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0000017b-98c7-d6d2-a7fb-9eefdbf90000KLCC News is covering many aspects of the 2016 General Election. View KLCC's election related stories below.

Election Day Monitoring Sees Lockdowns, Outages, And Cultural Issues

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Before Election Day, we talked with a University of Oregon journalism professor on the “Electionland” project, where social media reports on voter issues were checked and verified in real time.  KLCC's Brian Bull has this follow-up. 

All Election Day long, 90 of Damian Radcliffe’s students scanned tweets, Facebook posts, and other reports of voter problems along the West Coast.

Radcliffe shares some highlights.

“One of the most dramatic, traumatic things that happened was a live shooter incident in Los Angeles," he begins.  "At least one polling station was put on lockdown.  We heard that a mobile voting unit had been dispatched because a polling station had a power outage, turned out that a dump truck had driven into a power generator. 

"And a tweet complained that a polling station in Koreatown in Los Angeles, said “There were five officials here, and not one of them speaks Korean.” 

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Damian Radcliffe with Electionland shirt.

Electionland partners included 13 journalism schools, NPR, Gannett Newspapers, and Propublica.  Radcliffe expects a formal debrief soon, but isn’t sure when.

“I think we’re still recovering from the election!” laughs Radcliffe. 

Future projects may include Donald Trump’s inauguration, or the midterm elections in 2018.

Brian Bull is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Oregon, and remains a contributor to the KLCC news department. He began working with KLCC in June 2016.   In his 27+ years as a public media journalist, he's worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (22 regional),  the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from  the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.
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