2024 Election Security and Integrity
Concerned about the security and integrity of the 2024 election? Election officials have confirmed this election is safe and secure. You can read about it in more detail in the coverage below.
Michigan Public Newsroom
The typically dull but important process of officially counting ballots became a circus show four years ago in Michigan. Since then, courts and voters have reiterated that the board of canvassers' job is simple – to count votes. Challenges go elsewhere.
Lester Graham
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Michigan Public
Jodi Westrick
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Michigan Public
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There is increased security at a downtown Detroit convention center ahead of next week's presidential election. -
Authorities allege that a Chinese citizen who's a student at the University of Michigan committed perjury by claiming to be a U.S. citizen in order to cast a ballot. -
“There's no need to panic,” an elections expert tells NPR. All but three states have free tracking sites that send updates to voters as their ballot goes through the system. -
It’s unclear who runs the network of social media accounts that has gotten millions of views amplifying trending claims about alleged voting fraud. -
Prosecutors have lost a final appeal in the case of a Michigan election worker who put an unauthorized USB flash drive into an electronic poll book. -
Posts circulating on social media claim that Michigan has 500,000 more registered voters than it has people eligible to vote, an indication of possible fraud. -
A federal judge in Michigan has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the RNC that accused the Secretary of State of failing to maintain accurate voter registration records. -
In three swing states, GOP groups are suing to challenge the ballots cast by U.S. citizens living abroad, including military members. Many voting experts say these cases are likely to go nowhere. -
Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told NPR that election officials across the U.S. have made big improvements to bolster both physical and cyber security. -
Polling shows that voters are concerned about election fraud but one new survey shows that when voters learn more about safety procedures their confidence skyrockets.
