What We're Reading
Fox News settles blockbuster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems - National Public Radio, April 18, 2023
Kudoboard for President Jimmy Carter via the Carter Center
Trump campaign paid researchers to prove 2020 fraud but kept findings secret (behind paywall) (summary via Election Law Blog)- Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post, February 11, 2023
Election officials say democracy is still at risk in 2024: 'The gun is still loaded' - Jane C. Timm, NBC, February 2, 2023
Election-denying lawmakers hold key election oversight roles - Marc Levy and Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press, January 28, 2023
The risk of election violence in the United States in 2024 - Daniel L. Byman, Brookings, January 27, 2023
Social media's role in Jan. 6 was left out of the final report - Dave Davies, WSIU, January 26, 2023
When You Need It To Be True - Hidden Brain
Who Profited from Election Deniers? - Amisa Ratliff, Issue One, January 17, 2023
What the January 6th Report Is Missing - Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, January 9, 2023
Biden to mark Jan. 6 anniversary with presidential medals for election officials and police - Dareh Gregorian, NBC, January 5, 2023
The Right Way to Cover Election Deniers Running for Office - Walter Shapiro, Brennan Center, January 5, 2023
Groups urge GOP House leaders to condemn political violence - Gary Fields, Associated Press, January 4, 2023
The midterms ended in optimism — but threats to elections could affect voting in 2023 and beyond - Jessica Huseman, Raw Story, January 3, 2023
New data shows the folly of Trump’s crusade against early voting - Jessica Piper, Politico, January 2, 2023
Election deniers remain in office — and so does the threat to democracy, writer says - NPR, January 1, 2023
Why a Group of Christians Is Fighting the Growing Threat of Christian Nationalism - Vera Bergengruen, Time, December 30, 2022
New year expected to bring more changes to state voting laws - Nicholas Riccardi and Acacia Coronado, WHEC, December 28, 2022
Federal effort to boost election worker protections fizzles - Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press, December 24, 2022
Ten Questions that Will Shape Democracy and Voting Rights in 2023 - Camille Squires, Daniel Nichanian, and Michael Barajas, Bolts, December 23, 2022
Congress approves new election rules in Jan. 6 response - Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press, December 23, 2022
The backlash against pro-democracy reporting is coming - Michael W. Wagner, NiemanLab, December 22, 2022
2022 midterm elections show a silver lining for US democracy - Sandra Knispel, University of Rochester, December 22, 2022
Congress passes election reform designed to ward off another Jan. 6 - Miles Parks, Ideastream Public Media. December 22, 2022
The Number Of Election-Denying Republicans Defined The 2022 Midterms - Kaleigh Rogers and Anna Rothschild, FiveThirtyEight, December 22, 2022
Ex-academic forges a new career rallying Trump faithful behind voter-fraud claims - Andrew R.C. Marshall, Joseph Tanfani, and Alexandra Ulmer, Reuters, December 21, 2022
Blog | Carter Center Health and Peace Programs Team Up to Support Election Workers - The Carter Center, December 20, 2022
Grace Gordon on Election Funding - SiriusXM, December 20, 2022
How YouTube supported the 2022 U.S. midterm elections - Leslie Miller, YouTube Official Blog, December 19, 2022
Information Operations Targeting 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections Include Trolling, Narratives Surrounding Specific Races, Politicians - Alden Wahlstrom, Jess Xia, Alice Revelli, and Ryan Serabian, Mandiant, December 19, 2022
AP announces sweeping democracy journalism initiative - Associated Press, December 15, 2022
Feds asked to investigate multistate ‘plot’ to copy election software - Mark Niesse, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 13, 2022
Federal Funding Is Necessary to Sustain Election Workers - Gowri Ramachandran, Ms. Magazine, December 6, 2022
How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future by Maria Ressa (interview with the author - Fresh Air via NPR, November 30, 2022)
