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States Ask Social Media Titans to Drop TurboVote

The bipartisan association of state election officials is urging Facebook and Twitter to end their relationships with TurboVote, an independent nonprofit voter registration site, concluding its flaws outweighed its contributions to a surge in turnout for the 2018 midterm election.

The National Association of Secretaries of State, whose members oversee elections in all 50 states, says TurboVote occasionally failed to properly process registrations and sometimes failed to notify people who thought they had registered to vote but had not completed the requisite forms. The TurboVote website also crashed under the weight of significant user volume during a voter registration campaign in September. And according to Pro Publica, which reported the NASS request, TurboVote's operators were scammed by someone pretending to be an employee and seeking to convince newly registered voters to share personal information over the phone.


TurboVote, created in 2012 by the nonprofit organization Democracy Works, says it is working to fix its flaws but has helped "millions register and vote nationwide." NASS asked TurboVote to provide a detailed accounting of these registrants — new voters, not duplicates or people changing their address — but has yet to receive one.

The secretaries of state have asked the social media companies to direct prospective voters to government registration sites. Both Facebook and Twitter said they were taking the NASS request seriously but were not yet committed to ending their relationships with TurboVote.

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Dozens of Questions: How Are Trump’s Auto Parts Tariffs Affecting the Broader Economy?

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Dozens of Questions: How Are Trump’s Auto Parts Tariffs Affecting the Broader Economy?

President Donald Trump made economic waves earlier this year when he announced a 25% tariff on imported automobiles and parts with the stated goal of revitalizing U.S. auto manufacturing. Yet as of summer 2025, the majority (92%) of Mexican-made auto parts continue to enter the United States tariff-free.

That’s because of a March 2025 revision that exempts cars and parts manufactured in compliance with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) from tariffs.

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LGBTQ Refugees Came to America To Escape Discrimination. Now, They Live in Fear in the U.S.
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LGBTQ Refugees Came to America To Escape Discrimination. Now, They Live in Fear in the U.S.

Salvadoran refugee Alberto, who is using a pseudonym out of safety concerns, did not feel secure in his own home. Being a gay man in a country known for state-sponsored violence and community rejection meant Alberto lived his life on high alert.

His family did not accept him. He says one family member physically attacked him because of his identity. He says he has been followed, harassed, and assaulted by police, accused of crimes he didn’t commit when he was studying to become a social worker. His effort to escape the rejection in his community left him, at one point, homeless and lost in a new city.

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