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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Most of the country lets election officials do the arduous process of opening and sorting absentee ballots long before Election Day. In Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, they have to wait. -
With an unprecedented number of people planning to vote by mail this year, what can voters do to ensure their ballot isn't disqualified?
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This summer, experts expected more than half of all Americans to vote by mail. Recent polls seem to indicate the number to be significantly lower, which could mean extraordinary lines in some places. -
Polls show more people are planning to vote in-person while the number of people planning to vote by mail is shrinking — due to fears about the Postal Service's reliability and political rhetoric.
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Changes in Wisconsin and North Carolina mean absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day will count, if received within six and nine days of the election, respectively. -
The postmaster general spoke to dozens of the nation's top election officials Thursday, ahead of an election season that will see record numbers of mail ballots. -
Microsoft says it found the Russian spies who hacked the 2016 election, and they are targeting political parties again. The company says more than 200 organizations have been targeted since 2019
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The U.S. sanctioned a Ukrainian politician over alleged election interference. Microsoft also revealed ongoing cyberattacks.
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The U.S. sanctioned and charged foreigners it said were connected with interference. Meanwhile, Microsoft announced that it uncovered cyberattacks on political targets. -
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says 1,000 people voted twice in the state's primary election this year but said he had no evidence the cases weren't honest mistakes. The state is investigating.