The lame duck could be the last chance for election funding before 2024 - Zach Montellaro, Politico, November 24, 2022
Midterm results show voters reject election denialism - Miles Parks, NPR, November 23, 2022
A victory for U.S. democracy - Vanessa Tucker, Hewlett Foundation, November 21, 2022
Misinformation's Limited Impact On The Midterms - NPR, November 21, 2022
Election deniers performed especially poorly in races to oversee voting in key states - Miles Parks, NPR, November 19, 2022
Election deniers overwhelmingly lost in battleground states - Adam Edelman, NBC, November 16, 2022
Too-close-to-call California congressional races may decide U.S. House majority - Madisen Keavy, CBS, November 14, 2022
California may determine control of the House - Emily Hoeven, Cal Matters, November 14, 2022
Voters Rejected Suppression and Intimidation - Common Cause, November 9, 2022
Voters sent a clear message by rejecting candidates who lie about our elections, says Issue One CEO Nick Penniman in wake of 2022 midterms - Issue One, November 9, 2022
Democracy Wins the 2022 Midterms - Brennan Center, November 9, 2022
Many Republican candidates who denied or questioned the 2020 election result have lost their races - Adam Edelman, NBC, November 8, 2022
Voting rights advocates report a mostly smooth start to Election Day voting across the US - Eric Levenson, Jeremy Herb, and Fredreka Schouten, CNN, November 8, 2022
Election coverage on Facebook and Twitter: Beware rumors, lies and conspiracy theories about voting - Jessica Guynn, USA Today, November 8, 2022
Election coverage that shows generic “long line” images may discourage voting, new research finds - Kathleen Searles and Christopher Mann, Nieman Lab, November 7, 2022
How to avoid sharing false or misleading news about the election - Brett Neely, NPR, November 6, 2022
Meet 4 Election Heroes Working Tirelessly in the Shadows to Help Democracy Prevail - Kyler Alvord, People, November 5, 2022
GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw: Election Deniers Admit It's A Lie Behind Closed Doors - Lee Moran, HuffPost, November 4, 2022
7 Facts About Voting — and Myths Being Spread About Them - Hanna Johnson, Maya Kornberg, Lawrence Norden, and Bret Schafer, Brennan Center, November 2, 2022
Americans should have confidence in the election process, this expert says. Here’s why - Nicole Ellis and Casey Kuhn, PBS, October 31, 2022
In a Climate of Threats, Election Offices Focus on Security - Carl Smith, Governing, October 28, 2022
Protecting the Process: Why You Should Always Talk Politics at the Dinner Table - Carly Koppes, Ms. Magazine, October 25, 2022
5 Facts About Voting — and Myths Being Spread About Them - Hanna Johnson, Maya Kornberg, and Lawrence Norden, Brennan Center, October 24, 2022
Unraveling the unfounded conspiracies about Dominion Voting Systems - CBS, Anderson Cooper, October 23, 2022
Dominion Voting Systems CEO speaks out against conspiracy theories - CBS, October 23, 2202
How to Outsmart Election Disinformation - Karim Doumar and Cynthia Gordy Giwa, ProPublica, October 21, 2022
The ‘election-denier trifecta’: alarm over Trumpists’ efforts to win key posts - Peter Stone, The Guardian, October 21, 2022
Pro-Trump conspiracy theorists hound election officials out of office - Linda So, Joseph Tanfani and Jason Szep, Reuters, October 19, 2022
Prolonged challenges by losing candidates could overshadow November election results - Kira Lerner, Virginia Mercury, October 19, 2022
New poll shows most American voters have faith in election systems, integrity - Sarah Cwiek, Michigan Radio, October 17, 2022
Poll: Majority of Voters Confident Midterms Will Be Conducted Fairly, with Reliable Results - Brennan Center, October 14, 2022
Opinion: We received death threats for just trying to run a fair election - Natalie Adona, Lisa Deeley, and Tina Barton, CNN, October 13, 2022
What would Shirley Weber do next as California secretary of state? - Alexei Koseff, CalMatters, Octobr 11, 2022
In a time of distrust, how one state is trying to boost voter confidence (New Hampshire) - Joanna Slater, The Washington Post, October 10, 2022
