Jessica Huseman
Jessica Huseman was a reporter voting rights and election administration for ProPublica.
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Jessica Huseman covered voting rights and election administration for ProPublica. She was the lead reporter for ProPublica’s Electionland project, which helps hundreds of newsrooms across the United States cover ballot access issues in real time. The project has won awards from the Online News Association, the Global Editors Network and the Society for Professional Journalists.
Prior to covering elections, she covered health and education issues, especially those impacting children. A freelance piece she co-authored for ProPublica on nursing regulations sparked a bill in the New York Legislature that would provide additional oversight for nurses who have committed crimes or harmed patients.
She graduated with honors from the Stabile Program in Investigative Journalism at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she was the recipient of the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship and the Fred M. Hechinger Award for Distinguished Education Reporting. Prior to becoming a journalist, she was a high school history teacher and debate coach in Newark, New Jersey.
Aging Machines, Crowds, Humidity: Problems at the Polls Were Mundane but Widespread
Instead of fireworks from voter intimidation or cyberattacks, Americans grappled with the mundane frustrations of using dated equipment to vote in huge numbers.
Missouri Changed Voter ID Requirements, Citing Confusion. Yet on Election Day, There Was Confusion.
Many reported that they were told they didn’t have valid photo identification, and the situation was a result of a court ruling that allowed Missourians to cast ballots with a range of forms of ID.
Georgia Voters Face Hourslong Waits as State Scrambles to Accommodate Turnout
Voters across the state are facing waits of up to five hours as lines snake out the doors and administrators rush to get additional materials to the polls.
Oops, We Forgot to Plug In the Voting Machine
A few problems are emerging early on Election Day, but one expert said voters “should exhaust all remedies before agreeing to leave.”
How the Election Assistance Commission Came Not to Care So Much About Election Security
Safeguarding voting systems was the top priority of local officials across the country. Some of them say the federal agency specifically charged with helping them was missing in action.
Georgia Officials Quietly Patched Security Holes They Said Didn’t Exist
A ProPublica analysis found that the state was busily fixing problems in its voter registration hours after the office of Secretary of State Brian Kemp, the Republican candidate for governor, had insisted the system was secure.
Voter Registration Around Austin Smashed Records. That May Be a Problem.
Travis County received a record 35,000 applications on the final day of voter registration, leaving officials there only days to input the data.
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The Overlooked Weak Link in Election Security
While attention has focused on the potential to penetrate voting machines, a ProPublica survey found that more than one-third of counties overseeing toss-up congressional elections have email systems that could be vulnerable to hacking.
Election Commission Documents Cast Doubt on Trump’s Claims of Voter Fraud
Thousands of pages of internal records are likely to bolster critics of the short-lived Trump administration commission.