In the WSJ, an excerpt:
For more than a year, the Federal Election Commission has faced calls to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns. But we have neither the expertise nor the legal authority to do… Continue reading
NPR:
Meta has been bombarded by academics, researchers, politicians and regulators about a tool called CrowdTangle, which most people probably haven’t heard of. It’s been used to investigate the spread of violence, political disinformation and false narratives on Facebook and… Continue reading
“Democrats will stream their convention next week using vertical video on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube,” Axios reports. “The party hopes making the stream available via vertical video apps will draw in younger viewers who get most of their news on… Continue reading
From Votebeat:
The banging sound from Chairman Mike Goodman’s gavel filled the boardroom at a Pinal County supervisors meeting Monday, but Kevin Cavanaugh ignored it.
Cavanaugh, a Republican supervisor who lost his bid for sheriff, wanted the public to hear… Continue reading
From the AZ Mirror:
A judge ordered lawmakers to rewrite the description of a ballot proposition to end partisan primaries in Arizona after ruling the summary was misleading.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Melissa Iyer Julian ruled Monday that a… Continue reading
An example from The Colorado Sun:
Another special legislative session on Colorado’s property taxes appeared imminent Monday after a long list of top civic and business groups from across the political spectrum said they supported a deal to stop a… Continue reading
From the Press Release:
CREW’s report recommends the following preventative and remedial measures:
State election boards, secretaries of state, attorneys general and local prosecutors should explicitly advise county officials of their non-discretionary certification duties and the penalties for non-compliance before… Continue reading
NYT:
Tina Peters, the former clerk of Mesa County, Colo., was convicted on Monday of tampering with voting machines under her control in a failed attempt to prove that they had been used to rig the 2020 election against former… Continue reading
NBC News:
Arizona’s ballot will include a major reproductive rights measure this fall alongside the presidential, Senate and other battleground races, putting a key issue directly before voters in the swing state.
JP Martin, the deputy communications officer for the… Continue reading
From the WSJ:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday it was investigating a cyberattack into former President Donald Trump’s campaign that stole internal communications.
The announcement is the first sign that the U.S. government has launched a… Continue reading
From the WSJ, so paywalled but here’s an excerpt:
Beginning in the spring, Elon Musk quietly blocked out an hour on Fridays for a new pursuit: national politics.
In weekly meetings, consultants and vendors for a super political-action committee… Continue reading
From Sam Levine at the Guardian:
There wasn’t anything particularly controversial about Georgia’s presidential primary in March this year. Donald Trump won the Republican contest – picking up a little more than 400,000 more votes than Nikki Haley, who… Continue reading