U.S. election offices tighten security for Nov. 8 midterms - Andy Sullivan and Julia Harte, Reuters, October 9, 2022
States are stepping up prosecutions for voter fraud. But who gets the harshest punishment? - Barbara Rodriguez, Fulcrum, October 7, 2022
Democracy on the ballot—How many election deniers are on the ballot in November and what is their likelihood of success? - Elaine Kamarck and Norman Eisen, Brookings, October 7, 2022
Hand-counting ballots may sound nice. It's actually less accurate and more expensive - Miles Parks, NPR, October 7, 2022
Poll Workers Are Indispensable to the November Election - Michael Sozan, CAP, October 6, 2022
Falsehoods, harassment stress local election offices in US - Julie Carr Smyth, ABC, October 6, 2022
Disinformation in Spanish is prolific on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube despite vows to act - Kari Paul, The Guardian, October 6, 2022
FBI, CISA: Malicious Cyber Activity Unlikely to Disrupt Midterms - Kate Polit, MeriTalk, October 6, 2022
EXPLAINER: Voting systems reliable, despite conspiracies - Christina A. Cassidy, The Associated Press, October 4, 2022
Fewer polling places hurt Black and Latino turnout in 2020. Should California have more in-person voting? - Ari Plachta, The Sacramento Bee, October 3, 2022
Seven states continue to see unusual levels of threats to election workers - Jeff Pegues, CBS, October 3, 2022
US Warns About Foreign Efforts to Sway American Voters - Eric Tucker and Nomaan Merchant, NBC Chicago, October 3, 2022
Protecting the Vote: Inside the War on Misinformation - Jule Pattison-Gordon, Government Technology, October/November 2022
FBI officials: No credible threats to US election systems ahead of midterms - Kevin Johnson, USA Today, October 3, 2022
5. Where election denial could matter most - Stef W. Kight and Alexi McCammond, Axios, October 1, 2022
Trump allies have interviewed nearly 200 election officials to probe for weaknesses - Jen Fifield, Votebeat, September 30, 2022
The Election Deniers Running to Control the 2024 Race - Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine, September 30, 2022
2020 election conspiracists could soon oversee voting in U.S. battleground states - Andrew R.C. Marshall, Joseph Tanfani and Peter Eisler, Reuters, September 30, 2022
Your Guide to All 35 States Deciding Their Next Secretary of State - Daniel Nichanian and Camille Squires, Bolts, September 29, 2022
Election challenges and claims of fraud are an ongoing threat to our elections - Chicago Sun Times, September 29, 2022
A conspiracy-fueled push to count ballots by hand gains traction - Kira Lerner, Georgia Recorder, September 26, 2022
Groups seeking voter ‘anomalies’ 2 years after Trump’s loss raise concerns ahead of midterm elections - Andrew Davis and Dasha Burns, NBC, September 26, 2022
Alarm as Koch bankrolls dozens of election denier candidates - Peter Stone, The Guardian, September 23, 2022
Democracy Under Attack: Confronting Mounting Threats to US Election Workers - Derrick Z. Jackson, The Equation, September 22, 2022
How could voting be affected in the US if election deniers win? - Madison Czopek and Amy Sherman, Poynter, September 22, 2022
Election officials confront waves of public records requests from Trump supporters - Gillian Flaccus, KAKE News, September 21, 2022
Conspiracy Theorists Want to Run America’s Elections. These Are the Candidates Standing in Their Way - Charlotte Alter, Time, September 21, 2022
'Election denier playbook': Trump supporters seeking state office raise fears of 2nd insurrection - Tom LoBianco, Yahoo! News, September 21, 2022
Far-right "constitutional sheriffs" now turn to hunting "fraud" in midterm elections - Areeba Shah, Salon, September 20, 2022
Behind the Campaign to Put Election Deniers in Charge of Elections - Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, September 20, 2022
With U.S. Democracy Under Attack, Women Election Officials Hold the Front Lines - Katie Usalis, Ms. Magazine, September 20, 2022
‘Guardians of Democracy’: Women Secretaries of State Defend Voting Rights and Election Security at the State Level - Ms. Magazine, September 20, 2022
Prominent election deniers are facing growing legal trouble - Tom Dreishbach, NPR, September 20, 2022
