With the midterm elections rapidly approaching, and with so much riding at both national and state level on voter turnout, the stakes could not be higher.
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With the midterm elections rapidly approaching, many Americans are beginning to worry about their votes.
A recent poll by Politico and Morning Consult found that 52% of registered voters believed Russia was likely to try to influence the 2018 midterm elections for Congress, while a Supreme Court decision in June upholding Ohio’s aggressive voter roll purging practices has renewed concerns about who gets stripped from state registration lists, especially among Democrats.
“The vote is a precious resource that we need to guard and make that we are able to express,” said Paul Beck, professor emeritus of political science at Ohio State University and an expert in voting behaviors. “Sometimes state practices get in the way of that.”
Here are some steps you can take to protect your vote this November and beyond.
Re-register […]
Sadly, because most voting machines do not produce a verifiable paper printout of the voter’s choices, and there is not audit trail, there is no way to insure that the votes reported are the ones that were actually cast.