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The US Electoral Count Act: An Avenue for Authoritarianism

by Sal Giolando | Feb 13, 2022 | Ohio State University

“Congress shall be in session on the sixth day of January succeeding every meeting of the electors” – Electoral Count Act The Electoral Count Act Most Americans know about the January 6th Capital Riots, but few know the 19th-century law behind it. When...

The Erosion of Electoral Freedom in the United States

by Nisha Rao | Feb 13, 2022 | Boston University

Many saw Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election as a light at the end of a four year long tunnel of anti-democratic behaviors and rampant populism. As Joe Biden and his administration took over, it became apparent that many of the anti-democratic tendencies of his...

No Longer Black and White and Read All Over: How the Disappearance of America’s Local News Threatens Our Democracy

by Madeline Price | Feb 13, 2022 | Ohio State University

Thousands of local newspapers have disappeared across the United States over the past 15 years. Half of U.S. counties have only one local paper — and some have none at all. This decline of local news decreases civic engagement, increases polarization, and threatens...

Chinese Spies and the “China Initiative”: How Protection From Foreign Threats Can Harm Our Democracy

by Sarah Hoffman | Feb 12, 2022 | Ohio State University

On January 20th of this year, the Justice Department dropped all of its charges against Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Gang Chen, conceding that their evidence no longer met the burden of proof. Dr. Chen had been arrested in January of last year on...

New Voter Restrictions in Texas Strategically Keep Republicans in Power

by Vikram Joshi | Feb 8, 2022 | University of Chicago

Texas’s Senate Bill 1 (SB1) recently came into effect, and with it come further restrictions on the already limited program of mail-in ballots. It was already true that the program may only be used by those over the age of 65, out of town, or disabled, and now there...
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