“ i was an election administrator for over a decade in arizona and the majority of our sites were set up before election day .
others voted by affidavit ballot instead , and absent poll sites open .
after spending 2016 trying to outmaneuver each other and deliver the next big break , hundreds of newsrooms are now engaged in unprecedented reporting partnerships to uncover barriers to voting and debunk fake news that can cause chaos and confusion on election day .
new york city executive director michael ryan cited security as a reason to keep the voting material under lock and key before election day .
in new york city , poll workers are expected to be at their poll books were misdelivered .
” patrick said there many news organizations will make election integrity issues a central part of their coverage plans , especially given accusations by the u.s. government of russian cyber espionage and donald trump ’s evidence - less allegations of vote tampering and rigging .
story continued below new york - based journalism non - profit propublica created the free service earlier this year by partnering up with national desks at usa today and the new york times , as well as scores of local news organizations including the arizona republic , miami herald and the virginian - pilot .
but elsewhere , it ’s fairly common to set up before election day morning , according to tammy patrick , an election expert with the bipartisan policy center .
the biggest of the new alliances is electionland , a project involving more than 400 newsrooms across the country casting aside competitiveness to share real - time data and tips on everything from reports about long lines and voter intimidation to hoax tweets suggesting stuffed ballot boxes .