Here’s Where the Justice Department Will Monitor the Midterm Election Polls The DOJ will cover sites affected by voter suppression -- both in the legal and armed sense.
How One Tennessee County Shows the Relationship Between Early Voting and Turnout An activist’s thread about early voting activity in Tennessee illustrated how lack of access can negatively affect turnout going into the November 2022 U.S. midterm elections. Lisa Quigley, director of the group Solving Hunger, first drew attention on Twitter to early voting in Davidson County in Tennessee, noting that in 2022 (as opposed to 2018 […]
As Voter Intimidation Efforts Ramp Up, a 2016 ‘Poll Watcher’ Meme Recirculates There is new context around a meme that originally circulated ahead of the 2016 general election, concerning voter intimidation and "poll watchers."
‘In The [One] Year Since the [1/6/2021] Insurrection, [the GOP] Has Introduced 550+ Bills To Restrict The Vote …’ A January 6 2022 tweet addressed part of the aftermath of the January 6 2021 Capitol insurrection.
‘It’s Now Illegal to Offer Someone Water in a Voting Line in Georgia’ Readers and commenters objected to a "new" law in Georgia prohibiting distribution of food or water to voters waiting in line.
‘Election Fraud is Real, and It’s Happening Right Now’ Popular posts purportedly used unrelated or decontextualized images to make baseless claims about "election fraud" by way of discarded ballots.
Flint Robocalls Purportedly Advised Voters to Avoid Long Lines and ‘Vote Tomorrow’ Michigan's Attorney General warned of election day robocalls received by Flint residents warning of "long lines" -- and advising them to vote "tomorrow."
Virginia Voter Registration Disrupted on Deadline Day Due to ‘Accidentally’ Cut Cable "Accidentally" trended on Twitter following news a cut cable crashed Virginia's voter registration site on the last day to register before the 2020 election.
Did California Gov. Newsom Change All Voters’ Preference to Vote by Mail — So All In-Person Voters Will Be Turned Away? Social media rumors targeting vote-by-mail options falsely claimed California's governor made a change to voting preferences in order to make it difficult to vote in person.
Did Michigan Send Absentee Ballots to 7.7 Million People? President Trump's latest "voter fraud" smear was immediately refuted by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.