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Trust in Elections
The facts behind questions about election integrity. Examining safeguards, evaluating claims, and explaining what the evidence shows.
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There’s already a lot of factual background to the Trump administration’s increase of investigative resources two months from Election Day. It tells a story the gist of which is unlikely to change.
By Chris Deaton
Declare’s new Q&A series answers timely questions about elections with the people best-positioned to know.
Secretaries of State volunteered their thoughts about local control of election administration during a biannual meeting.
We’re giving the term ‘election integrity’ some criteria and a 50-state tool to track them, striving to be as fair and accurate as possible.
The likely Republican nominee for governor in the nation’s most populous state is balancing frank criticism of California’s election rules with honesty about the results.
By Chris Deaton
America’s top Postal Service expert cuts through the noise found on social media — answering earnest questions, and providing historical context and the facts.
By Chris Deaton
The Postal Service responded “quickly” to a concern of election clerks that Republican members of Congress took to the agency, but doubts remain about the implications of the apparently simple issue.
A suit between the RNC and Mississippi will determine the fate of mail ballot rules in at least 14 states. Declare reports from outside the Supreme Court.
The Washoe County government, home of Reno, used its findings from its “list maintenance” during the last year to make a larger point about election work.
By Chris Deaton
13 GOP members of Congress wrote the Postmaster General this month, asking for the steps his agency is taking to ensure mail ballots are “processed, postmarked, and delivered in a timely manner.”
A new poll from the University of California, San Diego, finds faith in election accuracy falling across the board.
By Chris Deaton
