Elections
Podcasts
"Fat Cats and Hidden Hands in Politics," from Now & Then, 26 October 2022 -- added 10.30.22
"The Ballot Boogeymen," from Reveal, 29 October 2022 -- added 10.30.22
Related: "The Big Grift Behind the Big Lie," from Reveal 10 September 2022 -- added 10.30.22
"'Dark Money' Is Funding The 2020 Election Challenge — And Could Challenge 2024," from Fresh Air, 5 August 2021
"The Electoral College" from Throughline, 15 October 2020
"Bush v. Gore And Why It Matters in 2020," from Throughline, 5 November 2020
"How We Vote," from Throughline, 22 October 2020
"Electoral College 'Not Carved In Stone:' Author Advocates Rethinking How We Vote," from Fresh Air, 18 March 2020
"Is the US Ready to Vote By Mail?" from The Daily, 4 August 2020
"First Timers: Out of Prison and Finally Able to Vote," from What Next, 20 October 2020
"A Peculiar Way to Pick a President," from The Daily, 22 October 2020
"A Fraudulent Election in North Carolina," from The Daily, 27 February 2019
"#166: Country of Liars," from Reply All, 18 September 2020
"The Improvement Association" series from The New York Times / Serial, each episode = 1 learning activity
Videos
Whose Vote Counts? from PBS Frontline, streaming free via web
Plot to Overturn the Election, from PBS Frontline, streaming free via web
Whose Vote Counts, Explained, streaming on Netflix (subscription required)
MITT, streaming on Netflix (subscription required)
Active Measures, streaming on HULU (subscription required)
Electoral Dysfunction, streaming on Amazon Prime Video (subscription required)
All In: The Fight for Democracy, streaming on Amazon Prime Video (subscription required)
Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections, streaming on HBOMax (subscription required)
Recount, streaming on HBOMax (subscription required)
"Midterms: This is what democracy looks like?" episode of The Problem with Jon Stewart (season 2, episode 4), streaming on Apple TV+ (subscription required) -- added 10.30.22
Watch: How to Rig an Election (1876) from the Washington Post, produced by Tom Hanks (THAT ONE) and Jeffrey Robinson -- added 4.5.23
Readings
"How Mail-In Voting Began on Civil War Battlefields," by Nina Strochlic, from National Geographic, 4 November 2022. -- added 11.12.22
"There is Absolutely Nothing to Support the 'Independent State Legislature' Theory," by Michael Luttig, from The Atlantic, 3 October 2022. (Note: This is a pretty dense piece about constitutional law. Get out of it what you can. Luttig is one of the most respected conservative judges in American history.)
"Why Politics Has Become So Stressful," by Ronald Brownstein, from The Atlantic, 14 October 2022.
"The Political-Reform Movement Scores Its Biggest Win Yet," from The Atlantic, 26 January 2021
"The Electoral College's Racist Origins," from The Atlantic, 17 November 2019
Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College, by Jesse Wegman, each chapter = 1 learning activity (Amazon link)
"How ranked-choice voting could change the way democracy works," from The Washington Post, 21 June 2021 (need a quick video explainer? This one's terrific!)
"The Long Fuse: Misinformation and the 2020 Election," a report from The Election Integrity Partnership (a group of academic and nonpartisan researchers) -- read at least the Executive Summary (at the beginning), published 15 June 2021.
Read "The 100 Million Project" report, "The Untold Story of American Non-Voters" -- at least the executive summary (pp. 3-4 of the PDF) & skim the rest, published 18 February 2020 by the Knight Foundation. -- added 11.4.22