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Arizona may fund tool to allow candidates to verify election results, ballot by ballot

by Jen Fifield/VotebeatMay 2, 2024

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Candidates for election in Arizona would potentially be able to verify the results in their race, bal…

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With lawsuits and recount petitions rising, some Texas elections seem to go on forever

by Natalia ContrerasMay 2, 2024

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.It has been 15 months since Democrat DaSean Jones was sworn in as a Harris County criminal district c…

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Snyder County’s new election director passes his first big test. Next comes November.

by Carter Walker, VotebeatApril 29, 2024

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Even before the sun was up on primary election day, Devin Rhoads was putting out fires.A precinct in …

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Why we think spotlighting flaws in elections actually helps increase voter confidence

by Carrie LevineApril 29, 2024

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. A version of this post was originally distributed in Votebeat’s free weekly newsletter. Sign up to get future editions, including the lates…

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Cornell University Students Establish Liberated Zone in Solidarity with Gaza, Call for Divestment

by Matt DoughertyApril 25, 2024

In a pre-dawn mobilization on April 25th, a group of around 30 students at Cornell University affiliated with the Coalition for Mutual Liberation (CML) set up a “liberated zone” encampment on campus, a sign of growing support for the movement…

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Pennsylvania’s redesigned mail ballot envelopes trip up many voters who left date incomplete

by Carter Walker, VotebeatApril 23, 2024

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.A design change Pennsylvania officials made to prevent voters from making a disqualifying error on th…

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Fired head of U.S. election agency got unauthorized $31,000 raise, investigation finds

by Jen Fifield/VotebeatApril 23, 2024

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.Steven Frid, former executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, obtained a substan…

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Brazos elections officials shoulder new costs and burdens to appease skeptics

by Natalia ContrerasApril 23, 2024

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free newsletters here.In Brazos County, suspicions about elections burst into the open last fall, just weeks after a v…

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Cornell Students Approve Resolution Calling for University to Divest from Weapons Manufacturers and Support a Ceasefire in Gaza

by Matt DoughertyApril 22, 2024

Cornell University’s undergraduate student body voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution calling for the university to support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from major weapons manufacturers. The referendum, which saw a participation…

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Inside the private company Maricopa County depends on to power through the last-minute ballot slog

by Jen Fifield/VotebeatApril 22, 2024

The “bing bong, bing bong” of the security gate bell rings over the loudspeakers at Runbeck Election Services. Polls in Arizona’s presidential preference election closed three and a half hours ago, and ballots have finally arrived here.The loading dock…

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