From CNN: Google said Wednesday that an alleged Iranian hacking operation aimed at US presidential campaigns is ongoing and more wide-ranging than previously known as the hackers continue to target the email accounts of current US officials and people associated… Continue reading

From the Financial Times: Kamala Harris has spent 10 times as much as Donald Trump on digital advertising since becoming the Democrat’s presidential candidate, a sign the campaigns are diverging in their tactics to reach voters and small-dollar donors. Harris… Continue reading

The National Voter Registration Act (the NVRA) applies to all federal elections and creates a federal voter registration form that States are required to treat as sufficient when it comes to federal elections. Arizona argues that Congress can apply this… Continue reading

AP has the news: A pro-Trump lawyer who is facing felony charges in Michigan of improperly accessing voting equipment following the 2020 presidential election has been disqualified from representing a prominent funder of election conspiracy theorists who is being… Continue reading

From The Hill: Independent presidential candidate Cornel West will be on the ballot in North Carolina, a federal judge ruled Monday, siding with a group of West supporters who challenged a state board of elections decision to keep… Continue reading

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

See this story from NBC News.

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

This looks to be an excellent discussion (registration required): Join us Sept. 5 for the first in a series of Knight Election Law Forums, a collaboration between Knight Foundation and the American Bar Association’s Task Force for American Democracy.… Continue reading