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Daily News Lesson June 06 2024

How open primaries and ranked-choice voting can help break partisan gridlock

Learn about the impact of new electoral reforms in Alaska and discuss ranked choice voting
Day after the Democratic and Republican parties held primary elections in Arizona
Daily News Lesson April 19 2024

New report reveals high turnover within local election offices

Learn about threats to poll workers and the response of volunteers around the country
People come and go from the Registrar of Voters office on the final day of voter registration in the upcoming congressional elections in San Diego, California
Daily News Lesson June 07 2023

Voter registration tool targeted by conspiracy theorists + Newswrap 6/7/23 + Student Video
Learn about a conspiracy theory that has led to states abandoning a tool used to verify voter registration
Residents drop off mail-in ballots in Bucks County
Daily News Lesson October 26 2022

The role mail-in voting could play in the midterms
Learn why vote by mail will likely influence perceptions of the coming election
2020 U.S. presidential election in Wisconsin
Daily News Lesson October 11 2022

Low literacy voters struggle to cast ballots in the face of restrictive voting laws
Learn how some voter laws are making it difficult to vote for people who struggle to read
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Daily News Lesson October 10 2022

How restrictive voting laws hurt voters who struggle with reading — and other news for October 11, 2022
FILE PHOTO: Control of U.S. Senate hangs in the balance as Georgia begins counting ballots
Daily News Lesson April 14 2022

Maine passes law protecting poll workers facing increased threats since 2020 election — and other news for April 14, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
Alabama Redistricting
Daily News Lesson January 26 2022

How the 2020 census data has started new gerrymandering battles
Explore how census results lead to battles over how states are divided into political districts
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jim Crow 2021: The Latest Assault on the Right to Vote, in Washington
Daily News Lesson January 13 2022

Sen. Warnock on the prospects for voting rights legislation: ‘This is about our democracy’
Hear from one Democratic senator on why his party sees voting rights as a priority in Congress
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Daily Video November 04 2020

What to discuss with your students on the day after Election Day
Topics to discuss on Nov. 4th: how votes are counted, media literacy and contested elections from U.S. history
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