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ICE, Dispelling Rumors, Says It Won’t Patrol Polling Places

by Blake Paterson Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will not patrol polling locations on Election Day, an ICE spokeswoman said in response to social media rumors of potential voter...

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Illinois Child Welfare Agency Agrees to Stop Sending Children to Psychiatric...

by Duaa Eldeib The state’s child welfare agency Friday agreed to stop sending children in its care to a Chicago psychiatric hospital where children have reported being sexually abused and assaulted,...

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Two Indiana Police Officers to be Charged After Video Shows Them Beating...

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica Two Elkhart, Indiana, police officers who punched a handcuffed man in the face more than 10 times will face criminal charges —...

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“Resistbot” Corrects Inaccurate Florida Early Voting Information

Resistbot, which helps people register and vote, sent the correction after an exchange on Twitter with a reporter from Electionland partner WLRN in South Florida.

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Murder Charge Can’t Deter Sharpton’s Brother From Voting Rights Crusade

by Nina Martin The last weekend in March, Kenneth Glasgow had planned to be in Atlanta strategizing with other Southern organizers about how to help pass the Florida ballot measure that would result...

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How Congress Stopped Working

by Derek Willis, ProPublica, and Paul Kane, The Washington Post For more than 200 years, Congress operated largely as the country’s founders envisioned — forging compromises on the biggest issues of...

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Handwriting Disputes Cause Headaches for Some Absentee Voters

by Susie Armitage for ProPublica Elisabeth Warner drove 12 hours the weekend before Election Day so her daughter could vote. Her daughter, Emma Warner-Mesnard, 20, attends Transylvania University in...

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Georgia Officials Quietly Patched Security Holes They Said Didn’t Exist

by Jack Gillum, Jessica Huseman, Mike Tigas and Jeff Kao, ProPublica; and Stephen Fowler, Georgia Public Broadcasting On Sunday morning, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp unleashed a stunning...

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Our Electionland Project Is Tracking Voting Problems — and Getting Results

by Blake Paterson, ProPublica, and Maya Miller for ProPublica On Tuesday, more than 250 reporters from over 125 newsrooms will be working together toward one goal. We are all part of Electionland, a...

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A Mysterious Facebook Group Is Using Bernie Sanders’ Image to Urge Democrats...

by Jeremy B. Merrill, ProPublica, William Turton, VICE News A Facebook page for a group called “America Progress Now” is running ads online urging progressives to vote for Green Party candidates in...

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Early Voting Brought a Surge of Voters. What Will Election Day Bring?

by Blake Paterson, ProPublica, and Maya Miller for ProPublica During three weeks of early voting, many of the problems Electionland has identified have been driven by higher-than-expected turnout....

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How a Federal Election Commission Came Not to Care So Much About Election...

by Jessica Huseman In a rush of preparation for this year’s midterm elections, scores of state and local governments have been working to safeguard their election systems from being hacked or...

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Chicago Considers Wiping Away Old Ticket Debt for Motorists Who File for...

by Melissa Sanchez The Chicago City Council’s finance committee approved a measure Monday that would forgive ticket debt for some city motorists, but only those who file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The...

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Illinois DCFS Agrees to Outside Inquiry at Psychiatric Hospital Where...

by Duaa Eldeib The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services agreed Monday to a full, independent assessment involving children in its care placed at a Chicago psychiatric hospital rocked by...

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Malfunctions of Voting Machines in Detroit Area Delay Voting

Voters encountered delays due to machines that “froze” or shut down in some way. At least one lost battery power before being restored.

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Humidity to Blame for Some North Carolina Ballot Scanners Not Working

State election officials said that humid conditions in Wake County and other locations have led to machine malfunctions, but that ballots would be counted.

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Ballot Scanner Issues in Brooklyn Lead to Long Lines

Issues with ballot scanners at a number of polling locations across Brooklyn Tuesday morning led to long lines and confusion.

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Confusion Over Voter ID Requirement Contributes to Missouri Lines

A judge’s decision two weeks ago allows voters to show something other than a photo ID, but not all poll workers have gotten the message.

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Voters Face Overstuffed Ballot Boxes, Mail-In Ballot Issues in Colorado

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Security Guards Block Access to Polling Station inside a Gated Community in...

A polling location was moved into a facility in a private community, and security guards demanded IDs from voters who turned up to cast their ballots.

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