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USA Today/Gannett: Voting advocates say coronavirus led to chaos, maybe not lower turnout
“Today we’re faced with a challenge unlike anything we’ve seen in our 50 years of advocacy, a global pandemic where all 50 states have now declared a state of emergency,” she said.
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U.S. New & World Report: The Vote or the Virus?
"The COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge to our elections, but those elections can and must be held this year," said Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn. "Americans expect and deserve to have their say at the polls to choose their representatives and to hold their...
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Associated Press: How the coronavirus is upending American politics
“Normally, we do not support postponing elections, but these are extraordinary circumstances,” Lerner said.
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As COVID-19 Spreads, Protecting Public Health And The Right To Vote Are Paramount
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Washington Post: Intensifying coronavirus fears rattle voters and elections officials in advance of Tuesday primaries
“We’re asking people to go into pretty confined conditions, and even with all sorts of wipes and the things that can be done to make things safe, it is anxiety-provoking,” she said.
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Sinclair Broadcasting: ‘Things have changed’: Experts say coronavirus may complicate election planning
“It’s an ever-changing situation,” Albert said. “I wouldn’t want to opine on what somebody should do in four weeks because we don’t know what four weeks will look like.”
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Reuters: Exclusive: Fewer poll workers, coronavirus, spark fears of election day woes in Ohio Democratic primary
“If we have a reduction in poll workers plus people calling off sick, it could be really problematic,” Turcer said. “That’s why it makes sense to have more poll workers than you really need.”
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FCC Must Fully Address Broadband Connectivity Needs During COVID-19 Pandemic
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Census 2020: Every U.S. Resident Must Make Their Voice Heard
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Center for Public Integrity: Online Misinformation During the Primaries: A Preview of What’s to Come?
“We’re talking dozens to hundreds of pieces of content — not thousands or millions — but even that I’m quite surprised at,” he said.
Littlewood said it’s difficult to tell how much of the bad content comes from bad actors, as...
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U.S. News & World Report: State Lawmakers Fight Citizen Initiatives
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Miami Herald: Florida lawmakers ready to cut some corners to get faster election recounts
Both Common Cause and the League of Women Voters say the technology offers promise as a way to give supervisors of elections another tool to store and track paper ballots, but they say the state’s rush to encourage counties to start using digital images of ballots for recounts is a mistake.
“The proposal that the digital image generated by the software is...