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--rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024_11_12_Election-Insights-and-Analysis_LGranger_010-2400x1600-1-2048x1365-copy-500x333.jpg" alt="Harvard faculty and fellows sit in front of a classroom of students." data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024_11_12_Election-Insights-and-Analysis_LGranger_010-2400x1600-1-2048x1365-copy-500x333.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024_11_12_Election-Insights-and-Analysis_LGranger_010-2400x1600-1-2048x1365-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024_11_12_Election-Insights-and-Analysis_LGranger_010-2400x1600-1-2048x1365-copy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024_11_12_Election-Insights-and-Analysis_LGranger_010-2400x1600-1-2048x1365-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024_11_12_Election-Insights-and-Analysis_LGranger_010-2400x1600-1-2048x1365-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024_11_12_Election-Insights-and-Analysis_LGranger_010-2400x1600-1-2048x1365-copy-100x67.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024_11_12_Election-Insights-and-Analysis_LGranger_010-2400x1600-1-2048x1365-copy-250x167.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024_11_12_Election-Insights-and-Analysis_LGranger_010-2400x1600-1-2048x1365-copy-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024_11_12_Election-Insights-and-Analysis_LGranger_010-2400x1600-1-2048x1365-copy-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024_11_12_Election-Insights-and-Analysis_LGranger_010-2400x1600-1-2048x1365-copy-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024_11_12_Election-Insights-and-Analysis_LGranger_010-2400x1600-1-2048x1365-copy.jpg 2048w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024_11_12_Election-Insights-and-Analysis_LGranger_010-2400x1600-1-2048x1365-copy-500x333.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Feature </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >‘Both parties now can claim the mantle of a multiracial electorate’</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>From global election trends to inflation anger, swing state performance, and failed voting reform initiatives, Harvard election law experts break down last week’s presidential election and what it might mean for the future of American democracy.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-11-21">Nov 21, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div></article> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/election-2024-appreciating-the-front-line-workers-of-democracy/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Election 2024: Appreciating The Front-Line Workers of Democracy</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/new-email-template-700-x-350-67-500x250.png" alt=""I voted" stickers on top of each other" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/new-email-template-700-x-350-67-500x250.png 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/new-email-template-700-x-350-67-300x150.png 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/new-email-template-700-x-350-67-1024x512.png 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/new-email-template-700-x-350-67-768x384.png 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/new-email-template-700-x-350-67-100x50.png 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/new-email-template-700-x-350-67-250x125.png 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/new-email-template-700-x-350-67-1000x500.png 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/new-email-template-700-x-350-67.png 1313w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/new-email-template-700-x-350-67-500x250.png" alt=""></noscript> </figure> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Commentary </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >Election 2024: Appreciating The Front-Line Workers of Democracy</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>As the dust settles from the U.S. presidential election, the American public can celebrate that the election process was largely nonviolent and smooth. However, it is important that the public not be lulled into thinking this signals the end of election administrators’ problems.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-11-20">Nov 20, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div></article> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/sophie-pierre-named-inaugural-senior-fellow-in-indigenous-governance-and-development-at-harvard-kennedy-school/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Chief Sophie Pierre Named Inaugural Senior Fellow in Indigenous Governance and Development at Harvard Kennedy School</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sophie-Pierre-snow-background-500x333.jpg" alt="Photo of Sophie Pierre in front of a building with a lot of snow on it" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sophie-Pierre-snow-background-500x333.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sophie-Pierre-snow-background-300x200.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sophie-Pierre-snow-background-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sophie-Pierre-snow-background-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sophie-Pierre-snow-background-100x67.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sophie-Pierre-snow-background-250x167.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sophie-Pierre-snow-background-1000x666.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sophie-Pierre-snow-background.jpg 1280w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sophie-Pierre-snow-background-500x333.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Media Release </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >Chief Sophie Pierre Named Inaugural Senior Fellow in Indigenous Governance and Development at Harvard Kennedy School</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>The Harvard Kennedy School’s Project on Indigenous Governance and Development is pleased to announce Chief Sophie Pierre as its inaugural Senior Fellow in Indigenous Governance and Development for Spring 2025.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-11-18">Nov 18, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div></article> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/the-writing-was-on-the-wall/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>‘The writing was on the wall’</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cover-Image-Option-1-500x281.png" alt="a purple and black sky behind a silhouette of a city scape" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cover-Image-Option-1-500x281.png 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cover-Image-Option-1-300x169.png 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cover-Image-Option-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cover-Image-Option-1-768x432.png 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cover-Image-Option-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cover-Image-Option-1-2048x1152.png 2048w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cover-Image-Option-1-100x56.png 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cover-Image-Option-1-250x141.png 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cover-Image-Option-1-1000x563.png 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cover-Image-Option-1-1500x844.png 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cover-Image-Option-1-2000x1125.png 2000w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cover-Image-Option-1-500x281.png" alt=""></noscript> </figure> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Feature </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >‘The writing was on the wall’</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p><i>Five insights on race, class, and gender in the 2024 presidential election from Professors Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Leah Wright Rigueur</i></p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-11-13">Nov 13, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div></article> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/sunset-and-renew-section-230-should-protect-human-speech-not-algorithmic-virality/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Sunset and Renew: Section 230 Should Protect Human Speech, Not Algorithmic Virality</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-500x264.jpg" alt="" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-500x264.