Elections at Risk

https://fortune.com/2024/10/03/kamala-harris-trump-latest-polls-swing-states/

Kamala Harris holds a 66-electoral-vote lead over Donald Trump, calculates prominent data scientist Data scientist Thomas Miller has crafted a model for forecasting the 2024 presidential election that appears far more reliable than polling.

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Menlo Park-based filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman's documentary screens at UNAFF 2024 on October 3 - InMenlo Among the special screenings as part of UNAFF 2024, the International Film Festival, is the short documentary by Menlo Park-based director/producer Dorothy Fadiman. When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories will be shown at 6:30 pm on Thursday, October 3 as part of the UNAFF Women’s Salon. The scr...

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The Purged: The Vanished Voters of Trump's America Will voters choose the President—or The Purge? Investigative reporter Greg Palast warns us — with a heartbreaking tale — to save our votes and our democracy....

Link to the ELECTION at RISK (1 min. video):
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Link to the ELECTION : CALL to ACTION (2 min. video):
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Link to the full film of STEALING AMERICA: Vote by Vote:
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Tools to Address a Stolen Election An OSCAR–nominated film team invites you to watch and share 2 ELECTION at RISK film clips and the STEALING AMERICA film

"On Tuesday, New Yorkers passed a ballot measure implementing ranked-choice voting in primary and special elections — a dramatic shift that could have big implications for future elections.

Under a ranked-choice system, voters can rank up to five candidates in order of preference. If no single candidate wins a majority of the vote, the candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated and the votes for that person are redistributed to the voters' next preferred candidate. That process of elimination continues until one candidate clinches a majority. Voters can rank anywhere between one and five candidates.

New York's new voting system was approved with more than 73% of the vote and will be implemented in 2021. The adoption of ranked-choice voting in the biggest city in the country is a signal the system could catch on across America in coming years."

New York just embraced a revolutionary voting system that if widely adopted would change American politics forever Under a ranked-choice system, voters can rank up to five candidates in order of preference if no single candidate wins an outright majority.

"Virginia has some of the strictest voting laws in the nation, a strategy the now-defeated Republican legislators had enacted to keep the state’s political map red. Some of those who have been most affected by those laws are the state’s homeless people, many of whom are already unlikely to vote. Sometimes, voter ID laws get in the way. Sometimes, the correct polling station is inaccessible. Not having a fixed address makes the problems multiply."

Voting can be hard. If you're homeless, it's nearly impossible. We went to a shelter in Virginia to see what it was like.

"When there’s a close election in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the losing candidate can go to court and ask for a recount of the ballots. If the judge thinks it’s warranted, the ballots will be counted by hand. But in Memphis, Tennessee, that can’t happen because there are no paper ballots to review. That’s because Shelby County, where Memphis is located, still uses paperless “direct-recording electronic” voting machines, also known as paperless DREs.

These machines only keep a digital record of votes, making them vulnerable to cyberattacks. Fortunately, they’re being phased out — but not everywhere, and that’s why they’re the subject of a federal lawsuit aiming to require their retirement as soon as possible. Tennessee is one of eight states expected to still be using paperless DREs as the primary way for voters to cast their ballots in some jurisdictions in 2020. They are used everywhere in Louisiana and in most of Indiana, New Jersey, and Mississippi as well."

Federal Appeals Court Considering Lawsuit Seeking More Secure Voting Machines The Brennan Center is asking the court to let a case go forward that would make elections safer from cyberattacks.

"Cybersecurity experts are baffled by local election officials choosing the computerized voting machines. 'It’s a mystery to me,' said Rich DeMillo, a Georgia Tech computer science professor and former Hewlett-Packard chief technology officer. 'Does someone have 8 x 10 glossies? No one has been able to figure out the behavior of elections officials. It’s like they all drink the same Kool-Aid.'"

Expensive, Glitchy Voting Machines Expose 2020 Hacking Risks Paper ballots may be safer and cheaper, but local officials swoon at digital equipment.

"Recent years have seen a nationwide uptick in legislation passed to restrict voting and Ohio stands out as a severe case. Measures taken to limit voter turnout in the state have included toughening voter ID laws, reducing opportunities for early voting and, most recently, passing the nation’s most severe voter purge law. All of these policies serve to make it more difficult for people to vote and to reduce turnout, factors that play a large role in determining electoral results."

Advancing voter restrictions in the great Midwestern swing state On Tuesday, millions of Ohioans went to the polls to participate in the 2019 general election. This year, voters are being impacted by the culmination of over a decade of laws passed to restrict voting, and these same policies will continue to influence how the state decides in the highly consequent...