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Judges Rule North Carolina Elections Board Unconstitutional

10:37am October 17, 2018

by Associated Press

A three-judge panel says changes made to North Carolina's elections board over the last year were unconstitutional.

This June, instructions were posted at an early voting precinct in Bismarck, N.D. In that primary election, tribal IDs that did not show residential addresses were accepted as voter ID. But those same IDs will not be accepted in the general election.

Many Native IDs Won't Be Accepted At North Dakota Polling Places

4:02pm October 13, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The Supreme Court has upheld a state law requiring voters' IDs to have street addresses, which many reservations do not use. Native American groups are now scrambling to prepare for Election Day.

Politics & Government

ProPublica Analysis Finds Fewer N.C. Early Voting Sites This Year

4:39pm October 02, 2018

by Sean Bueter

Election officials on both sides of the political aisle say that new early voting rules mandated by the legislature are hurting their ability to serve their voters.

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla is launching the first statewide effort to combat election-related disinformation.

California Launches New Effort To Fight Election Disinformation

3:41pm September 23, 2018

by Ben Adler

The state's new Office of Elections Cybersecurity will focus on combating social media campaigns that try to confuse voters or discourage them from casting ballots.

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Fears about how Russian hackers affected the 2016 election seem to have led a number of Americans to expect a foreign country to affect vote tallies in the midterms. There's no evidence such an attack has ever occurred previously.

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NPR/Marist Poll: 1 In 3 Americans Think A Foreign Country Will Change Midterm Votes

3:08pm September 17, 2018

by Miles Parks

There is no evidence Russia, or any other country, has attempted to change vote tallies in an American election. Still, a sizable chunk of the American public thinks it's possible.

Charnisha Thomas signs in during the Louisiana presidential primary in 2008. In a new poll released Monday, African-American voters say they wait in longer lines and travel farther to get to polling places than white voters.

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NPR/Marist Poll: 40 Percent Of Americans Think Elections Aren't Fair

10:10am September 17, 2018

by Miles Parks

Republicans overwhelmingly believe elections are fair, but non-white voters, women and Democrats are much more skeptical. Nonwhite voters also experience longer lines than white voters.

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On The Sidelines Of Democracy: Exploring Why So Many Americans Don't Vote

9:30am September 10, 2018

In recent midterms, 4 in 10 eligible voters cast ballots. Nonvoters talk of apathy, disgust, barriers and other reasons. But those who don't vote, and their interests, can be ignored by candidates.

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