Voter challenges, records requests swamp election offices - Nicholas Riccardi, The Associated Press, September 16, 2022
Like democracy, election workers are under assault with many fearing for the future - Jon King, Michigan Advance, September 15, 2022
House members roll out bipartisan election bill aimed at preventing future coups - Scott Wong, NBC, September 14, 2022
Election chief on mounting threats to poll workers ahead of midterms - Nicole Sganga, CBS, September 14, 2022
What's at stake in Supreme Court battle over controversial legal theory about who controls elections - Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, September 14, 2022
Election deniers advanced to November ballots in 27 states, report finds - Adam Edelman, NBC News, September 14, 2022
MyPillow exec Lindell says FBI agents seized his cellphone - Michael Balsamo and Christina A. Cassidy, The Associated Press, September 14, 2022
Will election denialism become as common as presidential elections? - Merrill Matthews, The Hill, September 13, 2022
The Last Chance For Election Deniers To Win Primaries - Nathaniel Rakich and Anna Rothschild, FiveThirtyEight, September 13, 2022
Trump found the holes in our election laws. Congress is trying to patch them. - Ben Jacobs, Vox, September 13, 2022
Requests for info on 2020's election hinders local officials ahead of midterms - Karen Kasler, NPR, September 13, 2022
Top election security official warns of election workforce problems: 1 in 3 have left posts - Ines Kagubare, The Hill, September 13, 2022
Congress may force election deniers to get a lot more creative - Ben Jacobs, Vox, September 13, 2022
Expect ‘Fluidity’ From Threat Actors Ahead of The Midterm Elections - Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch, Decipher, September 12, 2022
CISA election security chief warns of the impact of threats to poll workers - CBS News, September 12, 2022
Two Americas Index: Democracy deniers - David Nather and Margaret Talev, Axios, September 12, 2022
Social media firms are prepping for the midterms. Experts say it may not be enough - Shannon Bond, NPR, September 12, 2022
An ex-professor spreads election myths across the U.S., one town at a time - Annie Gowen, Anchorage Daily News, September 12, 2022
Debunking false claims a difficult battle for election offices nationwide - Ali Swenson and Julie Carr Smyth, PBS, September 11, 2022
The Big Grift Behind the Big Lie - Reveal, September 10, 2022
‘Lightyears Ahead’: CISA Compares Election Security Now to 2016 - Cate Burgan, MeriTalk, September 9, 2022
Republican Nominees In 40 States Think The 2020 Election Was Stolen. Here’s Why That Matters. - Nathaniel Rakich and Sophia Lebowitz, FiveThirtyEight, September 9, 2022
How Simple Claims of Election Interference Can be Enough to Prompt Real-World Threats - Edward Graham, Nextgov. September 9, 2022
The threat of political violence looms over this election - Joe St. George, 2 News Oklahoma, September 9, 2022
‘Absolutely terrifying prospect’: How the midterms could weaken U.S. election security - Eric Geller, Politico, September 9, 2022
Election officials preparing for worst-case scenarios: Violence around the midterms - Areeba Shah, Salon, September 9, 2022
Ross: Fair elections need ‘heroic underlings’ - Dave Ross, KIRO News Radio, September 8, 2022
A publisher abruptly recalled the '2,000 Mules' election denial book. NPR got a copy. - Tom Dreisbach, NPR, September 8, 2022
The midterm elections need workers. Teens, veterans and lawyers are stepping up - Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, September 7, 2022
More Than 1 In 2 Americans Will Have An Election Denier On The Ballot This Fall - FiveThirtyEight, September 7, 2022
Election deniers on ballot: What does this mean for democracy? - Peter Grier and Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, September 7, 2022
Most Americans see Trump's MAGA as threat to democracy: Reuters/Ipsos poll - Jason Lange, Reuters, September 7, 2022
More than a third of Republicans on ballots in November support Donald Trump's false stolen-election claims: report - Nicole Gaudiano, Insider, September 7, 2022
