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Protest outside the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center as vote counting continues inside, in Phoenix, Arizona

Daily News Lesson November 15 2022

How election deniers fared in their midterm races

Discuss how voters responded to midterm candidates who claimed the previous elections were marked by large-scale fraud

Florida holds primary elections for U.S. House, Senate, in Hialeah

Daily News Lesson September 20 2022

Election officials struggle to recruit poll workers for midterms amid growing threats

Learn why poll workers are under threat and what is being done to address the problem

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington

Daily News Lesson June 16 2022

Congress nears deal to reform how Electoral College votes are counted

Learn how Congress is considering tweaks to presidential elections following the 2020 election

FILE PHOTO: 2020 U.S. presidential election in Pennsylvania

Daily News Lesson October 08 2021

How false claims of election fraud are eroding American democracy

Hear from one law professor about the risk to our electoral system and how to ensure election security going forward

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Daily Video November 17 2020

Student Reporting Labs: Philly teens discuss election night and beyond

Both anxiety-producing and confusing, election night and the days that followed have kept some teenagers engaged

Mail-in ballots are counted in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Post November 13 2020

Educator Voice: Teaching government amid false claims of voter fraud

"Facts are stubborn things": A teacher’s perspective By David Cutler, history, government …

Georgia Finishes Up Counting Ballots As Biden Has Been Projected To Win National Election

Daily Video November 11 2020

Trump claims widespread voter fraud despite no evidence

Hear what one veteran Republican lawyer has to say about the lack of evidence of fraud in the 2020 election.

A woman claps hands after a news conference held by Chairman of Fulton County Board of Commissioners Robb Pitts and Fulton County Registration and Elections Director Richard Barron in Atlanta

Daily Video November 06 2020

News Roundup: Historic and contested election; COVID cases rise

Find out the latest election news here for your students!

People watch the television coverage of the U.S. Presidential election results during an election party at the U.S. embassy in London

Daily Video November 04 2020

How do news outlets decide when it's time to call elections?

Explore how one news service prepares for months to project election winners

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Daily Video November 03 2020

Judy Woodruff discusses election news coverage then and now

How elections in America vary

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