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September 28: The Big Lie’s Long Tail: Election Denialism in the Midterms and Beyond [Webinar]

Al Vanderklipp
Host Organizations: Center for Democracy and Technology When: Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 3:00–4:00 EST Availability: Public (Virtual) The “Big Lie,” the denial that the 2020 election outcome was legitimate, continues to have ongoing, harmful effects on American democracy. Election-related misinformation has spread like wildfire online, helping to fuel the passage of new state laws that restrict...

AP: Abortion vote returns spotlight to obscure Michigan board

Al Vanderklipp

Originally published on the AP News website. “[F]ederal courts have gained more legal authority to examine evidence and question witnesses, and to address claims related to state-level elections, said Kevin Johnson, executive director of the Election Reformers Network. The nonpartisan group advocates for ranked choice voting and independent redistricting among other election reforms. ‘Mutual policing…

Democracy Journal: Democracy’s Frontline Domestic Defenders

Al Vanderklipp

Originally published on the Democracy Journal website by Spenser Mestel. “Of the 137 elected secretaries of state serving since 2000, one-third have endorsed a candidate running in a race under their supervision. Twelve have served as co-chair (or equivalent) of a presidential election campaign, according to Election Reformers Network, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to…

Trump truthers are vying to run America’s local elections

Al Vanderklipp

Originally published on The Economist website. A mostly bureaucratic endeavour is becoming a partisan battleground. Otero County, in New Mexico, is home to fewer than 70,000 people. Yet the rural municipality found unfortunate fame recently when local officials refused to certify the results of their primary elections, held on June 7th. New Mexico’s secretary of state,…

June 16 – Network for Responsible Public Policy: America’s Vulnerable Elections [Webinar]

Al Vanderklipp
Host Organizations: The Network for Responsible Public Policy When: June 16, 2022, 7:30–9:00 Eastern Availability: Public (Virtual) DESCRIPTION: In this session, we will take a look at the challenges facing our elections, particularly at the structures the country has used for many generations that in an era of hyperpartisanship have become sources of national vulnerability. To...

Trump’s 2020 grievance tour fell flat in Georgia, but his lies about the election are animating GOP races around the country

Al Vanderklipp

Originally published in Business Insider, by Grace Panetta Former President Donald Trump took his train of grievances down to Georgia, but the voters wanted no part in it. Trump tried to exact revenge on incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp for certifying President Joe Biden’s election victory by endorsing his challenger, former Sen. David Perdue, who said…

University of Michigan Panel – Rebuilding Trust in American Civic Institutions

Al Vanderklipp
Host Organizations: The Corporate Political Responsibility Taskforce at the University of Michigan's Erb Institute When: May 5, 2022, 3:00–4:00 Eastern Availability: Public (Virtual) Register Here DESCRIPTION: As we head into the fall mid-term elections, experts warn that low trust in American civic institutions is dangerous for representative democracy, civic freedom and the rule of law – as...

Ohio’s Map-Making Merry-Go-Round

Al Vanderklipp

Originally published on The Dispatch, by Harvest Prude MANSFIELD, Ohio—A crowd of around 200 mingled in a spacious ballroom for Richland County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner earlier this month. Guests sporting red dresses or red ties chatted about the contentious GOP Senate primary in the state and local party politics at tables draped in…

New efforts seek to build trust in elections, in the face of a still-thriving 2020 election denier community

Al Vanderklipp

Originally published by Voting Booth, a project of the Independent Media Institute | April 11, 2022 By Steven Rosenfeld As 2022’s primaries approach, an unprecedented wave of public and private efforts are underway to foster trust in election operations and election officials in response to ongoing claims by Donald Trump and his supporters, including many officeholders and candidates, that…

What happens if officials who run elections think they’re rigged?

Al Vanderklipp

Originally published on The 19th News website. By Barbara Rodriguez Tina Peters says she was just looking into potential election fraud. Prosecutors say the county election official in western Colorado was involved in an illegal election security breach. Even as she faces criminal charges, Peters is continuing to spread falsehoods about the integrity of the 2020 election,…

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