Cameras, Plexiglass, Fireproofing: Election Officials Beef Up Security - Neil Vigdor, The New York Times, September 6, 2022
America should honor our election workers this Labor Day - Chicago Sun Times, September 5, 2022
Violence and disruptions biggest threats to U.S. election - Michigan official - Ted Hesson, Reuters, September 4, 2022
US election conspiracies find fertile ground in conferences - Margery A. Beck and Christina A. Cassidy, The Associated Press, September 4, 2022
Protect election workers - David Levine and Grace Gordon, The Dallas Morning News, September 2, 2022
Election Officials Have Been Largely Successful in Deterring Cyber Threats, CISA Official Says - Edward Graham, Next Gov, September 2, 2022
Why U.S. Elections Are Vulnerable and What to Do About It - John Medearis, Capital & Main, September 2, 2022
Americans continue to feel U.S. democracy is under threat — CBS News poll - Anthony Salvanto, CBS, September 1, 2022
1A Remaking America: The Poll Watchers Primed With Disinformation - NPR, September 1, 2022
Alarm grows as more election workers leave their posts ahead of Election Day - Fredreka Schouten, CNN Politics, September 1, 2022
YouTube More Likely to Direct Election-Fraud Videos to Users Already Skeptical about 2020 Election’s Legitimacy - New York University, September 1, 2022
Google, YouTube outline plans for the US midterm elections - Lauren Forristal, Tech Crunch, September 1, 2022
With 10 weeks until midterms, election deniers are hampering some election preparations - Soo Rin Kim, Laura Romero, Patrick Linehan, and Kate Holland, ABC, August 30, 2022
Americans are starting to get it: we can’t let Trump – or Trumpism – back in office - Austin Sarat and Dennis Aftergut, The Guardian, August 30, 2022
‘The US could lose the right to vote’: top official’s democracy warning - Lauren Gambino, The Guardian, August 29, 2022
Coming elections 'most consequential' in our history - William Kolbe, Andover Townsman, August 29, 2022
When an election denier becomes an election chief - Zach Montellaro, Politico, August 29, 2022
‘Evolving and deepening’ antidemocratic threats could ignite election chaos, officials and experts warn - Alex Woodward, Independent, August 28, 2022
Election Security Changes Since 2020 - Stephanie Liebergen, AOL, August 28, 2022
'I dread 2024': America's local election officials are being pushed to their limits - Kenneth Tran, USA Today, August 28, 2022
President Biden targets ‘MAGA’ Republicans, calls them a ‘threat to democracy' - Tucson.com, August 26, 2022
The ‘Big Lie’ messengers who carry a badge and gun - Jessica Pishko, AZ Mirror, August 26, 2022
How Polling Places Can Prepare for Potential Election-Season Violence - Jennifer Hesterman, Homeland Security Today, August 25, 2022
How election-denying GOP governors could tilt the 2024 presidential election - Kira Lerner, New Jersey Monitor, August 25, 2022
ABA calls on legal professionals to 'step up' and serve as poll workers in upcoming 2022 elections - Amanda Robert, ABA Journal, August 24, 2022
A Democracy Crisis In The Making: August 2022 Edition - States United Democracy Center, August 24, 2022
The Big Lie Messengers Who Carry a Badge and Gun - Jessica Pishko, Bolts, August 24, 2022
Readout of Justice Department Officials’ Remarks to National Association of Election Officials - News release from the U.S. Department of Justice, August 23, 2022
The threat of election deniers - Shia Kapos, Politico, August 23, 2022
Election Deniers Go Door-to-Door to Confront Voters After Losses - Ryan Teague Beckwith, Bloomberg, August 23, 2022
GUEST COLUMN: Stand up for democracy; be a poll worker - Virginia Chau, The Denver Gazette, August 23, 2022
Making Participatory Budgeting Work: Experiences on the Front Lines - Zachary Roth, Brennan Center, August 23, 2022
New breed of video sites thrives on misinformation and hate - Andrew R.C. Marshall and Joseph Tanfani, Reuters, August 22, 2022
Candidates who deny the 2020 presidential election results are winning races - NPR, August 22, 2022
CISA Hosts Election Security Exercise Ahead of 2022 Midterm Elections - Edward Graham, Nextgov, August 22, 2022
‘People have gotten sucked into a lot of lies’: Experts say elections are secure, even as Republicans make baseless claims to the contrary - Colin Tiernan, The Spokesman-Review, August 21, 2022
