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Fears of Crossover Voting Driving Party Activists to Close Primaries – But at the Expense of Silencing Independent Voters

November 14, 2023November 14, 2023

This past year, party activists in several states proposed CLOSING their primaries to anyone not registered with that party. Why?

States Bailing Out of ERIC are Reinventing the “Election Integrity” Wheel, But With Less Accurate and Likely More Expensive Results

November 6, 2023November 13, 2023

Far right activists pushing fringe conspiracy theories pressured red state legislatures and election officials to pull out of the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC. But proposed “election integrity” alternatives fall far short of ERIC, and are likely to be more expensive.

Tight Labor Market, Demographics, Health Concerns and Poll Worker Harassment Contribute to Shortages of Poll Workers Around the U.S.

October 19, 2023December 28, 2023

The election system in most precincts around the U.S. relies on older volunteers and stipend workers who have flexibility of time to help out. Many experienced poll workers stepped back during the pandemic, citing health concerns, and extraordinarily low unemployment rates make it harder to recruit short term workers.

Reports of False Election Officials Intimidating Voters Widens to 13 NY Counties; Texas Eliminates the Election Office in its Biggest County

September 5, 2023December 29, 2023

The scope of the New York election official impersonation story has widened. And in Texas, the state legislature just dismantled its largest county’s election office.

Texas Withdraws from ERIC, But the State Has Yet to Implement an Alternative to Keep Its Voter Lists Clean

July 24, 2023December 30, 2023

Last week, Texas became the ninth state to officially withdraw from the multi-state voter registration cooperative called ERIC, recently the target of fringe conspiracy theories. But, Texas doesn't yet have a replacement.