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EXCLUSIVE: Part 1: Nationwide survey shows misinformation greatest challenge to US elections Administrators reveal voting successes, challenges and urgent steps needed Share Updated: 3:28 PM CST Feb 5, 2021 Administrators reveal voting successes, challenges and urgent steps needed Share Updated: 3:28 PM CST Feb 5, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript on the western edge of Puget Sound. In Washington state, election misinformation kept flooding into small Mason Count...

EXCLUSIVE: Part 1: Nationwide survey shows misinformation greatest challenge to US elections Administrators reveal voting successes, challenges and urgent steps needed Share Updated: 4:28 PM EST Feb 5, 2021 Administrators reveal voting successes, challenges and urgent steps needed Share Updated: 4:28 PM EST Feb 5, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript on the western edge of Puget Sound. In Washington state, election misinformation kept flooding into small Mason Count...

On one side, Democrats believe it's time to expand access to ballots, hoping to make it easier for more Minnesotans to vote. On the other side, Republicans claim there need to be checks in place to keep elections honest ...

MN GOP Chair Jennifer Carnahan will seek reelection Carnahan was first elected to the position in 2017. Author: Minnesota GOP party Chair Jennifer Carnahan will seek reelection, she announced Thursday. Carnahan, who was an unlikely winner as the party chair in the 2017 election, will face an opponent in the form of State Sen. Mark Koran, arguing the party needs "new direction and overhaul." In her announcement, Carnahan lists among her accomplishments helping the GOP flip three U.S. House seat...

PIERRE, S.D. -- The South Dakota Senate could soon consider a bill concerning online voter registration, but the measure is a far cry from what advocates hoped for. Late last week, a Senate committee made changes to a measure that would have allowed creation of an online system for South Dakotans to register to vote. ...

December 28, 2020 Secretaries of state say misinformation was one of the biggest challenges in 2020, and they hope some of the vote-by-mail changes will continue. SHOW TRANSCRIPT With the 2020 election behind us, officials across the country are looking to learn from what worked and what didnt.  "I think secretaries of state and others really stepped up and voters really leaned in as well and responded beautifully and brilliantly by adapting the ways that they vote," said Minnesota Secretary o...

Court: Negating pre-election rule suspensions voters relied on would disenfranchise voters of Clay County 5:46 pm, Dec. 14, 2020 × Edwin Hahn MOORHEAD — A judge on Monday, Dec. 14, dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit contesting the Nov. 3 election and the race for Minnesota House District 4A, stating in his ruling that negating pre-election rule suspensions that were made in light of the coronavirus pandemic would disenfranchise voters of Clay County. Minnesota District Court Judge ...

Attorneys for "contestees" maintain suit should be halted on procedural and other grounds 5:45 pm, Dec. 10, 2020 × Edwin Hahn MOORHEAD — A Minnesota District Court judge said Thursday, Dec. 10, he will issue a ruling by noon on Monday deciding whether a lawsuit should move forward involving the Nov. 3 election and the race for Minnesota House District 4A. The suit was filed in Clay County District Court on Nov. 30 by several "contestants," including Edwin Hahn, a Republican from Mo...