voting stories

Layi Oniwinde, 16, fills out an election worker application as his mother, Adaobi Oniwinde, looks on with a smile in Wheaton, Md. "I love the way the system here allows everybody to be involved," says Adaobi about the U.S. election system.

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The midterm elections need workers. Teens, veterans and lawyers are stepping up

5:10am September 07, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

Some election officials are sending the call out to high school students, veterans and lawyers to help staff the elections. But COVID and the political climate are making it harder to recruit.

Couy Griffin, a county commissioner in Otero County, New Mexico, speaks on June 17 outside federal court in Washington, D.C., where he was convicted of entering a restricted area during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

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A New Mexico judge cites insurrection in barring a county commissioner from office

4:52pm September 06, 2022

by Ashley Lopez

Otero County's Couy Griffin, who was convicted of entering a restricted area during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, must be removed from office for his involvement in an insurrection, a judge ruled.

A disconnected Albert sensor in Lincoln County, Wash.

Some Republicans in Washington state cast a wary eye on an election security device

4:20pm August 29, 2022

Albert sensors alert local governments to potential hacking attempts. But in Washington state, this cybersecurity tool has become the subject of suspicion by some on the political right.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during an Aug. 18 press conference in Fort Lauderdale, where he announced that the state's new Office of Election Crimes and Security was in the process of arresting 20 individuals for voter fraud.

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20 were charged for voter fraud in Florida. Advocates say a broken system is to blame

5:00am August 27, 2022

by Ashley Lopez

Many of the individuals charged by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' new election crimes unit said they had no idea that with their felony convictions, they were unable to vote when they cast 2020 ballots.

In this 2020 photo, an election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Board of Elections in Doral, Fla.

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A change to Florida's ballot signature review creates headaches for local officials

7:22pm August 23, 2022

by Ashley Lopez

"Now the requirement is for reasonable access to potentially look at a vast number of signatures that our staff has found absolutely no trouble with," a top election official says.

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A voter leaves after casting her ballot in a special congressional election on Jan. 11 in Miramar, Fla.

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Activists in Florida say Black voters have seen their political power curtailed

5:00am August 21, 2022

by Ashley Lopez

A combination of new election laws and congressional redistricting has made it harder for Black communities in Florida to organize and vote, activists say.

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"I Voted" stickers are seen on March 1 in Austin, Texas.

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A Texas county's election administrators all resigned, leaving the state to step in

8:33pm August 19, 2022

In conservative Gillespie County, the elections administrator and her two deputies have resigned, with at least one citing threats fueled by misinformation.

A controversial legal theory about the power state legislatures have over federal election rules has been backed by the conservative Honest Elections Project, which has filed multiple U.S. Supreme Court briefs on the topic, including one for a 2020 case a

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This conservative group helped push a disputed election theory

4:44pm August 16, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Honest Elections Project, a group that advocates for more restrictive voting laws, has helped push a legal theory — now at the Supreme Court — that could radically reshape federal elections.

Pinal County Attorney Kent Volkmer listens to complaints while addressing Election Day ballot shortages in the county.

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Election issues in this Arizona county provide fodder for both political parties

5:21pm August 08, 2022

by Ben Giles

Last week's primary in Pinal County was marred by ballot issues, giving both Republicans and Democrats opportunity to push their respective narratives about election administration.

Miami-Dade County Elections Department employees check the tabulation made by voting equipment that will be used in the upcoming state primary election.

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New data sheds light on one method to combat election lies

5:00am August 05, 2022

by Miles Parks

Positive messaging about democratic values like freedom and unity seems to have a meaningful effect on whether voters say they trust voting results.