Let History Be A Guide
Emotional responses after the 2024 elections are understandable, but they don’t begin to tell the whole story of what happened, why it happened, or what will happen next. Can history be a guide? Perhaps.
Ballotpedia
Our American Elections Mosaic
10,000 election jurisdictions oversee the races for more than 500,000 elected officials, from president to sheriff. It is a daunting task that’s become even more so in some localities in recent years owing to the spread of misinformation.
Let’s Talk Politics
The Pathfinder: Let’s Talk Politics Politics, religion, and money—the three topics we have long been told shouldn’t be discussed in polite company—but just about everyone does anyway. And that includes the places we work. Politics are often part of our…
Deepfakes
Deepfakes, an offshoot of Artificial Intelligence (AI), have become a pressing social and political issue that many state lawmakers are trying to address through legislation.
The argument for ‘slow voting’
Like slow food, slow voting means rejecting the firehose of low-quality information in favor of purposeful, careful, and nourishing exploration.
Ranked-choice voting coming to more statewide ballots in 2024
The issue to watch in 2024 has been around for more than a century, but has only recently become a potentially transformative force in state and local elections.
Layoffs in Harris County elections offices may explain some 2022 voting problems
Several Harris County polling locations ran out of ballot paper and had technical issues on Election Day. Some election judges of both parties blame staff layoffs and poor training of Election Day workers for making those problems worse.
Oregon’s longest state legislative walkout enters sixth week
Oregon’s longest state legislative walkout enters sixth week Democratic Sen. Michael Dembrow speaks during a press conference and rally against the Republican Senate walkout at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Oregon Democratic lawmakers got…