're Rigged

3:27pm October 26, 2016

by Pam Fessler

As early voting starts, there are scattered reports of touch-screen voting machines "flipping" votes from one candidate to another. Old voting machines, not a "rigged" election, are likely to blame.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are making their closing arguments to voters across swing states as the campaign moves into its final days. Both candidates have spent significant time in Florida — a must-win state for Trump.

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How Trump And Clinton Are Framing Their Closing Arguments

8:57am October 26, 2016

The NPR Politics team lays out what voters will see from each candidate in the final days of the 2016 presidential campaign.

A Pew Research Center survey says most Americans on social media are stressed out by online political interactions — and those feelings appear to be bipartisan.

Many 'Worn Out' By Campaign, Survey Of Social Media Users Shows

2:27pm October 25, 2016

by Brian Naylor

A Pew Research Center survey says most Americans on social media are stressed out by online political interactions — and those feelings appear to be bipartisan.

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Rigging An Election? It's Not So Easy, Voting Law Expert Says

1:32pm October 25, 2016

Rick Hasen, founder of the Election Law Blog, discusses Donald Trump's claims of potential voter fraud. "He's threatening the bedrock of democracy, and doing it to claim he's not a loser," Hasen says.

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is projected on a screen as he speaks Wednesday night in Las Vegas during the third presidential debate. The Trump campaign streamed the event live and produced post-debate coverage on its Facebook page.

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Did Trump TV Launch Last Night?

12:33pm October 20, 2016

by Scott Detrow

Donald Trump's campaign ran its own broadcast of the presidential debate Wednesday night. Many saw it as the first incarnation of a rumored Trump cable news channel.

The Danaher ELECTronic 1242 voting machine, on display in 2004 at the Franklin County Board of Elections office in Columbus, Ohio. The machines have been in use in the state since 1992.

Why Worries About Paperless Voting Loom Larger This Year

4:33pm October 18, 2016

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

In tight elections, the loser often calls for a recount. But recounting ballots might not be easy in states that use paperless machines — including the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania.

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Are your friendly local polling workers part of a vast election-rigging conspiracy? (Probably not.)

5 Reasons (And Then Some) Not To Worry About A 'Rigged' Election

10:30am October 18, 2016

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Donald Trump is insisting the presidential election will be rigged. There is about zero chance of that happening. It would require an unprecedented, bipartisan and broad-sweeping conspiracy.