Arizona remains epicenter for post-election misinformation
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona remains epicenter for post-election misinformation

Associated Press  

Arizona remained the epicenter for post-Election Day misinformation Thursday as vote counting in that state continued. The U.S. has a long history of political races that weren’t settled on Election Day, and those occasional delays have only increased in recent years given the rising popularity of voting by mail. In key battleground states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona, election officials cannot begin counting mail ballots until Election Day, guaranteeing delays. In the weeks before Nov. 8, election officials, voting advocates and misinformation researchers closely monitored social media content, given the role that false claims about voter fraud played in the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. In some cases, conspiracy theories about election fraud prompted threats of violence against officials on Election Day, particularly on fringe platforms and websites popular with far-right groups.

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US Postal Service touts timely delivery of mail ballots despite concerns from election officials
3 weeks ago

US Postal Service touts timely delivery of mail ballots despite concerns from election officials

Associated Press  

Postal Service said Monday nearly 100% of completed mail ballots were returned to election offices within a week for this year’s presidential contest, despite hurricanes, some misdirected election mail and delivery concerns raised by state officials. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said postal workers processed more than 99 million general election ballots — making extra deliveries and collections and working to …

Election day plagued by bomb threats, arrests and broken machines as America hits the polls
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Election day plagued by bomb threats, arrests and broken machines as America hits the polls

Daily Mail  

America's divisive presidential election got off to a rocky start on Tuesday, with reports of bomb threats, arrests, and faulty polling machines disrupting voting, including in four battleground states. Elsewhere in Georgia, election officials had to evacuate two polling locations in Union City in Fulton County after bomb threats were called in by a 'foreign state actor,' said Secretary of …

US Election Results: Don’t believe early vote count trends, winner will be declared only when...
1 month, 2 weeks ago

US Election Results: Don’t believe early vote count trends, winner will be declared only when...

Live Mint  

The final voting for the US Presidential Election began as early as midnight on Tuesday, November 5. PENNSYLVANIA: With more Democrats than Republicans voting by mail, the early results – based on in-person Election Day votes – will probably show Trump ahead. GEORGIA: All early votes – in-person and mail – must be counted and reported by 8 pm ET …

Officials ask for patience in waiting on Election Day results
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Officials ask for patience in waiting on Election Day results

Raw Story  

It’s Election Day in America. “Election Day is not Results Day,” Virginia Kase Solomón, president and CEO of the voting rights organization Common Cause, told reporters last week. “Every vote must be counted, and that will take time.” Later, she added: “Democracy is worth waiting for.” Timelines for counting In Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, two states that could seal the race …

Tracking the Status of Your Ballot in the 2024 US Presidential Election
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tracking the Status of Your Ballot in the 2024 US Presidential Election

Hindustan Times  

The 2024 US presidential election is nearing its conclusion, with nearly 34.4 million mail-in ballots having been returned. The process of tallying these ballots takes longer and depends on the state, with final confirmation taking several weeks. However, voters can track the status of their ballots online in many states, providing a sense of reassurance and control over the voting …

A torrent of Election Day disinformation is coming. Here’s how to avoid falling for it.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

A torrent of Election Day disinformation is coming. Here’s how to avoid falling for it.

Politico  

Complicating it all, of course, is a worry far closer to home: that former President Donald Trump will follow the same playbook he used in 2020, declaring victory before the outcome is clear and discrediting the results if he loses. State-backed foreign hackers targeting the election, the U.S. intelligence community has said, have therefore settled on a different strategy: exaggerating …

Vote-counting rules in battleground states complicate when a winner is likely to be named
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Vote-counting rules in battleground states complicate when a winner is likely to be named

LA Times  

Unless polling that portends a paper-thin margin between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump is completely wrong — a possibility because of dizzying changes in how voters cast ballots as well as a pandemic-prompted overhaul of election laws — Americans should plan on going to bed Tuesday night without knowing who won the White House. It’s hard to …

Editorial: Election results may take time. That’s a fact, not grounds for conspiracy theories
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Editorial: Election results may take time. That’s a fact, not grounds for conspiracy theories

LA Times  

Election day is almost here, and the end of this tumultuous campaign season cannot come soon enough. In 2020, Trump cynically and dangerously claimed that legitimate delays to count a record number of mailed ballots were evidence of fraud and asserted that Democrats were “trying to steal the election.” Trump’s lies were debunked and rejected by judges in numerous court …

Counting Votes in a Swing County: A Detailed Look at Maricopa County, Arizona
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Counting Votes in a Swing County: A Detailed Look at Maricopa County, Arizona

Associated Press  

The article discusses the challenges of election tabulation in Maricopa County, Arizona, due to its large population and political divide. Election officials anticipate a drawn-out count, which has fueled conspiracy theories surrounding the 2024 presidential election. The county's high number of voters and close political races pose significant challenges to the tabulation process.

