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  • Wyoming
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  • Wisconsin
    Primary Date: February 16, 2021 
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    General Election: April 6 
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  • West Virginia
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    Other Elections: June 8-Municipal Election 
  • Washington
    Primary Date: August 3, 2021 
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    General Election: November 2 
    Other Elections: February 9-Special Election; April 27-Special Election 
  • Virginia
    Primary Date: June 8, 2021 
    Primary Runoff:  
    General Election: November 2 
    Other Elections: March 23-Special Election; March 30-Special Election;  
  • Vermont
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    Other Elections: March 2-Town Meeting Day 
  • Utah
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  • U.S. Virgin Islands
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  • Texas
    Primary Date: May 1, 2021 
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    General Election: November 2 
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  • Tennessee
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  • South Dakota
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    Other Elections: April 13 Municipal Election; June 8 Municipal Election; June 15 Municipal Election 
  • South Carolina
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  • Rhode Island
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    Other Elections: March 2-General Referenda 
  • Pennsylvania
    Primary Date: May 18, 2021 
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    General Election: November 2 
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  • Oregon
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  • Oklahoma
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    Other Elections: March 2 Special Election; May 11 Special Election; June 8 Special Election; July 13 Special Election; Aug. 10 Special Election; Sept. 14 Special Election; Oct. 12 Special Elections; Nov. 9 Special Elections 
  • Ohio
    Primary Date: May 4, 2021 
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    General Election: November 2 
    Other Elections: Aug. 3 Special Election 
  • North Dakota
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  • North Carolina
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  • New York
    Primary Date: June 22, 2021 
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    General Election: November 2 
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  • New Mexico
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    General Election: November 2 
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  • New Jersey
    Primary Date: June 8, 2021 
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    General Election: November 2 
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  • New Hampshire
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    Other Elections: March 10-Town Meeting Day 
  • Nevada
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  • Nebraska
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  • Montana
    Primary Date: September 14, 2021 
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    General Election: November 2 
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  • Missouri
    Primary Date: April 6, 2021 
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  • Mississippi
    Primary Date: April 6, 2021 
    Primary Runoff: April 27 
    General Election: June 8 
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  • Minnesota
    Primary Date: August 10, 2021 
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    General Election: November 2 
    Other Elections: March 9-Township Elections 
  • Michigan
    Primary Date: May 4, 2021 
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  • Massachusetts
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  • Maryland
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  • Maine
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    Other Elections: March 9 - Special Election for State Senate District 14 
  • Louisiana
    Primary Date: March 20, 2021 
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    General Election: November 13 
    Other Elections: April 24 Open Municipal/U.S. Representative, Congressional Districts 2 and 5/State Representative, Representative District 82 Special General Election; Oct. 9 Open Primary/Orleans Municipal Parochial Primary Election 
  • Kentucky
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  • Kansas
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  • Iowa
    Primary Date: October 5, 2021 
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    General Election: November 2 
    Other Elections: City Runoff Nov. 30 
  • Indiana
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  • Illinois
    Primary Date: February 23, 2021 
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    General Election: November 2 
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  • Idaho
    Primary Date: March 9, 2021 
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    General Election: November 2 
    Other Elections: May 18; Aug. 31 
  • Hawaii
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  • Georgia
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    Other Elections: Jan. 5 2020 General Election Runoff; Feb. 16 Special Election; Aug. 23 Special Election 
  • Florida
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  • District of Columbia
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  • Delaware
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  • Connecticut
    Primary Date: May 3, 2021 
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    General Election: November 2 
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  • Colorado
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    General Election: November 2 
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  • California
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    Other Elections: March 2: State Senate District 30 Special Primary; April 6: Assembly District 79 Special Primary 
  • Arkansas
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  • Arizona
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  • Alaska
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    Other Elections: Anchorage Municipal Election April 6; Wasilla Municipal Election, Oct. 5 
  • Alabama
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    Other Elections: Special General Election House District 33, Jan. 19; Special General Election Senate District 26 - March 2; Special Primary Election Senate District 14 – March 30 
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August 4, 2022

Information Gaps and Misinformation in the 2022 Elections
A new report from Brennan Center for Justice

By Mekela Panditharatne, counsel
Brennan Center for Justice

Plunging trust in elections. Rising threats. A flood of exits. For the workers charged with administering our elections, the cascading dangers driven by misinformation about a rigged 2020 election are only intensifying ahead of November’s midterm elections.

Misinformation can result when the demand for information outpaces its supply. A new report released this week by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law and First Draft identifies major gaps in the public’s knowledge of elections that could lead to misinformation in the 2022 elections and explains how to mitigate the risk.

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