Pro-Trump wins in blue states threaten GOP hopes in November - Susan Haigh, The Sun, August 20, 2022
States Are Bracing for Social Media-Enabled Election Violence - Elizabeth L. T. Moore, Bloomberg, August 19, 2022
Election deniers win some, lose some - Mary Turck, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, August 19, 2022
Democracy’s Frontline Domestic Defenders - Spenser Mestel, Democracy Journal, August 18, 2022
Big Tech braces for "big lie" in 2022 midterms - Sarah Fischer, Axios, August 18, 2022
Nonprofit recruiting 100K veterans to be 2022 election workers nationwide - Jessica A. Botelho, NBC Montanta, August 17, 2022
TikTok launches an in-app US midterms Elections Center, shares plan to fight misinformation - Sarah Perez and Taylor Hatmaker, Tech Crunch, August 17, 2022
Rightwing sheriffs’ groups ramp up drives to monitor US midterm elections - Peter Stone, The Guardian, August 17, 2022
Stop Calling Anti-Democratic Candidates 'Election Deniers' - Jack Holmes, Esquire, August 15, 2022
‘Hackers against conspiracies’: Cyber sleuths take aim at election disinformation - Maggie Miller, Politico, August 15, 2022
Social media posts about election fraud still prevalent, study finds - Cristiano Lima, Spokesman, August 14, 2022
Assessing threats of political violence and rising extremism on the far-right - PBS, August 12, 2022
Cybersecurity threats to elections are increasing: Experts - Emma Wulfhorst, Fox61, August 12, 2022
This conservative group helped push a disputed election theory - Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, August 12, 2022
Misinformation ‘Harms Nearly Every Element of Election Administration,’ Committee Report Finds - Edward Graham, Nextgov, August 12, 2022
House committee holds virtual roundtable with election officials on impact of election lies - Doug Cunningham, UPI, August 11, 2022
Election lies pose physical threat to US poll workers, House report warns - Victoria Bekiempis, The Guardian, August 11, 2022
From The Grassroots To The Top Of The Ticket, Election Denial Looms Large in GOP - NPR, August 10, 2022
Sheriff accused of pressuring candidates to drop races - The Associated Press, August 10, 2022
Disinformation and the safety of election officials must be addressed, ABA House says - Amanda Robert, ABA Journal, August 8, 2022
How election deniers are campaigning to control voting in four critical states - Kira Lerner, Albany Herald, August 6, 2022
What would happen if a state official refused to certify an election? - Amber Phillips, The Washington Post, August 5, 2022
FACT FOCUS: Why final election results take days, not hours - Ali Swenson and Josh Kelety, The Associated Press, August 5, 2022
Poll: 41% of people in U.S. feel safe at polling places - Shawna Chen, Axios, August 5, 2022
'Alarming': Nearly 1/3 in US Worry About Violence, Intimidation at Polls - Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams, August 4, 2022
Election deniers rack up wins, fueling concerns in both parties - Julia Manchester, The Hill, August 4, 2022
Several new election reform bills introduced ahead of 2022 midterm elections - Maxx Silvan and Paige Mellerio, National Association of Counties, August 4, 2022
Justice Department details threats against election workers - Marina Villeneuve, The Associated Press, August 3, 2022
FBI lacks full picture of reported threats to election officials, congressional testimony says - Sean Lyngaas, Hannah Rabinowitz, and Tierney Sneed, CNN, August 3, 2022
Election workers "in the crossfire" of fraud rhetoric, secretaries of state say - Herb Scribner, Axios, August 3, 2022
Election deniers are running to control voting. Here's how they've fared so far - Miles Parks, NPR, August 3, 2022
How election deniers are campaigning to control voting in four critical states - Kira Lerner, Georgia Recorder, August 3, 2022
Information Gaps and Misinformation in the 2022 Elections - Mekela Panditharatne, Ruby Edlin, Rory Smith, Keenan Chen, and Shaydanay Urbani, Brennan Center for Justice, August 2, 2022
Readout of Election Threats Task Force Briefing with Election Officials and Workers - Department of Justice, August 1, 2022