'Too late': Arizona court rules voting access law put in place last year can be ignored
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Too late': Arizona court rules voting access law put in place last year can be ignored

Raw Story  

The Republican-stacked Supreme Court of Arizona has shot down an attempt by Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to ensure an easier voting process in Pinal County, reported Votebeat Arizona on Tuesday. The opinion, written by Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer, found that forcing Pinal County officials to change their process to comply with Fontes' rule would cause “unacceptable risk …

Three Trump Judges Just Issued a Shock Ruling That Could Wreak Havoc on the Election
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Three Trump Judges Just Issued a Shock Ruling That Could Wreak Havoc on the Election

Slate  

On Friday afternoon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit handed down a shock decision declaring that states may not count ballots that are mailed by Election Day but received shortly thereafter. The fact that Congress created one “Election Day” does not mean that it intended to void ballots that are cast by that date but, for whatever …

Trump-Appointed Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Mississippi on Ballot Receipt After Election Day
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump-Appointed Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Mississippi on Ballot Receipt After Election Day

CNN  

A federal appeals court judges have ruled that Mississippi's post-election mail ballot receipt violates federal law. The ruling could impact legal challenges to late-arriving ballots in other states, which could make a difference in key races. The court's decision is only binding on the three Southern states covered by the circuit, and for now, the panel is not ordering that …

USPS Mailbox Fire In Arizona’s Maricopa County Damages Some Electoral Ballots
1 month, 4 weeks ago

USPS Mailbox Fire In Arizona’s Maricopa County Damages Some Electoral Ballots

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A United States Postal Service mail collection box was set on fire early Thursday in Arizona’s Maricopa County, damaging what officials say were about 20 electoral ballots inside the box. 2/2 — Mayor Kate Gallego October 24, 2024 Fontes said his office has ensured that election drop boxes across Arizona’s counties contain fire suppression equipment. Olivier Touron/AFP …

Arizona's Electoral Battleground: What to Expect on Election Day
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2 months ago

Arizona's Electoral Battleground: What to Expect on Election Day

Associated Press  

Arizona's gubernatorial and congressional races are fiercely contested in the 2024 election, with Democrats aiming to regain control of the state Senate and House after four years under Republican control. The state's 16 electoral votes are a key battleground in the presidential race, with both candidates vying for the state's support. Additionally, voters will decide on various ballot measures, including …

Election Officials Under Fire as Early Voting Begins, Facing a Flood of False Claims
2 months ago

Election Officials Under Fire as Early Voting Begins, Facing a Flood of False Claims

CNN  

Election officials are working to combat misinformation in real time as early voting begins in earnest. They are preparing for a deluge of false and misleading claims, and are actively trying to address issues before they go far. In critical battleground states, conservatives have been sharing uncorroborated instances of machines flipping votes, claims of widespread fraud in mail ballots and …

Election Officials Under Fire as Early Voting Begins, Facing a Flood of False Claims
2 months ago

Election Officials Under Fire as Early Voting Begins, Facing a Flood of False Claims

CNN  

Election officials are working to combat misinformation in real time as early voting begins in earnest. They are preparing for a deluge of false and misleading claims, and are actively trying to address issues before they go far. However, the spread of misinformation continues, with claims of machine flipping votes, voter fraud, and manipulated results circulating on social media. Election …

Early in-person voting begins in Arizona, drawing visits from the Presidential campaigns
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Early in-person voting begins in Arizona, drawing visits from the Presidential campaigns

The Hindu  

Early in-person voting begins Wednesday in Arizona, making it the first of this year's Presidential battleground States where all residents can cast a ballot at a traditional polling place ahead of Election Day. The start of in-person voting in the closely contested State also drawing the presidential tickets, with both campaigns scheduling visits there this week. “Early voting, particularly by …

