The primaries in Florida and New York this week marked the final major nominating contests of 2022, and the country’s attention is now poised to shift to the general elections that will determine control of Congress for the next two years. Primaries for both parties stretching from March through this week offered up some key…Source: Five takeaways from a bruising...
Stuart Thompson writes about online information flows. The election dashboards are back online, the fact-checking teams have reassembled, and warnings about misleading content are cluttering news feeds once again.Source: To Fight Election Falsehoods, Social Media Companies Ready a Familiar Playbook....
Alaska held its top-four primary on August 16. For U.S. House, Republican Tara Sweeney finished fourth with 3.71% of the vote, thus entitling her to appear on the November ballot. But on August 23, she withdrew.Source: Tara Sweeney, Alaska U.S. House Candidate Who Placed Fourth in Primary, Withdraws; Libertarian Who Placed Fifth Now Qualifies for General Election....
Alaskans went to the polls Tuesday for the first time using a new ranked choice system that’s already under attack by a number of the politicians competing within it, and voters, in interviews, offered wide-ranging reviews. Many said they like the new system, and called it intuitive.Source: Ranked choice voting, in first test in Alaska, is already under attack....
In a shocking report, the U.S. Census Bureau recently admitted that it overcounted the populations of eight states and undercounted the populations of six states in the 2020 census. All but one of the states overcounted is a blue state, and all but one of the undercounted states is red.Source: Census Bureau Admits Overcounting 7 Blue States, Just 1 Red State....
A version of this post was originally distributed in Votebeat’s weekly newsletter. Sign up here. North Carolina’s May primary was “one of the worst elections I’ve ever worked,” said Karen Hebb, the elections director in Henderson County. “It was worse than COVID.”Source: Election officials brace for onslaught of poll watchers....
FREDERICKSBURG , Texas (AP) — Part of why Terry Hamilton says he abruptly left his job running elections deep in Texas wine country is by now a familiar story in America: He became fed up with the harassment that followed the 2020 election. But this was no ordinary exit. On the brink of November’s midterm…Source: Election staff abruptly quits, upending...
In a shocking report, the U.S. Census Bureau recently admitted that it overcounted the populations of eight states and undercounted the populations of six states in the 2020 census. All but one of the states overcounted is a blue state, and all but one of the undercounted states is red.Source: Census Errors Will Distort Elections, Funding for Next Decade....
The California governor wanted a national role. His actions in the coming weeks could shape it. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom wanted the national spotlight. Now he’s got it. And with it comes heightened scrutiny just as he’s about to make some tough decisions.Source: 5 policies that will test Gavin Newsom's national dreams....
Voters in Alaska head to the polls Tuesday to weigh in on several primary contests, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R) bid to keep her seat after voting to convict former President Trump in his second impeachment trial. The state is rolling out changes this year to how its residents vote in primary and general elections…Source: How Alaska’s new voting system...
