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Conspiracy theories of election rigging are already swirling Tuesday after some Arizona polling stations reported issues with their vote-counting machines.

Right-wing media is painting a picture of insurgency on Election Day…from the left.

Right-wing media has started Election Day spreading false claims that Democrats will try and steal midterm outcomes.

Tens of thousands of Georgia voters have had their registrations challenged, often en masse and for obscure technical reasons. Election officials have rejected the overwhelming number of such challenges but they add additional strain to a voting system finding its way through its first test since a controversial overhaul. And critics say such controversies typify the sort of obstacles the law deliberately established.

It’s always tempting to read too much into midterm elections. In politics, clear metrics are often lacking—and that goes double in an era in which polling seems less accurate than astrology. By the time the dust settles, the punditocracy will agree: These midterms provided authoritative proof of some prior narrative that had begun to unspool months earlier: The country is souring on the War in Iraq, feeling the impact of the rise of the Tea Party, reflecting the power of the #Resistance. The votes are in and our priors are confirmed. Читать дальше...

Given the numerous election deniers running right now—for the U.S. House and Senate, for governor and for secretary of state—the 2022 midterm elections’ consequences for the state of democracy are hard to overstate. But beyond the likes of Kari Lake or Doug Mastriano garnering loads of national attention, there’s hundreds of local officials whose races will shape the fate of future elections: county sheriffs. Just as a smaller-scale series of local acts of intimidation and violence led us to the... Читать дальше...

The team had no idea their generic ballot forecast would debut on cable news last Monday.

President Joe Biden declared last week that democracy is on the ballot in this week’s midterm elections. While he and many news outlets are rightly focusing on election deniers and other undemocratic candidates, that doesn’t tell the complete picture. Millions of Americans won’t have much of a say in how the House, Senate, or key statewide races will affect the republic, as I noted last week. But millions of others will have the opportunity to weigh in on that question directly through ballot... Читать дальше...

American democracy is in distress, its future uncertain. No single solution will fix all its problems, but one popular idea of the past few years—on the left, anyway—is to grant statehood to Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Doing so would first and foremost grant the people of the Caribbean territory and federal district, respectively, the representation in Congress and governmental autonomy that they deserve. It would also shake up the pro-rural—and thus pro-conservative—bias of the Electoral College and Senate. Читать дальше...

In a fun dystopian twist, a company is offering to give foreign tourists an up-close look at the U.S. election system—during some of the most crucial elections in recent history.

Elon Musk’s Twitter has thus far been historic. Thousands of workers have lost their jobs. Users are being banned with no warning. And a platform used by over 400 million people has already seen a rise in hate and misinformation. Legacies being made.