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😕 Why late surges in election results fuel fraud suspicions among voters
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Why late surges in election results fuel fraud suspicions among voters
Once an electoral candidate is in the lead, the public views them as the winner. If the candidate then loses, fraud seems a likely explanation, and even the winner's supporters might be inclined to be suspicious about the final result. This is because of the cumulative redundancy bias (CRB).

For Trump it is now clear he will be swept away in any coming fair election. The big question is what will he further do to prevent this. The stakes for him and his family/friends are high. Losing elections could mean prosecution and jail. Things could get even more ugly in the US.
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“Donald Trump can’t be too happy.” CNN data analyst Harry Enten predicts Democratic sweep of elections on Tuesday.
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The #Yukon has elected a new legislature today. It looks like there will be 10 women, 10 men, and 1 non-binary person taking seats.
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Last night's #elections lesson: change is possible! Start where you're at, which includes your local library board!
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helps folks do this with candidate training. Learn more in this newsletter & at the Dec. 4 open house!

Rigging Elections to Save Democracy
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People in Moldova, choose for Europe, democracy and prosperity. Not for Russia, corruption and destruction.
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Oregon’s mail-in voting system produces some of the higher voter turnouts in the nation. I live here and it works great. That Trump wants to end it is anti-democratic and unconstitutional—states run elections. #voting #elections

#Drumpf bluster about banning #Voters right to use mail in #ballots for #Presidential

Trump seeks big voting changes, but the Constitution doesn't give the president a say over elections
President Donald Trump is vowing more changes to the way elections are conducted in the U.S., but based on the Constitution there is little to nothing he can do on his own. He pledged on his social media site that he would do away with mail voting, which remains popular and is used by about one-third of all voters. He also wants to eliminate voting machines, some form of which are used in almost all of the country’s thousands of election jurisdictions. The Constitution makes the states the en…