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-300x158.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-768x405.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-1536x810.jpg 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-2048x1080.jpg 2048w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-100x53.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-250x132.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-1000x527.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-1500x791.jpg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-2000x1055.jpg 2000w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-500x264.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Commentary </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >Sunset and Renew: Section 230 Should Protect Human Speech, Not Algorithmic Virality</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation Senior Fellow Allison Stanger, in collaboration with Jaron Lanier and Audrey Tang, advocate for a “repeal and renew” approach to Section 230 in an effort to reform the current social media ecosystem.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-10-30">Oct 30, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div></article> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/the-electoral-college-and-our-broken-presidential-election-system/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>The Electoral College and Our Broken Presidential Election System</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-49-500x250.png" alt="Map of the US as red white and blue pins" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-49-500x250.png 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-49-300x150.png 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-49-100x50.png 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-49-250x125.png 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-49.png 700w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-49-500x250.png" alt=""></noscript> </figure> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Commentary </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >The Electoral College and Our Broken Presidential Election System</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>Roughly 80 percent of the population who do not live in “swing states” lack a clear notion of what they “need to do” to actively support their candidates.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-10-29">Oct 29, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div></article> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/will-mobile-voting-defeat-gerrymandering-and-increase-participation/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Will Mobile Voting Defeat Gerrymandering and Increase Participation?</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/updated-email-design-270-x-180-25-500x350.png" alt="a graphic of several hands holding phones that have images of ballots on the phone screen" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/updated-email-design-270-x-180-25-500x350.png 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/updated-email-design-270-x-180-25-300x210.png 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/updated-email-design-270-x-180-25-100x70.png 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/updated-email-design-270-x-180-25-250x175.png 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/updated-email-design-270-x-180-25.png 574w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/updated-email-design-270-x-180-25-500x350.png" alt=""></noscript> </figure> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Q+A </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >Will Mobile Voting Defeat Gerrymandering and Increase Participation?</h4> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-10-24">Oct 24, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div></article> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/six-takeaways-from-the-2024-truth-and-transformation-conference/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Six Takeaways from the 2024 Truth and Transformation Conference</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6062-1-500x375.png" alt="Photo of Jason Stanley (left) and Khalil Gibran Muhammad (right) taking a selfie" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6062-1-500x375.png 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6062-1-300x225.png 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6062-1-1024x768.png 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6062-1-768x576.png 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6062-1-1536x1152.png 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6062-1-2048x1536.png 2048w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6062-1-100x75.png 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6062-1-250x188.png 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6062-1-1000x750.png 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6062-1-1500x1125.png 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6062-1-2000x1500.png 2000w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_6062-1-500x375.png" alt=""></noscript> </figure> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Feature </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >Six Takeaways from the 2024 Truth and Transformation Conference</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p><i>Six seasoned speakers offered practical strategies for confronting the anti-DEI movement at the sixth annual conference of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability (IARA) Project.</i></p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-10-23">Oct 23, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div></article> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/beyond-the-ballot-ensuring-a-transparent-secure-and-fair-election-in-2024/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Beyond the Ballot: Ensuring a Transparent, Secure, and Fair Election in 2024</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-41-500x250.png" alt="Someone holds up a sign that says "Protect Election Integrity"" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-41-500x250.png 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-41-300x150.png 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-41-1024x512.png 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-41-768x384.png 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-41-1536x768.png 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-41-100x50.png 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-41-250x125.png 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-41-1000x500.png 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-41-1500x750.png 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-41.png 1575w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/new-email-template-700-x-350-41-500x250.png" alt=""></noscript> </figure> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Feature </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >Beyond the Ballot: Ensuring a Transparent, Secure, and Fair Election in 2024</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>Election integrity is under the microscope as we near the 2024 Presidential Election, and many Americans are apprehensive about election security, the timeframe of learning the results, and how peaceful the transfer of power will be.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-10-15">Oct 15, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div></article> </div> <div class="paging1 -mt:1" reveal="2/" slot="archives/paging" reveal="1/"> <ul class="paging1-pages -t:6" flex> <li class="paging1-page"> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/news-and-analysis/?query&sort&pg=1" aria-current="page" @click.prevent="$store.archives.load($el.href); 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