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Indictment · Cochise County

‘They don’t intend to help me’: Indictment leaves Arizona official bitter

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd’s vote to expand a ballot hand-count audit in the 2022 election led to an indictment. She wonders why hand-count proponents haven’t stepped forward to help her.See the Story

Josh Shapiro · Pennsylvania

Can Pennsylvania meet the new tighter federal deadline for certifying election results?

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Votebeat reports on Pennsylvania's uncertain ability to certify November's election results.See the Story

Lycoming County · Lycoming County

Pennsylania mail ballots can be rejected if they’re not dated properly, court rules

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 Wednesday that a Pennsylvania law requiring mail voters to handwrite a date on the return envelope did not violate the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The decision could have broad implications: If plaintiffs appeal to the Supreme Court and justices uphold it, it could become precedent for the entire country.See the Story

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Arizona · Arizona

In a small Tohono O’odham village, Maricopa County uses tech to make voting more secure

Coverage: 2 sources

Voting access in rural areas has long been a challenge in Arizona. New technology requires a secure and reliable internet or cellular connection. The technology Maricopa County is testing in Ghaka was purchased with federal money. It allows for the same type of secure hotspot connection the county uses at all other voting locations.See the Story

Republican Party · Gilmer

Texas county’s GOP officials declared hand count a success, but kept finding errors

100% Center coverage: 2 sources

Gillespie County Republicans, led by Bruce Campbell, decided months ago to hand-count more than 8,000 ballots. Experts agree and studies show the method is time-consuming, costly, less accurate and less secure than using machines. Travis County Republicans also had to fix discrepancies in their tally. Texas requires partial recounts only for ballots that are tabulated electronically.See the Story

Sierra Vista · Sierra Vista

Election distrust in Cochise County runs deep, and change is slow to come

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Cochise County, Arizona, has been rocked by allegations of vote-rigging. Republican supervisors are facing felony charges. County officials are trying to educate the public on how elections are run, hoping to rebuild trust. But it's difficult in a county so influenced by outside voices.See the Story

Donald Trump · Pennsylvania

This Pa. activist is the source of false and flawed election claims gaining traction across the country

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

A Votebeat and Spotlight PA investigation shows how Heather Honey's work, which has been cited by former president Donald Trump and conservative lawyer Cleta Mitchell, is based on distortions and incomplete data.See the Story

Church · Odem

A new law aimed to increase voting access in rural counties. In South Texas it's having the opposite effect.

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Texas lawmakers last year passed a new law requiring all counties, regardless of population, to comply with extended early voting hours. The law provides very little funding, and San Patricio County's budget won't stretch to support the new requirements at all of the county's previous sites. That means a law intended to give voters in rural areas more opportunities to vote will instead have the opposite effect.See the Story