Top election official races feature deniers of 2020 results - Bob Christie, The Associated Press, August 1, 2022
State officials scramble to respond as election skepticism goes hyper-local - Fredreka Schouten, CNN, August 1, 2022
Toward a Resilient Electoral Process: Retaining Poll Workers, Fighting Misinformation - Lisa Ryckman, NCSL, August 1, 2022
These are the election deniers on the ballot in Tuesday's primaries - Eric Bradner, CNN, August 1, 2022
How the movement to undermine election results is spreading in the US - Sam Levine, The Guardian, July 29, 2022
1A Remaking America: Election Disinformation Goes Grassroots - NPR, July 28, 2022
Bipartisan group asks DOJ to further protect election workers - Richard Perrins, Fulcrum, July 26, 2022
Misinformation is eroding the public’s confidence in democracy - Gabriel R. Sanchez, Keesha Middlemass, and Aila Rodriguez, Brookings, July 26, 2022
Inside the remote California county where the far right took over: ‘Civility went out the window’ - Dani Anguiano, The Guardian, July 23, 2022
Conspiracy-promoting sheriffs claim vast election authority - John Hanna and Christina A. Cassidy, The Associated Press, July 22, 2022
Election Officials Under Attack - Brennan Center for Justice and Bipartisan Policy Center report on attacks against election officials and a plan to protect them.
Examining the U.S. Capitol Attack - a Review of the Security, Planning and Response Failures on January 6 - U.S. Senate bipartisan committee staff report released June 8 2021
California's Little Hoover Commission releases new report, California Election Infrastructure: Making a Good System Better (April 2021)
Election Integrity Partnership Releases Final Report on Mis- and Disinformation in 2020 U.S. Election (March 2, 2021)
Covering elections showed me California votes were secure - by Lewis Griswold, CalMatters
States that provide notice and opportunity to cure signature defect after election day and Voting Rights Litigation 2020 Summary - research and charts from the Brennan Center for Justice
Improving California's Vote-by-Mail Process by Reducing Ballot Rejection: A Three-County Study - CVF's new report on findings from our study on ballot rejection, published September 2020.
Problems and Promise: Assessing Los Angeles County's New Voting System Rollout in the March 2020 Primary Election, with 36 Recommendations for Improvement, by Kiyana Asemenafar, California Common Cause, July 2020
What went wrong in LA County on March 3rd? Stories in the Los Angeles Times and Politico detail the post-election investigation and report from the Registrar's office while Courthouse News Service looks into the review conducted by an outside agency, a summary of which was released on June 19th.
Georgia Was A Mess. Here’s What Else We Know About The June 9 Elections.
By Nathaniel Rakich and Geoffrey Skelley, FiveThirtyEight, June 10, 2020
Recount costs soar as county begins tracking down Long Beach ballots
Long Beach Post reporter Jason Ruiz reports on the extraordinary high costs voters seeking a recount of a Long Beach measure face in Los Angeles County's new vote center voting system.
Coronavirus May Disrupt the 2020 Election. We Need a Plan
Quarantines and fear could decimate voter turnout. Congress needs to fund mail-in ballots nationwide now.
By Jon Stokes, Wired Magazine, February 24, 2020
Is LA County Heading For A Confusing March 3 Primary? Voters Face This Gauntlet Of Changes
By Libby Denkman, KPCC/LAist, February 13, 2020
Data Suggests Many Counties Lag on Website Encryption
By Ben Miller, Government Technology, February 6, 2020
State OKs LA County's New Voting Machines — With A Whole Lot Of Caveats
By Libby Denkmann, KPCC Radio/LAist
Can Voters Detect Malicious Manipulation of Ballot Marking Devices?
Academic paper by the University of Michigan's Alex Halderman, Matthew Bernard et al, published January 2020
Just How Regulated Are Our Nation’s Elections?
By Hadley Hitson, Fortune Magazine
As 2020 Approaches, Some Experienced Election Officials Head To The Exits
By Pam Fessler, National Public Radio
The Way America Votes Is Broken. In One Rural County, a Nonprofit Showed a Way Forward.
