US: Electoral Process Needs Time

Click to expand Image Municipal workers extract Luzerne County ballots from their envelopes, Wednesday, November 4, 2020, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. © AP Photo/Mary Altaffer (New York) – The United States electoral process needs time to tabulate the vote in the November 3, 2020 general election, Human Rights Watch said today. News organizations and social media companies should be vigilant in preventing their platforms from being used to disseminate misinformation and disinformation about the electoral process, while respecting freedom of expression. “Millions of US voters turned…

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