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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 17h

Don't just CHECK to make sure you're registered to vote —DOCUMENT IT! Depending on your state, the cutoff to register to vote in the 2026 U.S. Midterm elections may be coming up fast. Make sure you're registered before the cutoff, then take it a step further: document the proof.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 30/09/2026

The truth is the shared foundation where we can begin to build better systems to work for everyone.

A simple orange heart with a maple leaf and feather inside. It reads: "National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
is a Canadian day of memorial where we recognize and grapple with hard truths.
Let’s open our eyes and our hearts
and build something better
together." From the Election Truth Alliance

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 29/09/2026

Take a look and explore: electiontruthalliance.shinyapps.io/registration/ Which trends stand out to you? 👀

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 29/09/2026

Where and when are voter registration numbers rising — and falling? 📊 👀 Introducing: Voter Registration Trends Over Time, a new tool that makes it easy to explore official state registration data. 🔎 Browse trends in 13 states 📈 Explore registration changes over time 📊 Dig into the data yourself

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 29/09/2026

Giving up the power of your vote because something nefarious might happen is obeying in advance. It makes sure your voice is silenced rather than risk that someone may attempt to silence you. If bad actors are going to try to manipulate election results, you don’t have to do their work for them.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 28/09/2026

Should we still vote if elections can be 'rigged'? 🧐👀 Read our latest Substack to learn why sitting out isn't the answer, 'too big to rig' is a myth, & hand counting votes in front of witnesses fulfills a critical function that machines can't replicate.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 27/09/2026

A clean audit of a narrow set of voting machines, or even voting locations, also doesn’t mean tampering couldn’t have happened elsewhere in the process, whether at machines or precincts outside the sample, or at other stages in how results get aggregated and transmitted.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 27/09/2026

That’s enough to test whether the machines in those specific spots are counting accurately, but it’s not enough to estimate or guarantee the accuracy of the election results as a whole, since a few sampled locations can’t represent the whole picture.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 27/09/2026

The reason comes down to what’s being sampled. Rather than randomly selecting individual ballots from the entire pool of votes cast in a given voting jurisdiction, audits typically select a small random subset (usually 1-5%) of whole voting locations, voting machines, or ballot batches.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 27/09/2026

Hand count audits specifically have one narrow job: take a small set of ballots a machine already counted, count them again by hand, see if the two match. That’s a check on whether specific machines at specific precincts are working — but not the same as verifying the overall election result.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 27/09/2026

Most current auditing practices are a tool for catching machine errors in a small subset of machines or voting locations, but were never built to detect manipulation across the system as a whole.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 27/09/2026

The next time someone tells you that 'U.S. election results are accurate because there are audits', you can remind them that election audits were NEVER DESIGNED to detect manipulation or ensure the accuracy of an election. That is not and has never been the intended function of an election audit.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 25/09/2026

It's easy to lose track of what's a real priority and what's just noise. But when all governing decisions come downstream of elections, ensuring the accuracy of those elections becomes paramount.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 24/09/2026

(The ETA has emailed the OSCE directly to ask if invitations from Governors would be sufficient to allow observers to participate in the 2026 Midterms -- but Governors and Secretaries of State reaching out directly will have more sway and impact. We strongly urge them to do so.)

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 24/09/2026

This is deeply concerning. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has sent observers to monitor every U.S. federal election for the past two decades. Governors need to pick up the phone and find out if an invitation extended by leaders of states can fill that federal gap.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 23/09/2026

... is one of several resources in our new Election Preparedness Toolkit. 💼✨ Is there a candidate that you think would benefit from this type of practical, on-the-ground guidance? If so, please consider sharing to them! electiontruthalliance.org/Toolkit

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2026 Candidate & Voter Toolkit - Election Truth Alliance

State rules • Open Letter to Candidates • Red Flags to Watch For • Myths

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 23/09/2026

Our free "Red Flags to Watch For" guide helps campaigns and candidates spot and document incidents that may affect voting or election administration, and connect them to information about next possible steps. It draws on international and U.S. election protection frameworks and...

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 23/09/2026

The next question is what to do about them. Which incidents support a recount request? Which call for a canvass correction, a criminal or security report, or even contesting the result?

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 23/09/2026

Elections can be disrupted or undermined in many ways: bomb threats, voter intimidation, machine failures, breaks in ballot chain of custody, and more. Some incidents are serious on their own. Others are warning signs of less visible risks.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 23/09/2026

NEW: Practical guide to help campaigns and candidates identify and document evidence of events that may impact voting or election administration.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

Want to equip yourself to push back against election misinformation? Check out the full myth-busting article on our website: electiontruthalliance.org/combatting-u... It's one of several tools in our new Election Preparedness Toolkit: electiontruthalliance.org/toolkit

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Combatting U.S. Election Myths - Election Truth Alliance

This is a plain-language resource aimed at combatting U.S. election myths. It was first posted in several parts (Part 1 and Part 2) on our Substack in

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

In practice, statewide recounts are exceedingly rare: only 36 of the 6,929 statewide elections held between 2000 and 2023 resulted in a statewide recount (23 automatic, 13 requested). #VerifyTheVote #TruthMatters #GetTheFacts #DebunkTheMyths #ETA

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

Recount rules also vary widely by state: in 41 states and Washington, D.C., a recount can be requested, often only within a specified margin, while nine states have no requested-recount process at all (relying instead on automatic triggers or court orders).

