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ADM for August 11, 2022: USPS Creates Division for Overseeing Election Mail – But Will it Restore Confidence?

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

In 2020, a highly-suspect U.S. Postal Service slowdown directed by newly-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy created doubt in the postal system’s ability to deliver mail-in ballots. The USPS just announced a permanent division to deal with election mail volume, but will it be enough to restore confidence?

American Democracy Minute for Aug. 10, 2022: GOP Nominee for Michigan AG Allegedly Led Group Illegally Examining Voting Machines

August 9, 2022August 9, 2022

An update on a story we brought you in June. Michigan’s current Attorney General has been investigating voting machine tampering in four townships by groups attempting to turn up evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election. Turns out, the 2022 GOP nominee for Attorney General allegedly led at least one of the groups.

American Democracy Minute for August 9, 2022: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds No Excuse Mail-in Voting Law

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

August 2nd, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld Act 77, a bill allowing mail-in voting for all citizens, which passed with bipartisan support in 2019. The Big Lie caused some of the legislators who voted for the bill to join a suit against it after the 2020 election.

American Democracy Minute for Aug. 8, 2022: Will Meta-Facebook Help Prevent Election Disinformation in the Midterms?

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

For over a year, the democracy advocacy group Common Cause has been voicing concerns that Facebook, now Meta, was pulling back on efforts to fight election disinformation. With the midterms upon us, are we being protected from disinformation by domestic and foreign bad actors?

American Democracy Minute for August 5, 2022: Election Workers Report Conspiracy-Fueled Threats, Harassment & Intimidation

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022

While the Tin Foil Hat Week on the American Democracy Minute was a humorous way to spotlight crackpot election fraud theories, a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday shows the 2020 conspiracy theories have had serious and even life-threatening impacts on our nation’s election workers.