News & Updates

News from the states in which Pillars is involved, and updates on Pillars events.
National

CNN: Election workers prepare to handle ‘concerning list’ of poll watchers who could disrupt the vote

Sara Murray and Jeremy Herb of CNN report on election workers preparations to deal with disruptive poll workers.
October 25, 2024
National

Time: Your Vote Is Safe

Barton Gellman of Time assures voters that despite the torrent of misinformation to the contrary, voting counting and electoral procedures are safe. But the arc of the evidence, based on…
October 25, 2024
Pillars Updates

WisPolitics: Pillars of Community: ICYMI: Over 30 Wisconsin community leaders sign statement affirming confidence in election system

Pillars of the Community initiative, led by former Bush and Obama legal counsels, places full-page ads in newspapers across the state in effort to increase trust in elections. Madison – With…
October 24, 2024
Pillars Updates

Pillars in The Center Square

The Center Square‘s Thérèse Boudreaux covered Pillars’ efforts to bolster trust in elections: Less than two weeks before Election Day, the bipartisan group “Pillars of the Community,”…
October 24, 2024
Pillars Updates

Bloomberg: Can Faith in Elections Be Restored? It’s Worth Trying

Francis Wilkinson of Bloomberg writes an op-ed about Pillars of the Community.  Days before the 2020 election, longtime Republican election lawyer Benjamin Ginsberg took to the Washington…
October 24, 2024
Wisconsin

WTMJ: Still experiencing delays at the polls, Wisconsin Elections Commission responds

WTMJ reports on long lines and system delays at Wisconsin polling places, which the State Election Commission attributes to high levels of voter turnout. The City…
October 24, 2024
Pennsylvania

PennLive: Bipartisan group of former elected officials work on battling misinformation

Ivey Dejesus of PennLive reports on a bipartisan effort in Pennsylvania that seeks to reassure voters of the integrity of the electoral process. Misinformation has been…
October 24, 2024
Pennsylvania

Votebeat: Voters deserve second chance if mail ballots are rejected, Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules

Carter Walker of Votebeat reports on a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that allows voters to cast a provisional ballot in person if their mail-in ballot is rejected.
October 24, 2024
Georgia

CNN: Georgia election official says battleground state fended off cyberattack likely from a foreign country

Gabe Cohen, Sean Lyngaas and Zachary Cohen of CNN report on an attempted cyber intrusion of a Georgia election website. Georgia’s secretary…
October 24, 2024
Arizona

KVOA: Maricopa County Election Officials say they are doing their part to be transparent, prepared ahead of Election Day

Megan Spector and Monica Garcia of KVOA report on how Maricopa county election officials are preparing for Election Day. There are less than two weeks until Election Day; all eyes…
October 24, 2024