Chad Lorenz

Denver

Editor-in-Chief at Votebeat

@VotebeatUS editor in chief. Previously Slate, Washington Post and Washingtonian magazine. Sulzberger fellow. University of Nebraska alum.

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Articles

Why Milwaukee decided to start counting absentee ballots all over again

Nov 5, 2024 | votebeat.org | Alexander Shur |Jen Fifield |Carter Walker |Chad Lorenz

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Wisconsin’s free newsletter here. Milwaukee election officials started counting the city’s absentee ballots all over again Tuesday afternoon after an observer noticed that the panel doors on the city’s 13 tabulators weren’t properly closed.
Printer problems create long lines at some Navajo Nation polling places in Arizona

Nov 5, 2024 | votebeat.org | Jen Fifield |Carter Walker |Alexander Shur |Chad Lorenz

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Arizona’s free newsletter here. Multiple polling places on the Navajo Nation faced technical issues on Tuesday morning that caused long lines.
On smooth Election Day so far, isolated problems have minimal effect on voting

Nov 5, 2024 | votebeat.org | Carter Walker |Alexander Shur |Chad Lorenz |Jessica Huseman

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat’s free national newsletter here. The polls have been open for several hours today, and — knock on wood — things are going mostly smoothly across the country: Lines are mostly manageable, the technology is working as intended, and there have been no reports of the types of chaos or violence many were concerned about.
Election 2024: Live results

Nov 4, 2024 | rmpbs.org | Kyle Cooke |Chad Lorenz |Alec Berg |Ziyi Xu

Rocky Mountain PBS is pleased to offer live, automatically updated election results provided by the Associated Press and PBS News for the 2024 election. Below, you can explore interactive maps with results of both national and Colorado races. Polls close in Colorado — which offers same-day registration and voting — at 7 p.m. MT. PBS News' live coverage of the 2024 election airs on Rocky Mountain PBS beginning at 4 p.m. MT. You can stream live here.
After a turbulent season, it’s Election Day in Pennsylvania.

Nov 4, 2024 | votebeat.org | Carter Walker |Alexander Shur |Chad Lorenz |Jessica Huseman

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Pennsylvania’s free newsletter here. It has been hard to keep track of the disputes over Pennsylvania’s voting rules this year, especially these past two months. Different interpretations of state law have led to different rules from county to county.
GOP voters help boost popularity of Wisconsin’s absentee ballot options

Nov 4, 2024 | votebeat.org | Alexander Shur |Chad Lorenz |Jessica Huseman |Carter Walker

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Wisconsin’s free newsletter here. Wisconsin’s early voting period finished Sunday, and a couple of things are clear: Voting by absentee ballot, which spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, remains very popular, and Republicans are coming around to it despite mixed messages from party leaders. As of Nov.
Early voting showed resilience of U.S. election system so far. What’s next?

Nov 4, 2024 | votebeat.org | Chad Lorenz |Jessica Huseman |Carter Walker |Jen Fifield

A special message to Votebeat readers from editor-in-chief Chad Lorenz:As early voting wraps up, America’s election system appears to have passed its first test of the 2024 general election. More than 77 million Americans have already cast their ballots, not far behind the pandemic-era rate for early voting in 2020. Among the notable setbacks, we’ve seen only scattered ballot mishaps and polling place disruptions.
America’s election system passed its first test. Here’s what we’re following next.

Nov 4, 2024 | rmpbs.org | Chad Lorenz |Kyle Cooke |Alec Berg |Washingtonian magazine. Chad

A special message to Votebeat readers from editor-in-chief Chad Lorenz:As early voting wraps up, America’s election system appears to have passed its first test of the 2024 general election. More than 77 million Americans have already cast their ballots, not far behind the pandemic-era rate for early voting in 2020. Among the notable setbacks, we’ve seen only scattered ballot mishaps and polling place disruptions.
What constitutes vote-buying? Two campaign promotions test the legal limits.

Oct 20, 2024 | votebeat.org | Carrie Levine |Alexander Shur |Chad Lorenz |Jessica Huseman

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S.This news analysis was originally distributed in Votebeat’s free weekly newsletter. Sign up to get future editions, including the latest reporting from Votebeat bureaus and curated news from other publications, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. “This whole thing should probably be illegal!”That was the closing line of a cheeky social media promotion from Cards Against Humanity.
A Fox News host's debunked election conspiracy appears to have prompted a state investigation

Aug 25, 2024 | votebeat.org | Berenice Garcia |Carrie Levine |Alexander Shur |Chad Lorenz

This article originally appeared at the Texas Tribune. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Officials in a North Texas county debunked claims made by a Fox News host that migrants were registering to vote outside a state drivers license facility west of Fort Worth — an unsubstantiated claim that appeared to spark an investigation by Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office.