Looks like a spectacular packed roster for the Bipartisan Policy Center’s 2024 Elections Summit — academics, nonprofits, election officials, legislators, commissioners, you name it — on Wednesday, 8am-5pm ET. YouTube seats still available.
“What We Saw on Our Platforms During 2024’s Global Elections”
A description from Meta about the state of their social media in the recent election cycle (including covert foreign influence operations Meta says it detected and quashed).
Of course, it’d be nice if there were enough transparency to allow for more independent research to confirm.
“The new question ballot-measure pollsters have to ask”
Politico highlights something California voters saw for the first time this year: 5 supporters and 5 opponents for each ballot measure, right on the ballot.
More mail ballot deadline controversy in Mississippi
Advocates protest an apparent conversion of the day after Thanksgiving to a work day, limiting the opportunities for curing mail ballot errors potentially relevant in a very tight Supreme Court race.
“Whitmer signs bills restricting firearms at Michigan polling places, vote counting centers”
At least a few election workers are likely breathing just a bit easier.
“How billionaires took over U.S. elections”
Marketplace does the numbers … and I’m not sure this accounts for the value of billionaire-driven social media.
“Most Portlanders understood ranked-choice election, poll finds, but there’s work to do”
Interesting follow-up exit polling on Portland’s new system. The city’s report is here.
“The National Popular Vote (NPV) Proposal for U.S. Presidential Elections Undermines Election Integrity”
H/t to Sean Parnell for the new paper by Ron Rivest and Philip Stark:
National Popular Vote (NPV) Interstate Compact [Koza et al., 2024] attempts to provide direct presidential elections in the U.S. without a constitutional amendment, through a binding… Continue reading
Reminder: Book Event
On Tuesday, December 10 (one week from today), AEI is hosting an event to discuss the forthcoming book Electoral Reform in the United States: Proposals for Combating Polarization and Extremism. Details on the event, and a link to RSVP… Continue reading
Today, of course, is Election Day
Your regular reminder that the 2024 elections aren’t over, and I’m not just talking about the counting and certifying. Local runoffs in Georgia are today, and runoffs (and state constitutional amendments) in Louisiana are Saturday.
“Meta loses appeal, must pay $24.6M for WA campaign finance violations”
The Seattle Times reports on Monday’s appellate decision regarding violations of Washington’s disclosure law. The state’s Public Disclosure Commission is quoted as saying the judgment is believed to be the largest fine imposed for campaign finance violations in U.S. history.
Tied MN House hinges on 14-ballot win in race with 20 destroyed uncounted votes
“Misinformation exploits outrage to spread online”
I’m really looking forward to reading this new paper in Science (Killian L. McLoughlin, William J. Brady, Aden Goolsbee, Ben Kaiser, Kate Klonick, and M. J. Crockett.)
With a bonus thread by Crockett on the process to get there…
“US Postal Service touts timely delivery of mail ballots despite concerns from election officials”
Here’s the AP report on a 99.88% rate for delivery within one week of 99.22 million ballots. Along with the USPS press release and more detailed report.