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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: 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
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Show Transcript on the western edge of Puget Sound. In Washington state, election misinformation kept flooding into small Mason County. So the head of elections auditor Patti McGuire, trying to soak up the incoming falsehoods with dry, hard fax. He started a biweekly column in the local paper this year, knocking down misinformation in the community and making clear the stakes. His office applied for a $33,000 grant and used it to create and mail every voter in eight page guide. The headline on Page three. Ensuring the Integrity of Elections. You were sounding the alarm. We wanted them set the record straight him and
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(Indianapolis, Ind.) - With the advent of the 2021 legislative session, Indiana Vote By Mail applauds efforts by legislators to make elections more accessible to all voters, while keeping our elections safe. A range of bills advocate for full vote by mail as an option for voters, eliminate straight-ticket voting, expand the use of vote centers, streamline the process of registering to vote through BMV offices, allow 16-17 year old students to serve as election workers, expand early voting locations, remove the absentee ballot excuses, require tracking of ballot mail using bar codes, and many more initiatives. These bills help to move the cause forward to realize increased voter engagement rates in Indiana, historically in the bottom ten states for turnout, including for the 2020 General Election. The Indiana General Assembly can and should help to create a climate of citizen parti
Four falsehoods Giuliani spread about Dominion.
Jan. 25, 2021, 4:35 p.m. ETJan. 25, 2021, 4:35 p.m. ET
Rudolph W. Giuliani worked for weeks after the November election in an attempt to subvert its outcome.Credit.Erin Schaff/The New York Times
Dominion Voting Systems, one of the largest voting machine vendors in the United States, filed a defamation lawsuit against Rudolph W. Giuliani on Monday, accusing him of spreading a litany of falsehoods about the company in his efforts on behalf of former President Donald J. Trump to subvert the election.
The lawsuit chronicles more than 50 inaccurate statements made by Mr. Giuliani in the weeks after the election, and issues a point-by-point rebuttal of each falsehood. Here are four of the most common false statements Mr. Giuliani made about Dominion Voting Systems.
The claim: Dominion voting machines can create ballots and can be hacked
Accusations of voting machine malfunctions persist against manufacturer Dominion Voting Systems, despite audits of 2020 presidential election ballots that were processed through its machines that found no evidence of tampering.
A claim posted to the Facebook page of Jeremy Herrell suggests Dominion Voting Systems fraud capabilities are featured in the user manual for the machines. Herrell, whose stage name is The Hip Hop Patriot, is a musician and podcaster who supports President Donald Trump, according to a profile page on Anchor.fm. BREAKING! The Dominion Voting machines have the ability to create ballots! says the Dec. 12 post, which includes pages allegedly copied from the manual.