“Multiple Threats Converge to Heighten Disinformation Risks to This Year’s US Elections”
Lawrence Norden, Mekela Panditharatne, and David Harris at Just Security.
Category Archives: election administration
“Election Denial Can’t Overcome Election Certification Protections”
Lauren Miller:
Election certification has long been an unfamiliar term to most Americans, and for good reason. Certification, the statutory process by which officials sign off on the accuracy and completion of election results, usually serves as an important but… Continue reading
“To avoid election crisis, Arizona lawmakers try bipartisanship”
WaPo:
Alarmed that Arizona’s 11 electoral votes mightnot be counted in the process for selecting the next American president, Republicans and Democrats in this political battleground did something rare: They found consensus.
After months of warnings and a frantic series… Continue reading
“Election officials go on offense to prevent disruptions of 2024 vote”
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez for WaPo:
In training poll workers for this year’s presidential election, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is preparing them for a series of worst-case scenarios, including combat.
His office is coordinating active-shooter drills for election… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar with Renee DiResta, Kate Klonick, Charles Stewart and Kim Wyman on How to Have a Fair and Safe 2024 Election
“The Nuanced Challenges of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission”
BPC:
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is once again in the limelight. The EAC has faced extensive criticism since its creation in 2002: It has been accused of political bias in its reporting, hiring discrimination, technical inadequacy, inefficiency, … Continue reading
Feb. 6 Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar: “What Can We Do to Have a Fair and Safe Election in 2024?”
I’m very much looking forward to this event (free registration required):
February 6, 12pm – 1pm What Can We Do to Have a Fair and Safe Election in 2024?
Webinar Register here
Renee DiResta (Stanford Internet Observatory),… Continue reading
American Law Institute: “Bipartisan Working Group Issues Ethical Standards for Election Administration”
I was very happy to see this work under the auspices of the American Law Institute with a stellar connection of participants, not only because I think these standards will produce useful rubrics by which election administrators can judge the… Continue reading
“The federal agency dedicated to elections is, once again, in turmoil ahead of the 2024 elections”
Jessica Huseman for VoteBeat:
Some news: The U.S. Election Assistance Commission has fired its executive director, Steven Frid, who held the job for less than a year. Frid was the agency’s third executive director in as many years. The agency… Continue reading
“Auditors find no fraud in SC election process, but make some clean-up suggestions”
South Carolina Daily Gazette:
A review of South Carolina’s election process found no fraud that could have swayed results, but auditors do recommend cleaning up the voter rolls more often.
Findings include a few instances of ballots cast by voters… Continue reading
“‘Scared to Death’: Local election officials on edge ahead of 2024 vote”
Politico:
Election officials across the U.S. are confident they can overcome foreign and domestic hacking threats to run a secure election this November. They’re far less sanguine that Americans will believe them.
And they’re terrified of the backlash from… Continue reading
“Prince William County admits election tally in 2020 shorted Joe Biden”
NBC Washington:
A Northern Virginia county acknowledged it underreported President Joe Biden’s margin of victory over Donald Trump there in the 2020 presidential election by about 4,000 votes, the first detailed accounting of errors that came to light in 2022… Continue reading
“Former Maryland elections official charged in January 6 case”
CNN:
A member of Maryland’s Board of Elections has resigned after being charged with taking part in the mob during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol and jabbing an officer during the melee with a flagpole.
Carlos… Continue reading
“In Tense Election Year, Public Officials Face Climate of Intimidation”
NYT:
The caller had tipped off the authorities in Maine on Friday night: He told them that he had broken into the home of Shenna Bellows, the state’s top election official, a Democrat who one night earlier had disqualified former … Continue reading