by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s ResourceOctober 6, 2022 During the 2020 presidential election, national and local news outlets highlighted the critical role election officials play in administering impartial voting in the U.S. With the 2022 midterms on the horizon, local election officials should once again be in the spotlight leading up to Election
Fueled by the false narrative that widespread fraud caused Trump to lose in 2020, election officials have been under constant attack from far-right deniers. As the Spokane County auditor for 24 years, Vicky Dalton has gotten used to answering questions from election skeptics. But since 2020, things have changed. As former President Donald
In Portugal, António Costa’s ruling Socialists won the parliamentary election with an absolute majority. The Portuguese voted for higher wages and pensions and a strong public health care system. To this day, Portugal suffers from the consequences of conservative austerity policies. “This is the victory of humility, trust and stability. The people have
With over 55 percent of the vote, leftist Gabriel Boric was elected the new president of Chile – and the youngest in the country’s history. His goal: to move away from authoritarian politics – and towards empowering the people. On top of that, he wants to tax the rich and corporations and more
Even though all the major news networks, including Fox News, called the race for former Vice President Joe Biden, Saturday was the only the beginning of a long road to convincing a sizable portion of the American public who won the presidency. President Trump has spent much of his four years in power
Alabama has broken its record for casting absentee ballots during an election, and three weeks remain before Election Day. Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill (R) said that as of Tuesday, 91,786 absentee ballots had been cast ahead of the Nov. 3 election. The previous record was 89,000 ballots cast over the course
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Friday dashed prospects for a coronavirus vaccine being approved before the election with an open letter explaining the company would not apply for regulatory clearance for its vaccine candidate until the third week of November at the earliest. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Friday dashed prospects for a coronavirus vaccine
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Friday forcefully pushed back against the explosive New York Post article that circulated this week alleging that his son Hunter tried to set up a meeting with a Ukrainian official while he was still vice president, a narrative long pushed by President Trump and leading conservatives. After
Elections have consequences. Some of those consequences affect our health and that of the biosphere, the thin, living shell covering Earth. Those impacts increased after our last presidential election. The next election will likely cause even more impacts. Early this year, President Donald Trump claimed “nobody could have predicted something like (COVID-19).” Yet
Sara Branscome’s golf cart whizzed down the smooth asphalt path that winds through The Villages, the nation’s largest retirement community, an expanse of beautiful homes, shops and entertainment venues that bills itself as “Florida’s Friendliest Hometown.” “This gets you rejuvenated and ready for the next month or so, so we can do this