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Kim Taylor, 50, was convicted by a federal jury in November on 52 counts including fraudulent voting and providing false information in registering and voting.

Tammy Patrick from the National Association of Election Officials joins us for our first full episode of 2024 to unpack the challenges facing the thousands of election officials across the U.S. in 2024 and beyond.

By Fredreka Schouten and Curt Devine, CNN

Voting rights groups are urging election officials to reject a new tool championed by some conservatives as a way to root out fraudulent voter registrations – arguing that the private software depends on unreliable information and could be used to improperly disenfranchise legitimate voters.

If new voter software makes it easier to overturn votes, what's not to like?

A nonpartisan organization that trains election workers from across the country is now being run by two liberal voting activists—one who previously worked for the nonprofit that distributed hundreds of millions of dollars of Mark Zuckerberg’s election grants during the 2020 elections. The grants were supposedly to “help” local governments run elections, but most of the money went to election offices in Democrat-run localities.

One of the co-CEOs of Election Center previously worked for group that doled out “Zuckerbucks” in the 2020 election.

Republican leaders nationally are now embracing early voting. But as the party's messaging changes, will Republican voters in Virginia get on board?

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is implementing a 2-year European Union-funded project titled: ‘Sierra Leone Democracy Strengthening Project’. The Project aimed at supporting democratic institutions and civil society, including the media, toward credible and peaceful conduct of the 2023 elections and the democratic

As more women candidates in Liberia strive for effective and competitive legislative campaigns, it becomes increasingly important to promote opportunities for growth and connection throughout the campaign process. NDI, with funding from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), is implementing a campaign boot camp training program entitled Promoting Women’s Political Participation in the Elections Program in Liberia.