Election experts raise alarms about vote counting delays in battleground states
3 months ago

Election experts raise alarms about vote counting delays in battleground states

CNN  

CNN — In Pennsylvania, officials are bracing for another presidential election in which the state could once again be the decisive battleground and take days to determine the winner. In Georgia, election officials can begin processing absentee ballots ahead of Election Day and a new law since the 2020 presidential election requires counties to report to the secretary of state …

Arizona officials race to fix ‘clerical error’ for voters who haven’t proved citizenship
3 months, 1 week ago

Arizona officials race to fix ‘clerical error’ for voters who haven’t proved citizenship

CNN  

CNN — Election officials in Arizona are racing to correct a clerical error that could shut out nearly 100,000 voters from casting ballots in state and local races. Officials have described the Arizona situation as a “clerical error” and a “coding glitch” that isn’t part of any organized scheme to undermine the integrity of the 2024 election. The office filed …

Experts warn vote tally certification refusals could undermine 2024 election
3 months, 1 week ago

Experts warn vote tally certification refusals could undermine 2024 election

Raw Story  

Two months ahead of the November presidential election, Colorado officials are warning that refusal by local election canvass board members to certify results fuels misinformation and threatens voter trust in the entire election process. CREW identified 35 election officials who voted against certifying results between 2020 and 2023, including three in Colorado: Nancy Pallozzi in Jefferson County, Candice Stutzriem in …

US judge dismisses Republican challenge over counting of post-Election Day mail ballots in Nevada
5 months ago

US judge dismisses Republican challenge over counting of post-Election Day mail ballots in Nevada

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by national and state Republicans that sought to bar Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day. A state law passed by Democrats in 2021 allows election officials to tally ballots received by 5 p.m. on the fourth day after Election Day, as long as the envelopes …

Election certification disputes in handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election certification disputes in handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest

LA Times  

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission. In Georgia’s Fulton County, which includes the Democratic-leaning city of Atlanta, a group run by members of former President Trump’s administration last month …

Election certification disputes in a handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election certification disputes in a handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest

Associated Press  

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission. In Georgia’s Fulton County, which includes the Democratic-voting city of Atlanta, a group run by members of former President Donald Trump’s administration last …

Republicans say mail ballots arriving after Election Day in Nevada should be illegal
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans say mail ballots arriving after Election Day in Nevada should be illegal

NPR  

Republicans say mail ballots arriving after Election Day in Nevada should be illegal toggle caption John Locher/AP The fight over which mail ballots should be counted during this year’s general election is already well underway. “So it's completely changed how our elections work and run.” Durmick said every county in Nevada now runs a typical in-person election and automatically sends …

Nevada can start tabulating ballots earlier on Election Day for quicker results
7 months ago

Nevada can start tabulating ballots earlier on Election Day for quicker results

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Nevada election officials can start tabulating in-person Election Day votes as they come in, rather than waiting for polls to close in an effort to get results out quicker, Democratic Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said Wednesday. Aguilar cited state law in making the recommendation to county election officials that also include tabulating mail ballots as early …

Trump and Republicans file suit to nullify Nevada ballots mailed on Election Day
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump and Republicans file suit to nullify Nevada ballots mailed on Election Day

Raw Story  

The Trump campaign and its Republican allies on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging Nevada’s ballot receipt deadline. Nevada law allows for mail ballots postmarked on Election Day to be accepted and counted if they are received by county election officials within four days. Plaintiffs in the new lawsuit argue that practice violates federal law and as a result “valid, timely …

Republicans file lawsuit to block count of Nevada mail ballots received after Election Day
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans file lawsuit to block count of Nevada mail ballots received after Election Day

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — The Republican National Committee on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day, as the state’s law currently permits. The law, passed by Democrats in 2021, permits the tallying of mail ballots received up to four days after Election Day, provided the envelopes are postmarked before the end …

Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense
9 months ago

Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense

The Independent  

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Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense
9 months ago

Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The room sits behind a chain-link fence, then black iron gates. “What would be even more of a shame is if we couldn’t look the workers in the eye and say, ‘We’re doing everything possible to make sure that you’re safe,’” he said. Arizona’s top election officials are taking an aggressive approach to combating disinformation and responding to …

