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Inside Sources/Tribune News Service (Op-Ed): How Fair Voting Maps Turned Out Voters in the Midterm Elections
The inspiring turnout of young people, women and people of color in the midterm elections came because people’s interests, and not politicians, were put first in redistricting. We saw this in Michigan, where University of Michigan students stood in line hours into the frigid night because they...
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PolitiFact: How days of vote counting became go-to ‘evidence’ for false election fraud claims
Conspiracy theorists seemed more likely to anticipate that results would take longer in 2022 — and to "just automatically view it as suspicious," Steiner said.
In 2022,...
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Associated Press: Election Day saw few major problems, despite new voting laws
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Texas Tribune: Texas avoided election violence. Advocates say voters still need more protection.
Citing thousands of voter complaints received throughout the midterm cycle, Common Cause and other voter advocacy groups want the Texas Legislature to bolster voter protection and education measures and revisit recently passed laws that empowered partisan poll...
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New York Times: Misinformation Flowed During Election, but Less Seemed to Stick
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Associated Press: Candidates who backed overturning Trump loss are rebuffed
She said concessions from candidates including Dixon in Michigan and Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania make “it a little more difficult for election deniers to continue.”
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Washington Post: Trump called a protest. No one showed. Why GOP efforts to cry foul fizzled this time.
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New York Times: Elon Musk’s Twitter Did Not Perform at Its Best on Election Day
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NPR: So far, right-wing election fraud conspiracies fail to gain significant traction online
"Because [GOP] candidates like Dr. [Mehmet] Oz in Pennsylvania and Tudor Dixon in Michigan have already conceded, that makes it a little more difficult for supporters to push claims of election fraud," Steiner told reporters Wednesday.
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Video Links and Quotes from Today’s Post Election Day Media Briefing with Common Cause
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New York Times: Despite the Fears, Election Day Mostly Goes as Planned
“I am happy to report that today has been relatively quiet on the political violence front,” she said.
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Associated Press: Minor poll problems twisted into false US election claims