‘Firehose’ of election conspiracy theories floods final days of campaign
5 months ago

‘Firehose’ of election conspiracy theories floods final days of campaign

Raw Story  

In the final days of the presidential election, lies about noncitizens voting, the vulnerability of mail-in ballots and the security of voting machines are spreading widely over social media. Fanned by former President Donald Trump and notable allies such as tech tycoon Elon Musk, election disinformation is warping voters’ faith in the integrity of the democratic process, polls show, and setting the stage once again for potential public unrest if the Republican nominee fails to win the presidency. Many think election officials are choosing which ballots to count based on the neighborhood from where they’re sent, or that voting machines are easily hacked. “It’s so hard to correct all the misinformation because there’s so many things out there that we don’t even know about.” As early voting began in mid-October in Georgia, Doss had to remind some voters that poll workers would observe the polling place and election equipment all day, ensuring no one tampered with the process. It’s as simple as that.” Beyond listening to local election officials, voters can rely on election protection hotlines run by experts and pro-democracy advocates, said Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a national legal advocacy group.

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Top DC prosecutor, who promoted false 2020 voter fraud claims, forms ‘election accountability’ unit
2 weeks ago

Top DC prosecutor, who promoted false 2020 voter fraud claims, forms ‘election accountability’ unit

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital, who promoted President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was rigged, has formed a “special unit” to investigate election offenses, according to an email sent to lawyers in his office on Monday. Interim District of Columbia U.S. Attorney Ed Martin said the “Special Unit: Election Accountability” has already …

Crowdsourced voting fraud claims could become grist for Republican lawsuits
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Crowdsourced voting fraud claims could become grist for Republican lawsuits

NPR  

Crowdsourced voting fraud claims could become grist for Republican lawsuits toggle caption Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images As Election Day neared, social media lit up with users scouring for evidence of election fraud. One hub of these efforts is an "Election Integrity Community" on X, formerly Twitter, set up by owner Elon Musk's super PAC, that is inviting users to …

Flaw in Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data
55 years, 3 months ago

Flaw in Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data

Wired  

An app developed by the right-wing nonprofit True the Vote to crowdsource claims of voter fraud contained a security flaw that exposed the email addresses of all users who posted or commented on the platform, along with other information. The vulnerability, which has since been patched, exposed a California election officer who used the app to post about her racist …

Combatting Persistent Election Interference Fears
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Combatting Persistent Election Interference Fears

Bloomberg  

00:00 We rely and go to your sister in cyber readiness expertise here because we understand the misinformation concerns. And our election officials, our election infrastructure stakeholders have never been more prepared to administer a safe, secure and resilient election. What's important to note is that after the 2016 election, elections themselves became critical infrastructure, which means that we determined …

US Election Officials Urge Voters to Remain Calm and Trust in the Integrity of the Vote
4 months, 3 weeks ago

US Election Officials Urge Voters to Remain Calm and Trust in the Integrity of the Vote

CNN  

US election officials emphasize the importance of a smooth and secure voting process, urging voters not to be misled by conspiracy theories. Despite false claims of voter fraud, election officials across the country are committed to upholding the integrity of the vote and urging voters to exercise their right to vote without fear or intimidation.

Top US Election Official Calls False Claims Over Fraud ‘Corrosive’
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Top US Election Official Calls False Claims Over Fraud ‘Corrosive’

Live Mint  

The nation’s top official for safeguarding election infrastructure called the spread of election fraud allegations “irresponsible” after being asked about such claims by former President Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said in a news conference Monday that it’s “very unfortunate and very irresponsible” for anybody in a position …

Isolated Election Incidents in Michigan Spark Election Denier Claims
5 months ago

Isolated Election Incidents in Michigan Spark Election Denier Claims

CNN  

A string of isolated incidents and mishaps in Michigan have fueled conspiracy theories about widespread election fraud and voter irregularities. While the state has handled the situations with transparency and addressed concerns, the incidents have amplified misinformation and raised questions about the integrity of the election process. The case involving a Chinese citizen voting illegally and the recent allegations of …

Viral Video Sparks Election Disinformation Concerns in Georgia
5 months ago

Viral Video Sparks Election Disinformation Concerns in Georgia

CNN  

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has stated that a viral video of alleged voting fraud is fake and is likely the result of foreign meddling. He expressed concern over the video's potential to undermine Georgia's voting process and asked social media platforms to take it down. Former CISA director Chris Krebs also shared the video's content, emphasizing its absurdity …

