mail-in-voting
In a new interview with The Washington Post, Georgia’s Secretary of State, Republican Brad Raffensperger, appeared to make a pretty weighty claim by saying that South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham (also a Republican) had suggested throwing out legally cast ballots as Georgia conducts a full recount for the presidential election. Raffensperger claims that Graham brought up Georgia’s […]
A United States Postal Service worker has reportedly recanted his claims about ballot tampering in Pennsylvania. According to The Washington Post, the House Oversight Committee was informed on Tuesday that Richard Hopkins admitted to fabricating the highly publicized claims, which many GOP lawmakers cited as “evidence” of election fraud. Hopkins made headlines this week after accusing an Erie postmaster of […]
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, as the likelihood of a second term began to fade, President Donald Trump prematurely announced a victory for himself in a way that Jake Tapper from CNN unflinchingly called “undemocratic, false, and premature.” And while we await the final certified tallies, we now know, days after the election, […]
By all estimates, the 2020 general election has already shattered records for voter turnout. With more than a week left before the election, millions of Americans have braved hours-long lines and deceptive tactics to cast their ballots early. With so much build-up and even more at stake on the first Tuesday of November, it is […]
Political debates, on the national level, have historically been public theater, but yesterday night introduced America to a calamity of unprecedented levels. These spectacles lean into the overblown construct of the “undecided voter” to give candidates a space to make sweeping declarations and big-tent promises that appeal to the broadest swath of people, while rousing […]
The fourth Tuesday of every September is National Voter Registration Day. This year, the holiday falls a month and a half before one of the most crucial elections in modern U.S. history. Typically, every election is critical, but with the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on our public health, educational system, and economy, the 2020 presidential […]
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