Black voters were at the center of legal disputes and polling-site confusion on Election Day, as voting rights advocates responded to allegations of intimidation at the polls and Republican interference in ballot counts. In Philadelphia, election officials made a last-minute change to the ballot-count process on Tuesday that could delay the vote tally for days, […]
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Voter Suppression Efforts Still Loom as Millions Turn Out for Midterms
In the lead-up to Election Day, incidents of voter intimidation and efforts to manipulate the vote count have been reported across the country. In Arizona, far-right groups and armed people have been spotted at ballot drop boxes. In California, residents have reported Republican door-knockers grilling them about their voting practices. And in Maryland, a Republican […]