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Miles Parks

Correspondent, Washington Desk

Miles Parks is a correspondent on NPR's Washington Desk, where he covers voting and election security.

He began covering election issues after the 2016 presidential election, and his work was cited in the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on Russian election interference.

In 2020, Parks and Iowa Public Radio's Kate Payne broke the news that Iowa Democrats were planning to use an untested and potentially vulnerable app to transport their Caucus results.

He has also reported extensively on misinformation. As Covid-19 vaccines were being rolled out in the U.S., Parks used data analysis to show that misleading information about the shots was going viral on social media.

Parks joined NPR as the 2014-15 Stone & Holt Weeks Fellow, and considers that fellowship the greatest honor of his life so far.

A graduate of the University of Tampa, Parks also previously covered local politics 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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Thursday

Monday

Voters fill out their ballots at the U.S. Air Force MEPS Liaison building on November 07, 2023 in Jackson, Mississippi. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption

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Why Is It Getting Harder To Fight Election Misinformation?

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Friday

A voter fills out a ballot in Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday. Federal and local officials have worked closely with researchers to track rumors and conspiracy theories in recent elections but that cooperation is fading under pressure from conservatives. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption

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Why the fight to counter false election claims may be harder in 2024

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Monday

A voter fraud sign is seen at Lupica Towers November 4, 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio. J.D. Pooley/Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen speaks during his inauguration on Jan. 16, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala. After pulling Alabama out of the Electronic Registration Information Center, Allen has now announced a new voter database. Butch Dill/AP hide caption

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Republican states swore off a voting tool. Now they're scrambling to recreate it

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Tuesday

A Clark County Election Department worker sorts ballots on Nov. 9, 2022, in North Las Vegas, Nev. Nearly 60% of the state's county voting officials are new since 2020, according to a new report. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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In some states, more than half of the local election officials have left since 2020

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Friday

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) talks to reporters as he leaves a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on September 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

A poll worker looks on as he works at a laptop at a polling location on election day at a polling station on November 3, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. CHET STRANGE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Our Changing Democracy: Non-Partisan Primaries, Internet Voting

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Monday

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the media during a joint press conference with Denmarks Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (not pictured) outside the presidential palace following their meeting in Kyiv, on September 6, 2023. IDA MARIE ODGAARD/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Ima hide caption

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Thursday

Republican presidential candidate former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at St. Anselm College, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Robert F. Bukaty/AP hide caption

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Online voting is a security concern. So why are some Americans voting that way?

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Voters check their phones while waiting to cast in-person ballots at a polling location in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 13, 2020. Many Americans wonder why they can't vote online, on their phones, but experts agree that it's not secure. Sergio Flores/Getty Images hide caption

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Voting online is very risky. But hundreds of thousands of people are already doing it

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Wednesday

Tuesday

FORT MEADE, MARYLAND - JULY 05: Military recruits raise their right hands as U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reads the oath of enlistment at Fort George G. Meade. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

President Joe Biden shouts to the press while walking to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on November 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption

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If The Economy Is So Good, Why Are People So Mad?

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Friday

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers a statement at the U.S. Department of Justice August 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. Garland announced that U.S. Attorney David Weiss will be appointed special counsel in the ongoing probe of Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) speaks at a press conference on Gun Safety legislation outside the U.S. Capitol Building on May 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Voting stickers sit on a table for people to take after they cast their ballots at the Butler Township Garage during Ohio's General Election on November 8, 2016 in Butler Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. Ty Wright/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

The sun over the U.S Capitol building during Election Day on November 3, 2020 in Washington DC. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption

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Old Politicians

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Monday

The Colorado Republican Committee's logo at an election night watch party on November 8, 2022 in Denver, Colorado. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images hide caption

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Why Some State Republican Parties Are Struggling to Raise Money

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Saturday

How medical schools are faring with training students to care for the LGBTQ community

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