Elections Commission preps for November

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“For you to turn this discussion about a complaint and a recommendation into the politics of the election, I think that hurts us more than anything. I think that promotes mistrust, and … years and years of this is like it's like Chinese torture, Bob. I mean, it's enough.”

– Elections Commissioner Mark Thomsen, arguing that Republican commissioner Bob Spindell’s indulgence of conspiracy theories makes voter distrust worse

The Wisconsin Elections Commission met Thursday for it’s final regularly scheduled meeting before next month’s election. Henry Redman reports on the meeting, during which the commission discussed election preparedness, voter fraud reports and got into yet another argument over election conspiracy theories.

In a commentary, Editor-in-Chief Ruth Conniff writes that U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil’s campaign touting his bill restricting stock trades by members of Congress opens up a can of worms in a race that is suddenly unexpectedly close.

Nearly 100 community-based organizations have lost their federal HIV-prevention grants this week as the Trump administration redirects dollars to state and local health departments. The funding change represents a departure from the decades-old national HIV prevention strategy favored by most public health organizations, Nada Hassanein of Stateline reports.

Every generation has an ideological gender gap — and Gen Z is no different. A new poll from The 19th and YouGov sheds light on how young men and women are shaped by certain historical moments and tend to diverge on issues of gender and reproductive rights. Mariel Padilla reports on the issue for the series Gen Z at the Ballot Box, a collaboration between States Newsroom and The 19th.

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