Election Disinformation Targeting Georgia: State Secretary of State Warns of Foreign Interference
5 months ago

Election Disinformation Targeting Georgia: State Secretary of State Warns of Foreign Interference

CNN  

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has stated that the state has been targeted by election disinformation, with a viral video of alleged voting fraud being a prime example. The video, which has garnered over half a million views on the social media platform X, has been deemed fake by Raffensperger and is believed to be an attempt to raise …

Election Fraud Conspiracy Theories Are Already Thriving Online
55 years, 3 months ago

Election Fraud Conspiracy Theories Are Already Thriving Online

Wired  

Election workers in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, are not destroying mail-in ballots cast for former president Donald Trump. The Department of Defense did not issue a directive last month giving US soldiers unprecedented authority to use lethal force against Trump supporters who riot if the former president loses next week. These are just a small sample of the flood of voting-related …

Voting officials face an 'uphill battle' to fight election lies
5 months ago

Voting officials face an 'uphill battle' to fight election lies

NPR  

Voting officials face an 'uphill battle' to fight election lies toggle caption Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images Last week, a video began circulating on X, formerly Twitter, purporting to show a person in Pennsylvania ripping up ballots marked for former President Donald Trump and leaving alone those marked for Vice President Harris. Sponsor Message “They're fighting an uphill battle,” said …

You’re Being Lied To About Voter Fraud. Here’s the Truth. - The New York Times
5 months, 1 week ago

You’re Being Lied To About Voter Fraud. Here’s the Truth. - The New York Times

New York Times  

Picture this: In America, where your voice matters equally, as much as anyone else’s, where your voice carries the same weight, no matter who you are, where you’re from or what you have. Since then, election deniers have been telling Americans that millions of votes are being cast illegally, by dead people, by people coming in from outside the border, …

Election Officials Under Fire as Early Voting Begins, Facing a Flood of False Claims
5 months, 1 week ago

Election Officials Under Fire as Early Voting Begins, Facing a Flood of False Claims

CNN  

Election officials are working to combat misinformation in real time as early voting begins in earnest. They are preparing for a deluge of false and misleading claims, and are actively trying to address issues before they go far. In critical battleground states, conservatives have been sharing uncorroborated instances of machines flipping votes, claims of widespread fraud in mail ballots and …

Election Officials Under Fire as Early Voting Begins, Facing a Flood of False Claims
5 months, 1 week ago

Election Officials Under Fire as Early Voting Begins, Facing a Flood of False Claims

CNN  

Election officials are working to combat misinformation in real time as early voting begins in earnest. They are preparing for a deluge of false and misleading claims, and are actively trying to address issues before they go far. However, the spread of misinformation continues, with claims of machine flipping votes, voter fraud, and manipulated results circulating on social media. Election …

Voting Machines: A Secure and Accurate System Despite Conspiracy Theories
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Voting Machines: A Secure and Accurate System Despite Conspiracy Theories

Associated Press  

The article discusses the accuracy and security of voting machines and the conspiracy theories surrounding them. It highlights that there was no evidence of widespread fraud or rigged voting machines in the 2020 election, and that multiple reviews confirmed the results as accurate. The article also addresses the concerns of election officials and computer security experts about the security of …

Many of the tactics Jack Smith accused Trump of using to overturn the 2020 election are still in play for 2024
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Many of the tactics Jack Smith accused Trump of using to overturn the 2020 election are still in play for 2024

CNN  

CNN — The roadmap laid out by the Justice Department in court this week for how former President Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election feels eerily familiar to many election officials and voting rights advocates who are gearing up for November. “These are about laying groundwork for challenging results.” A Trump campaign spokesperson pointed to the campaign’s released …

Domestic extremists with ‘election-related grievances’ could turn to violence in final weeks of election, FBI and DHS warn
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Domestic extremists with ‘election-related grievances’ could turn to violence in final weeks of election, FBI and DHS warn

CNN  

CNN — The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are concerned that “election-related grievances,” such as a belief in voter fraud, could motivate domestic extremists to engage in violence in the weeks before and after the November election, as it did during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, according to a new intelligence bulletin from the agencies. …

Cybersecurity head says there’s no chance a foreign adversary can change U.S. election results
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Cybersecurity head says there’s no chance a foreign adversary can change U.S. election results

LA Times  

Foreign adversaries are ramping up disinformation campaigns to undermine confidence in U.S. election security as voters decide between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump, a top cybersecurity official says. Security for U.S. election systems has become so robust that Russia, Iran or any other foreign adversary will not be able to alter the outcome of this year’s presidential …

