I’m Pat Beall, investigative reporter for USA TODAY, covering how we voted this year – from ancient tech counting absentees in WI, to the world’s worst new idea for voting to why we’re still counting ballots in equipment that was vulnerable to hacks 20 years ago. AMA! - Politics | News-politics

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I’m Pat Beall, investigative reporter for USA TODAY, covering how we voted this year – from ancient tech counting absentees in WI, to the world’s worst new idea for voting to why we’re still counting ballots in equipment that was vulnerable to hacks 20 years ago. AMA! - Politics

I’m Pat Beall, investigative reporter for USA TODAY, covering how we voted this year – from ancient tech counting absentees in WI, to the world’s worst new idea for voting to why we’re still counting ballots in equipment that was vulnerable to hacks 20 years ago. AMA! - Politics


I’m Pat Beall, investigative reporter for USA TODAY, covering how we voted this year – from ancient tech counting absentees in WI, to the world’s worst new idea for voting to why we’re still counting ballots in equipment that was vulnerable to hacks 20 years ago. AMA!

Posted: 05 Nov 2020 09:05 AM PST

Hi, everyone. I'm Pat Beall, senior investigative reporter for the USA TODAY Network. I've spent the last seven months dodging hurricanes from my perch in sunny SoFla and working with Columbia Journalism Investigations and Frontline on hurdles and myths about absentee voting. But I've spent years asking questions - and even getting some answers- about the tech we use to count ballots. What's safe. What's hackable. What's ignored. And why trees gotta die for democracy. Got questions?

Here are some of my recent stories:

Proof: https://i.redd.it/6jikhw8oagx51.jpg

Twitter: @beall1

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Discussion Thread: 2020 General Election Part 41 | In Too Deep (One Million Comment Bonanza)

Posted: 05 Nov 2020 09:33 AM PST

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Posted: 05 Nov 2020 06:36 AM PST

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Posted: 05 Nov 2020 06:54 AM PST

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Posted: 05 Nov 2020 04:42 AM PST

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Posted: 05 Nov 2020 06:42 AM PST

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Posted: 05 Nov 2020 08:40 AM PST

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Posted: 05 Nov 2020 04:31 AM PST

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Posted: 05 Nov 2020 04:18 AM PST

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Posted: 05 Nov 2020 03:20 AM PST

USPS finds 815 remaining ballots in court-mandated sweeps in Texas

Posted: 05 Nov 2020 07:02 AM PST

Donald Trump supporters - some armed with rifles and handguns - have descended on election counting centres where mail-in ballots continue to be tallied up.

Posted: 05 Nov 2020 03:48 AM PST

Biden Calls on Americans to Stop ‘Treating Our Opponents as Enemies’

Posted: 05 Nov 2020 07:33 AM PST

Mitch McConnell Has Let It Be Known He Will Continue to Be an Obstructive Jackass If Joe Biden Wins

Posted: 05 Nov 2020 08:08 AM PST

Eric Trump Busted For Fake Video Of Someone 'Burning 80 Trump Ballots'

Posted: 05 Nov 2020 03:03 AM PST

MSNBC's Joy Reid: Close presidential race shows 'great amount of racism and anti blackness' in US

Posted: 05 Nov 2020 04:27 AM PST

CNN's Dana Bash: Trump loss in Arizona would be 'John McCain's last laugh'

Posted: 05 Nov 2020 04:58 AM PST

A Muslim millennial was elected the country’s first out nonbinary lawmaker — in Oklahoma

Posted: 05 Nov 2020 04:45 AM PST

Without the Senate, a Biden Presidency Will Be Crippled Before It Begins

Posted: 05 Nov 2020 04:17 AM PST

Kayleigh McEnany suggests Pennsylvania should toss out all mail ballots that arrive after Election Day, even though the Supreme Court said they should be counted up to 3 days after

Posted: 05 Nov 2020 07:43 AM PST

Howard Stern shocked that Trump wasn’t crushed on Election Day

Posted: 05 Nov 2020 03:08 AM PST

Trump tweets 'Stop the count!' But if the vote were stopped, Joe Biden would win the presidency

Posted: 05 Nov 2020 08:12 AM PST

San Francisco voters approve taxes on highly paid CEOs, big businesses

Posted: 05 Nov 2020 04:27 AM PST