Chris McIsaac offers a valuable in-depth look at AI in elections over at R Street. I’m really looking forward to digging in.
From the executive summary:
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already having an impact on upcoming U.S. elections and… Continue reading
Deceptive selective editing has been around a whole lot longer than credible deepfakes.
(Cf. Sasha Issenberg’s recent conversation with Chris Hayes on MDM and its responses.)
Caroline Walker has written this comment for the Harvard Law Review on the Eighth Circuit’s decision that no private right of action exists to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The comment explores whether plaintiffs might be able… Continue reading
Colorado Public Radio with more on the proposed initiative to implement a top-four primary with ranked-choice voting for the general election.
Meanwhile, there’s a signature campaign in Maine to get two initiatives on the ballot: voter ID and a repeal… Continue reading
Mother Jones parses the most recent campaign finance data.
Politico has thoughts (“Wall Street Titans Shake Off Qualms and Embrace Trump”), which Anthony Scaramucci echoes.
The lede in The Hill:
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce received an $800,000 wire transfer from billionaire donor Hank Meijer days after it endorsed his son, then-Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.), in a contentious 2022 primary, according to previously unreported internal… Continue reading
The N.Y. Times with the report on matching funds in a state Assembly race that’s something of an outlier:
The report also contrasts the state system with the city’s system:
For years, government watchdogs had urged state leaders to adopt… Continue reading