By ProPublica's Jessica Huseman
Election Security Isn't That Hard
Politico op-ed co-authored by former California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, who was responsible for ushering in voter-verifeid paper audit trails in California, explains how states can secure their voting systems with paper ballots, chain of custody requirements and post-election audits.
OC Supervisors Back Off Uncertified Voting Machine Vendor
Voice of OC reports on how Orange County supervisors backed off efforts to pick a lower-ranked, uncertified vendor for voting and ballot counting machines in next year’s high-stakes elections
Is a Widely Adopted New Voting System Ready for 2020?
Steven Rosenfeld with Independent Media Institute takes a close look at ES&S' Express Vote ballot marking device.
Inside the DEF Con hacker conference's election security Voting Village
Axios takes an in-depth look at election security's biggest event.
Feds don't regulate election equipment, so states are on their own
Pew's Stateline reports on the limited role the federal government plays in ensuring our elections are secure and whether states and voting equipment vendors are effective in filling in the gap.
Software vendor may have opened a gap for hackers in 2016 swing state
Kim Zetter reports for Politico on how a Florida election software company targeted by Russians in 2016 inadvertently opened a potential pathway for hackers...
...to tamper with voter records in North Carolina on the eve of the presidential election.
The vote-by-phone tech trend is scaring the life out of security experts
The Los Angeles Times' Evan Halper examines the latest attempt to roll out Internet voting, through mobile devices, which security experts are loudly warning against.
Is California's new voting system a success? We may not know until 2020
The Los Angeles Times' John Myers takes a look at the Voter's Choice Act, a new approach to voting that some California counties adopted in 2018, with more to follow in 2020.
Meet The Lawyer Arguing Against Partisan Gerrymandering Before the Supreme Court
Johnny Kauffman reports for NPR's All Things Considered on Emmet Jopling Bondurant II, the lawyer arguing before the Supreme Court against partisan redistricting,
Goodbye Electoral College? Popular vote movement gaining steam
Veteran reporter Steven Rosenfeld writes in Salon about the movement to enact the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
The Designation of Election Systems as Critical Infrastructure
This January 2019 two-page report from the Congressional Research Service summarizes why the US Government designated elections as Critical Infrastructure and discusses why some election officials were initially resistant to this designation.
Election officials said DMV wasn’t ready to launch Motor Voter. California went ahead anyway
By Bryan Anderson, McClatchy News/Modesto Bee, January 31, 2019
As California prepared to launch its new Motor Voter program last year, top elections officials say they asked Secretary of State Alex Padilla to hold off on the roll-out.
Voting Issues and Gerrymanders Are Now Key Political Battlegrounds
by Trip Gabriel, New York Times, January 2, 2019
Voting rights and partisan gerrymandering, traditionally the preoccupation of wonky party strategists and good-government groups, have become major flash points in the debate about the integrity of American elections, signaling high stakes battles over voter suppression and politically engineered districts ahead of the 2020 presidential race.
Most Voters Have Positive Views of Their Midterm Voting Experiences
After record high turnout, most nonvoters wish they had voted
Post-election voter survey findings released 12/17/18 from the Pew Research Center
National Popular Vote - Answering Myths
From the book Every Vote Equal, proponents of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact respond to common questions about their proposal to ensure the Presidential candidate who wins the most popular votes nationwide is declared the winner.
Column by R.V. Scheide describing his experience receiving a notice from his county clerk informing him he needed to provide a new signature so his ballot would get counted. "So. Not the Deep State. Just a local government agency doing its job. That truly is a relief."
It Could Take Weeks to Find Out If Democrats Won the House
California and other key states take a very long time to count votes
By Daniel Costa-Roberts, Mother Jones Magazine, October 30, 2018
If you’ve been nervously counting down the days until the November 6 election, we’ve got some bad news for you: You might have to wait quite a bit longer before you know who will control the House.
The Crisis of Election Security
New York Times Magazine
By Kim Zetter, September 26, 2018
As the midterms approach, America's electronic voting systems are more vulnerable than ever. Why isn't anyone trying to fix them?
In seconds, we faked our way into a political campaign, got unsecured voter data
Data analytics firm says this is normal: "It's the way that campaigns are run."
By Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, June 5, 2018