Here Are the Secret Backers of All Those Trump “Election Integrity” Efforts
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Here Are the Secret Backers of All Those Trump “Election Integrity” Efforts

Slate  

Battles over “election integrity” are sometimes cast as policy-oriented disagreements about how elections should be administered, or even as partisan efforts to gain a political advantage. Related From Slate One of the Most Conservative State Supreme Courts in the Country Just Rebuked Dobbs In pursuit of these goals, the group is channeling millions of dollars toward backing anti-transgender ballot measures, …

Texas officials compromised ballot secrecy as they increased election transparency
10 months ago

Texas officials compromised ballot secrecy as they increased election transparency

Raw Story  

This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune and in Votebeat. Election administration experts and voter advocates say Texas lawmakers need to find a better balance between transparency and voters’ ballot privacy — and clarify the roles county elections administrators and the Secretary of State’s office play in getting there. In a public statement last week, Nelson’s office said county …

Pro-Trump attorney slapped with new charges for allegedly breaching voter information
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Pro-Trump attorney slapped with new charges for allegedly breaching voter information

Raw Story  

Stefanie Lambert, a pro-Trump attorney, has been indicted on new charges by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who is additionally charging Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott, alleging the pair helped someone access confidential voter information. According to The Detroit News, "Nessel, a Democrat and the state's top law enforcement official, revealed the charges in a news release, which didn't detail …

A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them
10 months, 3 weeks ago

A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. “We have to be prepared to say over and over again -- other states are doing it different than us, but they are not cheating.” Sterling, the chief operating officer for the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, is part of an effort begun after the last presidential election that seeks …

Trump and Giuliani named unindicted co-conspirators in Michigan fake elector plot
11 months, 1 week ago

Trump and Giuliani named unindicted co-conspirators in Michigan fake elector plot

Salon  

In a preliminary hearing on 15 Republicans who had been indicted on charges of election forgery for their plot to send illegitimate electors to the electoral vote count on January 6, 2021, a state investigator unveiled that Donald Trump, alongside advisor Rudy Giuliani and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, were considered unindicted co-conspirators in the case. The …

Trump campaign announces 100,000 poll watchers and attorneys poised for election day
11 months, 1 week ago

Trump campaign announces 100,000 poll watchers and attorneys poised for election day

The Independent  

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Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense
1 year ago

Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense

The Independent  

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Michigan's elections chief wants to protect voters, poll workers and democracy itself
1 year, 1 month ago

Michigan's elections chief wants to protect voters, poll workers and democracy itself

NPR  

Michigan's elections chief wants to protect voters, poll workers and democracy itself Enlarge this image toggle caption Paul Sancya/AP Paul Sancya/AP DETROIT— Jocelyn Benson is tired. Despite the increased risk, and some election worker turnover after 2020, Benson says she's seeing more people who are interested in learning about — and helping run — the voting process this time around. …

Multiple threats to election systems prompt US cybersecurity agency to boost cooperation with states
1 year, 1 month ago

Multiple threats to election systems prompt US cybersecurity agency to boost cooperation with states

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The nation’s cybersecurity agency on Thursday launched a program aimed at boosting election security in the states, shoring up support for local offices and hoping to provide reassurance to voters that this year’s presidential elections will be safe and accurate. Eric Goldstein, CISA’s executive assistant director for cybersecurity, described “a really difficult cybersecurity environment” that includes “extraordinary advances …

2022 federal elections in the US not tainted by foreign interference, officials say
1 year, 3 months ago

2022 federal elections in the US not tainted by foreign interference, officials say

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Foreign hackers did not change vote totals or otherwise compromise the integrity of federal elections last year in the United States, according to a declassified U.S. government report made public Monday. “We have no evidence that any detected activity prevented voting, changed votes, or disrupted the ability to tally votes or to transmit election results in a timely …

Voting experts warn of ‘serious threats’ for 2024 from election equipment software breaches
1 year, 3 months ago

Voting experts warn of ‘serious threats’ for 2024 from election equipment software breaches

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — An effort to access voting system software in several states and provide it to allies of former President Donald Trump as they sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election has raised “serious threats” ahead of next year’s presidential contest, according to a group of experts who urged federal agencies to investigate. The letter sent by nearly …

Trump’s call to ‘go into’ cities and ‘watch’ elections sounds alarms
1 year, 3 months ago

Trump’s call to ‘go into’ cities and ‘watch’ elections sounds alarms

The Independent  

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Column: Election officials are quitting in droves. Here’s why you should care
1 year, 5 months ago

