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All this, however, leaves one obstacle that Blaze didn’t address and which McReynolds’s process-oriented advice can’t tackle: Trump’s repeated, false attacks on the integrity of mail-in voting, some of which Twitter has flagged with fact-checking labels. They already have local Republican leaders worrying that GOP voters will refuse mail ballots and wait to vote in person. … [Read more...] about What becoming a poll worker taught me about securing the 2020 election

Make it a big outdoor party The first two ideas by Local Projects would drive discourse and dialog. But what about just generating some excitement? For this, the designers imagine something simple but compelling: Outdoor parties held across America. By streaming the convention into our park system and other open spaces, people could gather, distanced and with masks, to celebrate their candidate collectively, with the sort of energy that can only be generated by many human bodies sharing a space. … [Read more...] about The Democratic convention can be anything this year. We asked designers for their wildest concepts

Manu Kumar Jain, Xiaomi's India MD recently took to twitter to reassure millions of Mi and Redmi phone users that their data was secure. Jain assured the Mi community that none of the banned Chinese apps will feature on Xiaomi phones in India going forward. … [Read more...] about Xiaomi promises banned Chinese apps will no longer feature on Mi and Redmi phones in India

"A new disease with relatively high levels of complications and mortality, with accompanying directives on physical distancing, inevitably leads to fears, apprehensions and... stigma," said Rajib Kumar, who heads the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus rages in small towns of India, and so does stigma