“Arizona official targeted by election deniers now struggles with PTSD”
WaPo with a profile of Maricopa Supervisor Bill Gates, and the extraordinary pressures on local officials when grifters drive the fever dream of conspiracy viral.
Category Archives: election subversion risk
It’s not just Maricopa County
The Oklahoman reviews a new state law aimed at preventing harassment or threats against election workers, and prevents falsely acting as an election official.
“New Twitter rules expose election offices to spoof accounts”
The AP posts a dispatch from the Blue Check Battles.
“At least eight Trump electors have accepted immunity in Georgia investigation”
WaPo with the news of an immunity deal for some of the fake Georgia electors.
The attorney for the electors has said that “The electors who accepted immunity did so without any promise that they would offer incriminating evidence in… Continue reading
Minnesota Governor signs “Democracy for the People” law
The bill, signed Friday morning, includes (among other provisions) opt-out voter registration, pre-registration for 16- and 17-year olds, expanded language access, protections against interfering with the election process, and prohibitions against spending in state races by corporations in which… Continue reading
Two important discussions on Wednesday next week
On May 10, Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs is hosting The Profession of Democracy: Election Administration and State Associations.
Elections administrators, the people who referee our democracy, are literally and figuratively under threat. Long hours, harassment, malicious open… Continue reading
“The Election Deniers’ Playbook for 2024”
The Brennan Center summarizes 14 tactics facilitating election subversion, and the ways that they’ve manifested in 2022 and 2023.
“Latin American election influence operation linked to Miami marketing firm”
Reuters reporting on Reuters reporting, leading to a Meta investigation of an alleged political misinformation-for-hire firm – apparently operating mostly in Latin America.
Arizona Supreme Court sanctions Kari Lake’s attorneys
Hot off the press: an order by the Arizona Supreme Court sanctioning Kari Lake’s attorneys for false factual statements to the court.
I believe this is at least the second sanctions order issued against Kurt Olsen related to false statements… Continue reading
BREAKING: Four Proud Boys Convicted of Sedition in Key Jan. 6 Case
From the NYT:
Four members of the Proud Boys, including their former leader Enrique Tarrio, were convicted on Thursday of seditious conspiracy for plotting to keep President Donald J. Trump in power after his election defeat by leading a… Continue reading
“Microsoft economist warns of A.I. election interference from ‘bad actors’”
I’m also on an upcoming panel (at Caltech, this Friday!) about the “Societal Implications of Generative AI” …
but when the chief economist of a company with a $1 billion investment in the technology raises a flag at… Continue reading
“The Jolt: Georgia megadonor tells Trump attorney election was clean”
Lauren Windsor with another audio reveal from the Cleta Mitchell conversation to RNC donors. More here at the AJC.
From a donor apparently identified as Tommy Bagwell, to the assembled crowd:
I’m one of the largest donors to Trump… Continue reading
“Election-denying clerk ousted in recall: ‘Make Adams Township Boring Again’”
Bridge Michigan has the unofficial results on yesterday’s recall election of a Michigan town clerk:
Voters in deeply conservative Adams Township on Tuesday night rejected elections clerk Stephanie Scott, ousting the Republican official who questioned the accuracy of her own… Continue reading
“Bill would require disclosure of AI-generated content in political ads”
The WaPo reports on Rep. Yvette Clarke’s bill, but it may be even more notable that the N.Y. Democrat called out a recent RNC ad as a model.