Column: Election officials are quitting in droves. Here’s why you should care

LA Times  

Election workers check ballots at a processing center in Orange County. New research by a political reform group, Issue One, has given us something else to worry about: a troubling exodus of local election officials — those on the front lines fighting for truth, justice and the American way. The latest study suggests it’s now happening — particularly in battleground …

Mike Lindell's vote fraud gizmo could send 'enraged partisans' marching on election offices: report
1 year, 5 months ago

Mike Lindell's vote fraud gizmo could send 'enraged partisans' marching on election offices: report

Raw Story  

Mike Lindell claims to have a new tool for uncovering election fraud – but it seems just as likely to provoke violent threats as discover evidence of a crime. "I told Lindell that his WMD alerts would be going off everywhere because many states use online connections for e-pollbooks — which are often i-Pads – to make sure only registered …

Georgia election indictment highlights wider attempts to illegally access voting equipment
1 year, 7 months ago

Georgia election indictment highlights wider attempts to illegally access voting equipment

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A day after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, as the country was still reeling from the violent attempt to halt the transfer of presidential power, a local Republican Party official greeted a group of computer experts outside the election office in a rural county in south Georgia, where they were given access to voting …

Election deniers inflate Ohio polling glitch into another 'fraud' conspiracy thanks to reporter's tweet
1 year, 7 months ago

Election deniers inflate Ohio polling glitch into another 'fraud' conspiracy thanks to reporter's tweet

Raw Story  

A temporary malfunction at a single Ohio polling location triggered a round of right-wing conspiracy theories from the usual suspects Tuesday. WEWS-TV reporter Mike Holden tweeted Tuesday morning that all ballot scanners were not functioning properly at a polling location in Cuyahoga Falls, to the frustration of both voters and workers, and voters were offered the choice of leaving their …

Efforts to deceive are a top concern among state election officials heading into 2024
1 year, 8 months ago

Efforts to deceive are a top concern among state election officials heading into 2024

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Efforts to deceive the public about voting and elections remain a top concern for state election officials as they dig into preparations for the 2024 election. So, we’re planning for the worst, which is that multiple communications channels will be filled with false and misleading information.” State election officials in Michigan and Colorado said they were particularly concerned …

Trump Was Implicated in a Vote Machine Theft. Why Isn’t DOJ Investigating?
1 year, 10 months ago

Trump Was Implicated in a Vote Machine Theft. Why Isn’t DOJ Investigating?

Slate  

With a sexual assault verdict, campaign finance and fraud indictment, multiple federal investigations under Special Counsel Jack Smith, and more investigations pending in New York and Georgia, it seems that Donald Trump may finally face accountability for his criminal misconduct. Yet federal investigators appear to be ignoring Trump’s potential involvement in a criminal conspiracy to access and copy voting software …

A GOP claim that Michigan purposely tried to encourage voter fraud doesn’t fit with facts
1 year, 10 months ago

A GOP claim that Michigan purposely tried to encourage voter fraud doesn’t fit with facts

Raw Story  

Republicans at a recent congressional hearing accused Michigan’s chief election official of deliberately leaving tens of thousands of dead voters on the rolls in order to encourage illegal voting. “By advancing false conspiracy theories about our elections,” said Jake Rollow, a spokesman for Benson, “this congressional committee threatens the safety of professional election officials on both sides of the aisle.” …

GOP election officials walking fine line on fraud, integrity
1 year, 11 months ago

GOP election officials walking fine line on fraud, integrity

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Republican secretaries of state in Ohio, West Virginia and Missouri have promoted their states’ elections as fair and secure. https://apnews.com/video/tornadoes-biden-united-states-government-ohio-steve-martin-809a57dab87c4b06b70ea8e99a58b851?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_02 Warner has defended Trump’s false claims of a fraudulent 2020 election and demonstrated alongside “Stop the Steal” protesters, while also promoting the integrity of West Virginia’s elections. That’s where I balk and say no.” Warner said …

Far-right presentation using misappropriated election software alarms experts
2 years ago

Far-right presentation using misappropriated election software alarms experts

LA Times  

A worker returns voting machines to storage at the Fulton County, Ga., election preparation center on Nov. 4, 2020, in Atlanta. On the third day of the Conservative Political Action Conference this month, two men demonstrated experts’ biggest concerns about attempts to access election machines after the 2020 election. Trump supporters also persuaded election officials or law enforcement to give …

Are the feds ignoring Trump allies’ multi-state effort to access election systems? Experts raise alarms for 2024
2 years ago

