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Democratic secretary of state candidate warns election denying opponent ‘will tear down the system’
How do you convince voters to pay attention to the race for secretary of state, a historically mostly low-profile administrative office that oversees how elections are conducted? It’s not merely a theoretical question for several secretary of state candidates in
Read moreConspiracy theories are dangerous even if very few people believe them
There is an open question among pundits and researchers: Do more Americans believe in conspiracy theories now than ever before? But as a scholar of conspiracy theories and their believers, I am concerned that focusing on how many Americans believe
Read moreState can’t stop move to hand-counting paper ballots, so attempts to regulate it
Ahead of Nye County’s planned switch to hand-counting paper ballots, an idea borne from conspiracy theories around mass voting fraud that officials including Nye’s former elections clerk warned is prone to human error, the Nevada Secretary of State is attempting
Read moreFour Nevada counties to hear election proposals spurred by false election fraud claims
At least four more Nevada counties are considering changes to the voting process with three proposing to switch to hand-counting paper ballots, a move borne from unsubstantiated claims about widespread election fraud. Lyon, Lincoln, Elko and Esmeralda county commissions have
Read moreGOP SOS hopeful imports election fraud theorists to promote Nye County measure
Nevada secretary of state candidate Jim Marchant, accompanied by Republican figures from across the country who have previously promoted election fraud conspiracy theories, made a push Tuesday for Nye County to switch to hand-counting paper ballots. A Colorado official, Mesa
Read moreLee, Horsford may have to share committee assignments with QAnon congresswoman
House Democrats are moving to strip committee assignments from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, amid a growing outcry over the Georgia Republican’s past comments challenging the veracity of deadly school shootings. (Image from 2020 Greene campaign ad) House Democrats are moving
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