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Former President Jimmy Carter dies at 100. Unions, worker co-ops tackle historic wealth gap; NM political expert says 'polarization' is the logical word of the year; AL higher-ed conference to address workforce, boost student transfers.

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Former President and humanitarian Jimmy Carter dies at age 100, extended funding for 9 11 responders is cut from the federal budget, and Republicans prepare a major overhaul of the nation's voting procedures.

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From the unprecedented election season to the latest environmental news, the Yonder Report looks back at stories that topped our weekly 2024 newscasts.

Time is not on our side, voting experts say

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Tuesday, November 5, 2024   

Election experts are urging calm and patience - as Idahoans, and all Americans - head to the polls on Election Day.

Rules that forbid counting votes until after the polls close in battleground states like Pennsylvania mean that a definitive result could take days or even weeks.

Celina Stewart is CEO of the League of Women Voters.

"We likely will not know the winner of the election on election night," said Stewart, "and we should be skeptical of candidates who claim victory before there's a clear picture."

Voters who have a problem casting a ballot can report the problem to county election officials and to the hotline - 1-866-OUR-VOTE.

Officials have spent millions to improve security and transparency of the voting process. Election observers will be present on all sides to report any glitches.

Tammy Patrick, Chief Programs Officer of the Election Center at the National Association of Election Officials, said this will be the most secure election in decades.

"For this election, we will have more ballots cast on paper than we've seen in a very long time," said Patrick. "We will have more audits, more observers, more transparency of the policies that are in place, so that voters should have every confidence."

Congress passed the Electoral Count Reform Act in the wake of the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol building.

The attack aimed to halt the certification of the election and was followed by attempts by Trump-aligned officials to submit competing, fake slates of electors in multiple states.

The ECRA clarified the vice president cannot set aside the results, and that unproven claims of fraud do not allow state legislatures to appoint electors themselves after Election Day.

Support for this reporting was provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.



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