Miles Parks

Miles Parks appears in the following:

Some who think 2020's election was stolen are going door-to-door to audit the results

Thursday, July 14, 2022

People who falsely believe the 2020 election was stolen are knocking on doors around the country to determine whether people actually voted. The effort is raising concerns about voter intimidation.

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Encore: Midterms election misinformation

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Even as the Jan. 6 hearings play out, election misinformation keeps spreading. NPR tracked four leaders preaching false information about election fraud at hundreds of grassroots events nationwide.

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Election deniers are spreading misinformation nationwide. Here are 4 things to know

Tuesday, July 05, 2022

An NPR investigation found that since the Capitol riot, the election denial movement has moved from the national level to hundreds of grassroots events across the country. Here are four key takeaways.

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Election deniers have taken their fraud theories on tour — to nearly every state

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Even as the Jan. 6 hearings play out, election misinformation keeps spreading. NPR tracked four leaders preaching false information about election fraud at hundreds of grassroots events nationwide.

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Election denialism has evolved into a sprawling nationwide force that's gone local

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Election deniers are spreading false narratives that there was rampant fraud in the 2020 election. NPR tracked four men who appeared at more than 300 events in 45 states and Washington, D.C.

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In Ohio, Trump endorses an election official who doesn't think 2020 was stolen

Tuesday, May 03, 2022

Trump endorsed Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose ahead of Ohio's primaries on Tuesday. LaRose told NPR in January that candidates not conceding was a "really dangerous thing."

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Michigan GOP moves forward with 2020 election-denying secretary of state and AG

Saturday, April 23, 2022

The party voted resoundingly to support former President Trump's false claims about the 2020 election in their picks for state's next top elections officer and top law enforcement official.

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This weekend's Michigan GOP convention marks a key moment for election denialism

Friday, April 22, 2022

Republicans in Michigan will decide whether to nominate candidates for secretary of state and state attorney general who believe the 2020 election was stolen.

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After 2020, a candidate conceding an election is no longer a sure thing

Thursday, April 14, 2022

Before former President Donald Trump's baseless assault on the U.S. voting system, candidate concessions were taken for granted. No more.

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Private funding saved the 2020 election. Now, some GOP-led states are banning it

Thursday, March 31, 2022

One study found that the U.S. government spends as much maintaining parking facilities across the country as it does running elections.

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1 in 5 local election officials say they're likely to quit before 2024

Thursday, March 10, 2022

A new national survey raises alarms from election administrators facing constant threats. Stress and attacks by political leaders on the voting system are top forces pushing them out of their jobs.

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Georgia's race to oversee voting pits an election denier against an election defender

Thursday, March 03, 2022

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who denied entreaties to overturn the 2020 race, faces a primary challenge from one of the nation's preeminent election deniers, Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga.

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Georgia Republicans will choose between candidates that supported or denounced Trump

Saturday, February 26, 2022

The GOP primary for Georgia's top election office includes a candidate who was pressured by former President Donald Trump to overturn his 2020 defeat and another who supports Trump's election lies.

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Right-wing conspiracies have a new target: a tool that fights actual voter fraud

Wednesday, February 09, 2022

The bipartisan program — called ERIC — allows states to improve voting access and election security at the same time. But it's currently under attack from the far right.

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There are election reforms that both Democrats and Republicans seem to like

Tuesday, February 01, 2022

After failing to pass a voting rights bill, Democrats in Congress haven't made their next move clear. Bipartisan talks have begun over smaller measures that election experts still see as necessary.

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Prosecutors in multiple states are investigating false Electoral College submissions

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Legal experts say the illegitimate submissions should motivate Congress to update the Electoral Count Act and "firm up the guardrails" of democracy.

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Pressed on his election lies, former President Trump cuts NPR interview short

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

The former president blasted Republicans who have crossed him and kept up repeated election lies in an NPR interview.

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Congress may change this arcane law to avoid another Jan. 6

Saturday, January 08, 2022

Lawmakers passed the Electoral Count Act in 1887 after a contested election, and experts say they did a "terrible job." There may now be bipartisan support for a refresh.

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People who believe Trump's election lies are running for offices that control voting

Wednesday, January 05, 2022

More than a dozen Trump-aligned Republicans, who doubt President Biden won in 2020, are running to control the election process in their states. It could have sweeping consequences.

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Here's where election-denying candidates are running to control voting

Tuesday, January 04, 2022

An NPR analysis found at least 15 Republican candidates for secretary of state offices in 2022 who doubt Joe Biden's 2020 victory.

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