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He voted in Florida for the first time in 2020. Then came the criminal charges

John Boyd Rivers says he was misled by an election official who urged him to vote for the first time in 2020. Now he’s been found guilty of voter fraud

Published: 9:00 PM

Republican who expanded Kentucky voting opportunities wins primary

Michael Adams, who defended his state’s election system from claims of fraud, goes on to face Buddy Wheatley in November

Published: 9:57 AM

‘Impossible to hold him accountable’: DeSantis signs laws to ease 2024 run

Measures would let him campaign while serving as Florida governor and shield travel records from public

Published: 9:00 PM

Dominion is not done fighting 2020 election lies. A look at its other cases

Company still has defamation lawsuits pending against two news firms and several persons it has accused of spreading lies

Published: 7:00 PM
Michigan township recalls clerk and ally who pushed election denialism

Stephanie Scott and supervisor Mark Nichols replaced by heavily Republican township in rebuke to extremism

Published: 4:05 AM

Michigan clerk who denies election results faces recall in divided county

Stephanie Scott was stripped of her election authority after she was accused of improperly handling voting equipment

Published: 5:00 PM

‘A dangerous trend’: Florida Republicans poised to pass more voter restrictions

Measures seek to limit third-party voter registration groups and will affect non-white voters in latest wave of restrictions

Published: 8:00 PM

‘Get cancer’: how election lies morphed into a plague of hate in Arizona

Menacing messages and intimidating posts about court rulings, vote counting and even printer problems target Maricopa county employees

Published: 8:00 PM
Arizona county hires election director who spread false claims about 2020

Cochise county appoints Bob Bartelsmeyer, elections director who has shared social media posts with election fraud claims

Published: 7:11 AM

An end to political deadlock? Arizona’s experiment with third parties

Will alternative parties and a change in voting methods deepen democratic representation or just favor one of the two established parties?

Published: 8:00 PM

Fox paid $787.5m for its 2020 lies. But will that restore confidence in elections?

Fox was never forced to admit to its deceptions, and the far-right echo chamber is still obsessed with voting conspiracy theories

Published: 8:00 PM

A California journalist documents the far-right takeover of her town: ‘We’re a test case’

Doni Chamberlain’s been a journalist in Shasta county for nearly 30 years. Now she’s targeted by the extremists who are looking to reshape the region

Published: 5:16 AM

Dominion v Fox News: what’s at stake in the $1.6bn defamation lawsuit

High-profile trial over Fox’s airing of false claims of election fraud begins, and could see Rupert Murdoch testify

Published: 11:49 PM
Fox News to defend its on-air lies as blockbuster Dominion trial to kick off

Voting equipment company is suing the network for $1.6bn in trial seen as strongest chance to hold Fox News and Rupert Murdoch accountable

Published: 11:26 PM

Republican election denier expelled from Arizona house

Liz Harris exits following 46-13 vote, after she invited to hearing conspiracy theorist who accused election officials of bribery

Published: 5:53 AM

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