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Election Expert Warns of Post-Vote Challenges
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In Short: David Becker, an election security expert, cautions against overreaction to post-election statements from losing candidates.
Becker warned against overreaction in the news media and speculation online, emphasizing that election officials have prepared for routine disruptions such as traffic jams and bad weather.
NPR reported that Becker expects to hear statements from losing candidates and parties claiming the election was rigged, despite the security and verification measures in place.
The Times of India reported that Israel’s opposition bloc is considering legislation to introduce direct elections for prime minister following an inconclusive election, while Arab voter participation nearly doubled compared to previous polls.
Steve Hayes, joined by election experts Stephen Richer and Mark Sawyer on Thedispatch, discussed various election-related questions.
Inews reported that Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called an early election for November 29 in a bid to strengthen his support, but it is a major gamble.
Euronews noted that the election in Russia, held to elect members of the State Duma, is the first since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The Times of Israel highlighted the uncertainty created by the risk of multiple parties in the election, while Fox News reported that the Biden-era Justice Department’s prosecution of Donald Trump over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election laid the groundwork for the Alaska probe.
Despite the differing reports on international elections, both NPR and Thedispatch emphasize the need for preparedness and caution against overreaction to post-election statements from losing candidates.
What's confirmed
- Becker warned against overreaction in the news media and speculation online, emphasizing that election officials have prepared for routine disruptions such as traffic jams and bad weather.
- NPR reported that Becker expects to hear statements from losing candidates and parties claiming the election was rigged, despite the security and verification measures in place.
- The Times of India reported that Israel’s opposition bloc is considering legislation to introduce direct elections for prime minister following an inconclusive election, while Arab voter participation nearly doubled compared to previous polls.
- Steve Hayes, joined by election experts Stephen Richer and Mark Sawyer on Thedispatch, discussed various election-related questions.
- Inews reported that Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called an early election for November 29 in a bid to strengthen his support, but it is a major gamble.
- Euronews noted that the election in Russia, held to elect members of the State Duma, is the first since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
- The Times of Israel highlighted the uncertainty created by the risk of multiple parties in the election, while Fox News reported that the Biden-era Justice Department’s prosecution of Donald Trump over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election laid the groundwork for the Alaska probe.
- Despite the differing reports on international elections, both NPR and Thedispatch emphasize the need for preparedness and caution against overreaction to post-election statements from losing candidates.
What's still developing
- David Becker, a former Justice Department voting rights lawyer and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, told Morning Edition that nearly 60 million Americans have already voted with hardly any problems.
- 592, that restricts certain deployments of armed personnel near polling places.
- As Americans cast ballots in Tuesday's midterm elections, an election security expert says he's more concerned about what happens after polls close than about disruptions during voting.
- - FOX 13 is your home on Election Day for minute-by-minute news and updates, including expert political analysis and election results.
- FOX 13 will have live election coverage starting at 4 a.m.
- His favorite professional experiences have been serving as an election observer in Ukraine and Moldova.
- The UK faces similar problems to Spain in terms of a lack of affordable housing, rising prices that outpace wages and the threat of the hard right A housing crisis engulfing Spain has now reached such great proportions that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called an early election on Monday.
- Sánchez called the election for 29 November in a bid to strengthen his support after huge demonstrations across Spain over the weekend, but it is a major gamble – if it backfires, it could usher in the far-right at a time when populism is making gains across Europe.
- Europe's best food experts are joining forces to crack down on fraud.
- Here’s what polls can and can’t tell us, and why, despite all of their shortcomings, experts say they’re still useful.
- Republicans are trying to appeal to Hispanic voters by framing the election as necessary to block socialists from gaining power.
- Still, both Garza and Aguilar argued that Hispanic voters remain persuadable in the final sprint to Election Day.