Miles Parks
Stories
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Debunking election myths and disinformation
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Voting officials face an 'uphill battle' to fight election lies
The deck is stacked against election officials online, maybe even more so than in 2020. Conspiracy theories can quickly get millions of views while debunks gather a fraction of the attention.
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S.C. local elections official pens children's book: 'Owlbert Learns to Vote'
Isaac Cramer, a South Carolina voting official, is celebrating the release of his first children’s book. Cramer says kids inherently understand voting because they are kind of doing it all the time.
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A way to challenge the election? With no evidence, Trump says noncitizens are voting
Trump and his allies have zeroed in on the baseless claim that Democrats are encouraging newly-arrived migrants to vote for them in the 2024 election. There is no evidence of a plot like this.
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Driven by Republicans, most Americans are concerned about fraud in the 2024 election
Nearly 90% of likely Donald Trump voters say they are concerned about voter fraud in the general election, a new NPR/PBS News/Maris poll finds, compared with 29% of those who support Kamala Harris.
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Election officials keep an eye out as voting begins in the 2024 general election
Some people are already voting in this year’s election, and some people are already planning to challenge the vote. We’ll hear how election officials are trying to secure their work.
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Concerns about noncitizen voting drive sweeping new restrictions in New Hampshire
A new law in New Hampshire will require anyone registering to vote for the first time in the Granite State to provide documentation they are U.S. citizens, like a birth certificate or passport.
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New Georgia rule may open the door to local officials declining to certify elections
Watchdog groups and pundits are sounding the alarm about the potential for mischief when it comes to certifying the election, but experts say there's still plenty of guardrails.
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Trump: 'It's A Very Scary Time For Young Men In America'
Backlash is building in conservative circles in reaction to the fight over the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. It could energize GOP voters, with midterm elections just over a month away.
