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Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia—Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activists

by Seyward Darby July 14, 2023July 14, 2023

“The recent transformation of the state’s election laws explicitly enabled citizens to file unlimited challenges to other voters’ registrations. Experts warn that election officials’ handling of some of those challenges may clash with federal law.”

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Heeding Steve Bannon’s Call, Election Deniers Organize to Seize Control of the GOP — and Reshape America’s Elections

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 2, 2021October 19, 2022

“The stolen election myth inspired thousands of Trump supporters to take over the Republican Party at the local level, exerting more partisan influence on how elections are run.”

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Donald Trump’s Worst Nightmare

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 14, 2020October 19, 2022

“Rebecca Acuña is a Mexican immigrant running Biden’s Texas campaign. She has the audacity to think she can turn the state blue.”

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The Children of 9/11 Are About to Vote

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 23, 2020October 19, 2022

Across the country, 13,238 Americans were born on September 11, 2001, and — come November — they will get to vote in a presidential election for the first time. For Politico, Garrett M. Graff interviewed these young adults about their views on 9/11, school shootings, the pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests, and the political and […]

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The Election That Could Break America

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 23, 2020October 19, 2022

“If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him?”

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“I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 15, 2020October 19, 2022

An internal memo from fired data scientist Sophie Zhang explains how Facebook knew that politicians around the world were engaged in “inauthentic activity” on the social network in order to manipulate voters.

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