Forget election night answers: Results may take far longer in many close races
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Forget election night answers: Results may take far longer in many close races

LA Times  

Workers process vote-by-mail ballots at the Los Angeles County registrar’s tabulation and processing center in the City of Industry. “I think oftentimes what people don’t understand about the California election process is that the Legislature, by intent, has allowed voters to have every opportunity to cast a ballot and to get their ballot in,” said Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk …

Former Arizona AG sat on records refuting 2020 election fraud
1 year, 10 months ago

Former Arizona AG sat on records refuting 2020 election fraud

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona’s former attorney general suppressed findings by his investigators who concluded there was no basis for allegations that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud, according to documents released Wednesday by his successor. Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes, who took office last month, said the records show the 2020 election “was conducted fairly and accurately by election …

Republican losses fan election conspiracies in rural Arizona
1 year, 10 months ago

Republican losses fan election conspiracies in rural Arizona

Associated Press  

BISBEE, Ariz. — James Knox was glad to get out of the big city. Stevens was prepared to oversee Cochise County’s hand count when Marra objected last year, and only stopped once a judge ruled that it violated state law. “Recorder Stevens has proven he’s part of the crazy conspiracy crowd,” said Jennifer Druckman, a retiree who was one of …

“Hyper-partisan attack”: Arizona GOP advances new voting bills inspired by conspiracy theories
1 year, 10 months ago

“Hyper-partisan attack”: Arizona GOP advances new voting bills inspired by conspiracy theories

Salon  

Arizona's Republican-controlled state legislature advanced bills last month that they claim will improve election transparency — but voting rights advocates worry will actually have the opposite effect. "There's a lack of confidence from some of my constituents in the election itself," Republican state Rep. Rachel Jones of Tucson, who presented the bill, said during the committee meeting. "These are the …

Arizona recount uncovers several ballot-counting errors in Pinal County
1 year, 11 months ago

Arizona recount uncovers several ballot-counting errors in Pinal County

Raw Story  

The final recount results released Thursday in the Arizona attorney general’s race — which shrank to a razor-thin margin of 280 votes and confirmed Democrat Kris Mayes’ victory — show that ballot-counting errors in Pinal County were largely responsible for the shift. As in Pinal, all were human errors, though both represented less extensive failures of election administration than the …

After midterms, GOP reconsidering antipathy to mail ballots
2 years ago

After midterms, GOP reconsidering antipathy to mail ballots

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — In Georgia’s Senate runoff, Republicans once more met the realities of giving Democrats a head start they could not overcome. Conservative conspiracy theorists urged GOP voters to wait until Election Day before casting their ballots and spun tales about how such a strategy would prevent Democrats from rigging voting machines to steal the election. In Washington, South Dakota …

All votes counted in Maricopa County, despite online claims
54 years, 11 months ago

All votes counted in Maricopa County, despite online claims

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Uncounted ballots that got mixed with counted ballots at voting sites in Arizona’s Maricopa County were not included in the final midterm election results. While such ballots were mixed at two separate voting centers on Election Day, they were properly vetted and accurately tabulated, according to Megan Gilbertson, a spokesperson for the Maricopa County Elections Department. Poll workers advised …

Arizona county certifies election after judge’s order
2 years ago

Arizona county certifies election after judge’s order

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A rural Arizona county certified its midterm election results on Thursday, following the orders of a judge who ruled that Republican supervisors broke the law when they refused to sign off on the vote count by this week’s deadline. Two Republicans on Cochise County’s three-member board of supervisors balked for weeks about certifying the election, even as the …

Election certification delays few, but a ‘test run’ for 2024
2 years ago

Election certification delays few, but a ‘test run’ for 2024

Associated Press  

Before November, election officials prepared for the possibility that Republicans who embraced former President Donald Trump’s lies about voter fraud would challenge the verdict of voters by refusing to certify the midterm results. “It’s a good test run for 2024, showing state courts they’re going to have to step in.” For now, the certification delay in a smattering of rural …

GOP-controlled Arizona county refuses to certify election
2 years ago

GOP-controlled Arizona county refuses to certify election

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Republican officials in a rural Arizona county refused Monday to certify the 2022 election despite no evidence of anything wrong with the count, a decision that was quickly challenged in court by the state’s top election official. Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat who narrowly won the race for governor, asked a judge to order county officials …

