Miles Parks
Miles Parks is a reporter on NPR's Washington Desk. He covers voting and elections, and also reports on breaking news.
Parks joined NPR as the 2014-15 Stone & Holt Weeks Fellow. Since then, he's investigated FEMA's efforts to get money back from Superstorm Sandy victims, profiled budding rock stars and produced for all three of NPR's weekday news magazines.
A graduate of the University of Tampa, Parks also previously covered crime and local government for The Washington Post and The Ledger in Lakeland, Fla.
In his spare time, Parks likes playing, reading and thinking about basketball. He wrote The Washington Post's obituary of legendary women's basketball coach Pat Summitt.
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A new national survey raises alarms from election administrators facing constant threats. Stress and attacks by political leaders on the voting system are top forces pushing them out of their jobs. -
The bipartisan program — called ERIC — allows states to improve voting access and election security at the same time. But it's currently under attack from the far right.
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Legal experts say the illegitimate submissions should motivate Congress to update the Electoral Count Act and "firm up the guardrails" of democracy.
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The former president blasted Republicans who have crossed him and kept up repeated election lies in an NPR interview.
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Recent off-year elections showed that voters may not be so invested in making it easier to vote while Republicans may benefit from higher voter turnout than they previously had thought.
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Normally, more involvement in democracy is a good thing. But officials worry people could be motivated to take their election watcher roles too far.
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Does social media use harm children? That's one question senators will be asking executives from YouTube, Snap and TikTok at Tuesday's hearing on Capitol Hill.
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Bradley Tusk, a venture capitalist and former political operative, announced a new $10 million grant for internet voting development on Thursday.
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Earlier this month, Republican Larry Elder refused to promise to accept the recall election results. His campaign had set up a website where people could report suspicious election activity.
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A bipartisan group is hoping to support voting workers who have faced unprecedented scrutiny and pressure for more than a year now.