Are the feds ignoring Trump allies’ multi-state effort to access election systems? Experts raise alarms for 2024

LA Times  

A voting machine set up for Michigan’s primary election in August 2022. In a handful of states, Trump supporters convinced election officials or law enforcement to give them access to election machines, including in Mesa County, Colo.; Coffee County, Ga.; Fulton County, Pa.; and several Michigan counties. “It needs to be analyzed as a recurring pattern so that that pattern …

Ohio plan aims to boost trust by standardizing election data
2 years, 1 month ago

Ohio plan aims to boost trust by standardizing election data

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose unveiled legislation Wednesday that would clarify and standardize the way election data is organized, stored and shared across the state, a proposal that the Republican says can serve as a national model in addressing the “crisis of confidence” in American elections. “All of these kinds of things are various, not only …

'Hyper-partisan attack': Arizona GOP advances new voting bills inspired by conspiracy theories
2 years, 1 month ago

'Hyper-partisan attack': Arizona GOP advances new voting bills inspired by conspiracy theories

Raw Story  

Arizona's Republican-controlled state legislature advanced bills last month that they claim will improve election transparency — but voting rights advocates worry will actually have the opposite effect. "There's a lack of confidence from some of my constituents in the election itself," Republican state Rep. Rachel Jones of Tucson, who presented the bill, said during the committee meeting. "These are the …

“Hyper-partisan attack”: Arizona GOP advances new voting bills inspired by conspiracy theories
2 years, 1 month ago

“Hyper-partisan attack”: Arizona GOP advances new voting bills inspired by conspiracy theories

Salon  

Arizona's Republican-controlled state legislature advanced bills last month that they claim will improve election transparency — but voting rights advocates worry will actually have the opposite effect. "There's a lack of confidence from some of my constituents in the election itself," Republican state Rep. Rachel Jones of Tucson, who presented the bill, said during the committee meeting. "These are the …

The midterms ended in optimism — but threats to elections could affect voting in 2023 and beyond
2 years, 2 months ago

The midterms ended in optimism — but threats to elections could affect voting in 2023 and beyond

Raw Story  

2023 is upon us and, per page 10 of the Rulebook for Newsletters, we shall now reflect on 2022. Jen’s favorite story she wrote in 2022: Drop box watchers in Arizona connected to national effort from “2000 Mules” creators Jen’s favorite non-Votebeat story of 2022: The election official who tried to prove “Stop the Steal” Oralandar Brand-Williams, Michigan Michigan has …

They beat election deniers in the midterm elections. Now they’re gearing up for 2024
2 years, 3 months ago

They beat election deniers in the midterm elections. Now they’re gearing up for 2024

LA Times  

Arizona’s Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs faced a flurry of criticism in the days leading up to last month’s election. As Hobbs campaigned on the threat election deniers posed to democracy, Democrats privately worried that she wasn’t present enough, that her campaign was too low-key and that she’d made a terrible decision against debating her Republican opponent, Kari Lake, an ardent …

Mishaps, distrust spur Election Day misinformation
2 years, 4 months ago

Mishaps, distrust spur Election Day misinformation

Associated Press  

Voters casting ballots in Tuesday’s pivotal midterms grappled with misleading claims about glitchy election machines and delayed results, the final crest of a wave of misinformation that’s expected to linger long after the last votes are tallied. There was lots of other misinformation too: false claims about ballots cast by non-citizens or pre-filled registration forms; hoaxes about voting machines and …

Mishaps, distrust spur Election Day misinformation
2 years, 4 months ago

Mishaps, distrust spur Election Day misinformation

The Independent  

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How election officials staved off chaos at polling places Tuesday
2 years, 4 months ago

How election officials staved off chaos at polling places Tuesday

CNN  

CNN — In many ways, the 2022 elections were an example of the plane landing safely. “It’ll be a real test of our mental toughness, but I’m much more confident today than I was yesterday in our ability to cut through the nonsense and defend democracy.” ‘This time it wasn’t a surprise’ Those in the election community said the past …

Election conspiracy theorists ordered freed in Texas lawsuit
2 years, 4 months ago

Election conspiracy theorists ordered freed in Texas lawsuit

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — An appeals court on Monday ordered the release of the leaders of a Texas-based group that promotes election conspiracy theories after they had been jailed last week for not complying with a court order to provide information in a defamation lawsuit over some of their claims. Engelbrecht, Phillips and their nonprofit organization are being sued by Michigan-based election …

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