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

In this sense, audits are typically procedural, testing the accuracy of the machines and processes used -- NOT the accuracy of the election results themselves.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

An AUDIT tests whether election procedures and reported outcomes are reliable, by examining a sample of the votes, machines, or voting places to test whether the hand counts match the machine or cast vote record counts for those particular samples of ballots.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

A RECOUNT repeats the counting of ballots in a particular contest with the intention to determine if the recount results match the election results for that jurisdiction, which typically involves recounting all cast votes.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

Recounts and audits answer different questions and are triggered under different circumstances or laws.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

Reality: Recounts and audits are two different things. A recount ‘re-counts’ the actual ballots to verify the result, while an audit checks a sample to verify the PROCESS — not the result itself.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

Facts matter, especially when it comes to election integrity. Myth #16: An audit and a recount are the same thing.

A text graphic from the Election Truth Alliance that reads Myth Versus Reality. Myth number 16 debunked. An audit and a recount are the same thing. Reality: REALITY: Recounts and audits are different procedures that answer different questions. A recount repeats the counting of ballots—typically all cast votes—to verify whether the recount matches the reported result. An audit examines a sample of votes, machines, or polling places to test whether hand counts match machine or cast-vote records, verifying the process, not the result itself. Recount rules vary widely by state:
41 states and D.C. allow requested recounts under certain conditions, while nine do not. Statewide recounts are exceedingly rare: only 36 of 6,929 statewide elections from 2000–2023 resulted in one.
Read more with linked sourced at electiontruthalliance.org/toolkit

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

For more U.S. election myth debunking, check out "Combatting U.S. Election Myths" on our website -- it's one of the tools in our new Election Preparedness Toolkit! electiontruthalliance.org/combatting-u...

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Combatting U.S. Election Myths - Election Truth Alliance

This is a plain-language resource aimed at combatting U.S. election myths. It was first posted in several parts (Part 1 and Part 2) on our Substack in

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

So the best way to think about it isn’t “mail voting is bulletproof”; it’s that mail voting may be safer because it sidesteps some of the riskier parts of the casting/counting process. Ultimately, mail-in voting requires the same vigilance, verification, & audit trail that in-person voting deserves.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

Nevertheless, as of writing, our analyses of past election results have found fewer known “red flags” associated with potential vote manipulation for mail-in ballots compared to other methods.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

Finally, mail-in voting carries its own unique risks: added infrastructure needed for processing ballots as they are sent out and then returned creates more potential points of vulnerability, voter registration integrity becomes a bigger concern since voters aren’t present to verify their identity.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

Moreover, the central count scanners that tabulate most mail ballots are still machines: software-based tabulators that are subject to many of the same categories of potential vulnerabilities as any other voting equipment.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

However, several federal agencies have jointly identified real physical and procedural vulnerabilities in the mail-voting pipeline, including chain-of-custody gaps during transit and physical security at ballot drop boxes and mail-processing facilities.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

(And, if something doesn’t initially check out on a mail-in ballot, most states don’t automatically reject it; they instead offer a curing process, giving voters a chance to fix the issue so it can still be counted.)

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

Mail-in ballots also come with their own protections. Many states require a signature that can be matched against a signature on file. States also often use tamper-evident envelopes with watermarks. A very small number of jurisdictions even hand count mail-in ballots in their entirety.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

Mail ballots tend to be processed and counted at different locations than in-person votes — often a central county office rather than individual precincts — and are sometimes tabulated using different scanning equipment (i.e., “central count” systems) than the machines used at polling places.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

Much of that safety comes from the same reason hand-marked ballots in general hold up well: your vote exists in a physical, tangible form that can be checked, and re-checked later if needed, to confirm it was counted accurately. In other words, it leaves a paper trail.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 22/09/2026

Most U.S. mail-in ballots are still counted by machines, making them vulnerable to some of the same security risks as in-person votes. That said, mail-in ballots appear to be safer from vote manipulation than in-person voting -- though “safer” does not mean “risk-free”. 🧵

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 21/09/2026

4. They provide a mechanism for distributing positions within the regime.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 21/09/2026

3. The real numbers are used by the regime as a way to assess resistance.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 21/09/2026

2. They show how much coercion and fraud is needed to achieve the desired result.

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 21/09/2026

Why do authoritarian countries still hold elections? 🤔 Elections serve multiple purposes, even in countries where the outcome is a foregone conclusion. Let's look at the 2026 Russian elections as an example: 1. Even sham elections can provide a government with perceived legitimacy. 🧵

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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 21/09/2026

We published an open letter to all candidates running in the 2026 U.S. Midterm elections — and we need YOUR help getting our words and yours in front of candidates and campaigns. Check out the assets in our new Election Preparedness Toolkit 👇 electiontruthalliance.org/Toolkit

Ever ask why a particular candidate didn't ask for a recount?

😵 Laws for recounts vary from state to state.
😱 Deadlines can be very short.
😬 There's a taboo around recount requests in the U.S., and candidates are pressured to trust without verifying.

Waiting until a concern arises may be too late.
That’s why we're calling on candidates and campaigns to learn the risks, rules, & remedies before, not after, Election Day.

We published an open letter to all candidates running in the 2026 U.S. Midterm elections — and we need your help getting our words and yours in front of candidates and campaigns that matter to you most. Check it out 👇
ElectionTruthAlliance.org/Toolkit

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