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A concerning number of Americans are subscribing to disinformation and conspiracy theories which threaten the future of American democracy, according to experts. The internet has helped fueled the rise and spread of disinformation, which is false and misleading information designed to deceive. State Republican lawmakers across the country have leaned on disinformation and conspiracy theories concerning the 2020 election results to justify introducing and passing legislation which tightens access to the ballot box to the point of threatening certain Americans’ voting rights.Visit the Deseret

Republican lawmakers in Utah are proposing a bill to introduce ranked-choice voting to their state. These lawmakers and other supporters of the bill point to the 2020 Republican gubernatorial primary (in which the winning candidate only received 37% of the vote) as the type of issue ranked-choice voting would fix.Visit Deseret News to learn more.  Voter Education Week Young adults will be the nation’s largest voting bloc in the upcoming election and the National Voter Education Week plans to equip them with the tools and information