Lengthy vote counts frustrate, but don’t signal problems
2 years, 1 month ago

Lengthy vote counts frustrate, but don’t signal problems

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Four days after Election Day, with a bitter, high-profile race for Arizona governor still up in the air, Ohio’s secretary of state broke an unspoken protocol among top election officials. “A lot of the important work we do for elections happens after Election Day,” said Joseph Kirk, the county’s election supervisor. Former President Donald Trump said in a …

Arizona county quick to bat down election misinformation
2 years, 1 month ago

Arizona county quick to bat down election misinformation

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — When the Republican candidate for Arizona governor accused the state’s most populous county of “slow-rolling” the vote count to skew early election results, a local official fired back. He called the allegations “irrelevant” and an “incredible distraction.” A record 290,000 of those ballots were dropped off at the county’s 223 vote centers on Election Day and are now …

In Arizona, election fraud conspiracy theories rage on as the vote count continues
2 years, 1 month ago

In Arizona, election fraud conspiracy theories rage on as the vote count continues

LA Times  

Republican Kari Lake could still catch up to Democrat Katie Hobbs in Arizona’s contentious race for governor. Darn it, we’ve got to start bringing this up.” Election officials in Arizona, particularly in Maricopa County, have been working overtime to combat criticism, misinformation and insinuations of malfeasance as they work through hundreds of thousands of mailed ballots returned on election day. …

Democrat wins Arizona elections post over GOP conspiracist
2 years, 1 month ago

Democrat wins Arizona elections post over GOP conspiracist

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Democrat Adrian Fontes won the top elections post in Arizona on Friday, defeating a Republican rival who attended the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol and who said he would not have certified Joe Biden’s win in the state. Fontes, who formerly oversaw parts of the election system in Arizona’s most populous …

Why Arizona election results are taking days
2 years, 1 month ago

Why Arizona election results are taking days

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Polls closed three days ago in Arizona, but counting for the 2022 midterm elections continued into the weekend as officials tallied votes cast in Maricopa County and across the state in races including Senate and governor. Officials in Maricopa — the state’s most populated county, home to Phoenix — released another batch of 80,000 votes around 10 p.m. …

Arizona voting issues not confined to conservative areas
54 years, 11 months ago

Arizona voting issues not confined to conservative areas

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Only voting sites in conservative areas in Arizona’s Maricopa County experienced issues with tabulating ballots on Election Day. Voting centers across Maricopa County reported printing issues that stopped some ballots from being counted onsite, including in Democrat-leaning areas, like downtown Phoenix and Tempe, according to the Maricopa County Elections Department. THE FACTS: As voting sites across Maricopa County reported …

Nov. 10, 2022 US election coverage
2 years, 1 month ago

Nov. 10, 2022 US election coverage

CNN  

An election worker arrives with ballots Wednesday inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office in Phoenix. Here’s what you should know as the counting continues: Where things stand in Arizona and Nevada — and why it’s taking so long to count ballots: The biggest reason for the delay is the way that each state handles the ballots outside of those cast …

Post-election misinformation targets Arizona, Pennsylvania
2 years, 1 month ago

Post-election misinformation targets Arizona, Pennsylvania

Associated Press  

The video on Fox News showed a Wisconsin poll worker initialing ballots before they were given to voters. “Spread to normies.” It’s an example of Election Day misinformation that reveals how misleading claims emerge and travel, and how innocent events can be spun into the latest viral election hoax. Maricopa County remained the epicenter of election misinformation Wednesday after problems …

Why some races in Arizona still haven’t been called
2 years, 1 month ago

Why some races in Arizona still haven’t been called

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of votes were still being tallied Wednesday in Arizona, where contested races including Senate and gubernatorial races remained uncalled. Here’s what we know: MARICOPA MATH Part of it is because of all of the ballots that got dropped off on Election Day in Arizona’s biggest county. Officials in Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous and home …

Minor poll problems twisted into false US election claims
2 years, 1 month ago

Minor poll problems twisted into false US election claims

Associated Press  

Voters did not encounter widespread problems on Election Day. “While I think yesterday’s election was smoothly conducted, nobody should assume that those forces, including the former U.S. president, seeking to subvert elections are going away,” said David Levine, the elections integrity fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy and a former elections director in Ada County, Idaho. The director of …

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