Democracy in America

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In a thriving Michigan county, a community goes to war with itself

Ottawa County shows one of the building blocks of democracy consumed by ideology.
By Greg Jaffe and Patrick Marley
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Top GOP lawyer decries ease of campus voting in private pitch to RNC

By Josh Dawsey and Amy Gardner

Feinstein’s health leave is part of a long history of absent senators

By Matthew Brown

Republicans called Tennessee an ‘insurrection.’ It’s not the first time they’ve misused the term.

By Matthew Brown

Arizona legislators expel GOP member over baseless election claims

By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez
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Tennessee expulsions prompt Senate Democrats to call for DOJ inquiry

By Matthew Brown

Printer glitches in Ariz. election not due to malfeasance, review finds

By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Isaac Stanley-Becker

Tenn. GOP deepens racial tension after expelling Black lawmakers

By Annie Gowen and Hadley Green

Problematic things Tenn. Republicans have done without getting expelled

By Matthew Brown
Fact Checker
THE JAN. 6 INSURRECTION
THE JAN. 6 HEARINGS
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The Attack: Before, During and After

An investigation by The Post reveals numerous new warnings of violence on Jan. 6 that went unheeded, the cost of President Donald Trump’s inaction as the Capitol was overrun and the distrust that has spread across the country in the aftermath.
By Washington Post Staff
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Analysis

What an election denier could do if elected secretary of state

By Amber Phillips
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Trump’s ‘big lie’ fueled a new generation of social media influencers

By Elizabeth Dwoskin and Jeremy B. Merrill
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An ex-professor spreads election myths across the U.S., one town at a time

By Annie Gowen
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Election deniers march toward power in key 2024 battlegrounds

By Amy Gardner
DEMOCRACY TOOLKIT
Election integrity
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Voting was relatively smooth. Now comes the counting.

By Rosalind S. Helderman, Aaron C. Davis and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez
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Problems with voting machines in Arizona’s Maricopa County trigger unfounded fraud claims

By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Isaac Stanley-Becker, Reis Thebault and Josh Dawsey
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Florida, Missouri tell Justice Department voting monitors to stay outside polling places

By Tim Craig, Perry Stein and Jacob Bogage
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GOP push to monitor voting in Texas’s Harris County spurs outcry

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Amy Gardner
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As more states create election integrity units, Arizona is a cautionary tale

By Beth Reinhard and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez