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Election Security articles on Democracy Chronicles

This election security section highlights the importance of protecting the integrity of the vote count. An onslaught of new technologies offer both opportunity and peril for democracy. Be sure to also check out our Election Technology section and our articles on Technology Dissidents, the Internet and Voting or Voting Machines.

Florida Senate Passes Bill To Create Election Crimes Agency

by DC Editors - March 7, 2022

Florida Senate Passes Bill To Create Election Crimes Agency

Despite extremely rare voter crime or fraud, the law would make Florida one of the first states to create a task force dedicated to them.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American State Elections, Election Security, Voter Access, Voter Suppression

California May Limit Political Spending by Foreign-Influenced Companies

by DC Editors - March 6, 2022

California May Limit Political Spending by Foreign-Influenced Companies

California’s A.B. 1819 safeguards state elections, initiatives by barring foreign-owned American corps from spending political dollars.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American State Elections, Election Security, Money Politics

Attacks From Within Seen As A Growing Threat To Elections

by DC Editors - March 2, 2022

Attacks From Within Seen As A Growing Threat To Elections

Election officials preparing for this year’s midterm elections have yet another security risk to add to their already long list: insider threats.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American State Elections, Election Security

Indiana Urged To Move To Paper Election Ballots

by DC Editors - February 18, 2022

Indiana Urged To Move To Paper Election Ballots

A proposal to improve Indiana’s election security by adding small printers to thousands of electronic touch-screen voting is being criticized.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American State Elections, Election Security, Voting Machines, Voting Technology

Recent Developments In Europe’s Election Cybersecurity 

by DC Editors - February 16, 2022

Recent Developments In Europe’s Election Cybersecurity 

Europe’s election management bodies have realized that online threats are here to stay and will only continue to evolve moving forward.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Election Security, Europe

Feds Review Hacking Risk To Georgia Touchscreen Voting

by DC Editors - February 14, 2022

Feds Review Hacking Risk To Georgia Touchscreen Voting

A confidential report alleging Georgia’s voting touchscreens could be hacked is now being reviewed by the federal government.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Election Security, Voting Technology

State and Local Solutions Integral to Protect Election Officials

by DC Editors - February 12, 2022

State and Local Solutions Integral to Protect Election Officials

Election workers so vital to U.S. democracy are increasingly under attack. State and local authorities are so central to finding the solution.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American Local Elections, American State Elections, Election Security

Are Voting Machines Too Vulnerable To Hacking?

by DC Editors - February 7, 2022

Are Voting Machines Too Vulnerable To Hacking?

There has been and remains a long and convoluted debate about how much protection is required to defend elections from hackers.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American State Elections, Election Security, Voting Machines, Voting Technology

More States Fight Back Against Threats To Election Workers

by DC Editors - January 31, 2022

More States Fight Back Against Threats To Election Workers

Lawmakers in several states are taking measures to criminalize threats against election workers or make it easier to prosecute offenders.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Election Security

They Helped Save Democracy and Are Being Tormented for It

by DC Editors - January 10, 2022

They Helped Save Democracy and Are Being Tormented for It

These frontline election workers made sure the votes were counted in 2020. They got death threats. Their torturers stormed the Capitol.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American Corruption, Election Security

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Anxious Leaders Influence Their Followers' Anxiety, Even Online Anxious Leaders Influence Their Followers’ Anxiety, Even Online (5/17/2022) - Organizational leader’s tweets can influence employee anxieties and this effect is more prominent since the rise of COVID-19, study.
In Election Misinformation Fight, ’2020 Changed Everything’ In Election Misinformation Fight, ’2020 Changed Everything’ (4/26/2022) - Using social media to directly reply to queries, polling location mistakes, or false claims might help to quickly stamp out…
China Lockdown Frustration Sparks ‘Creative’ Wave Of Dissent China Lockdown Frustration Sparks ‘Creative’ Wave Of Dissent (4/21/2022) - China strongly censors speech. With developments in technology, Chinese citizens are finding ways to circumvent these limitations.
Mark Zuckerberg Ends Election Grants Mark Zuckerberg Ends Election Grants (4/15/2022) - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg who gave half a billion USD in 2020 to election offices will not be making any…

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Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Freed After 10 Years In Prison (3/13/2022) - The family of Raif Badawi, one of Saudi Arabia's most prominent political prisoners, has said the blogger is free after… Continue Reading
TikTok Is Just The Platform Russian Dissidents Need (3/10/2022) - Tiktok despite being swamped in misinformation at times, the app also serves as a platform for countering Kremlin propaganda. Continue Reading
Oman Arrests Prominent Internet Activist Al-Kathiri (3/7/2022) - Reliable local sources confirmed that on March 2, 2022, Oman's security authorities detained internet activist Ahmed Muslim Al-Kathiri. Continue Reading
Hacktivists Are Piercing Russia’s Propaganda Bubble (3/6/2022) - Hackers have decided to wage war on Russia, ensuring Russians see photos of Vladimir Putin's horrific campaign against Ukraine. Continue Reading

Voting Methods Central

Voting Methods Central
Is Democracy Assistance Sustainable? Is Democracy Assistance Sustainable? (5/23/2022) - Well-prepared institutions are those, among other things, incorporate new staff or equipment maintenance into their budgets, study.
Moneyed Interests, Information Provision, and Congress Moneyed Interests, Information Provision, and Congress (5/17/2022) - Politicians wrongly assume their self-interests are compatible with constituents' interests, the rich tend to have more access to them.
Adolescents In The US Are Becoming More Politically Polarized Adolescents In The US Are Becoming More Politically Polarized (5/6/2022) - In contrast to the findings of the 1960s an update to the socialization literature shows adolescents today are just as…
Left-Wing Authoritarians Share Key Psychological Traits With Far Right Left-Wing Authoritarians Share Key Psychological Traits With Far Right (5/6/2022) - People with authoritarian views, left or right, have surprisingly similar behaviors and psychological characteristics, a new study finds. 
A Hard Look At Corporations, Political Spending And Democracy A Hard Look At Corporations, Political Spending And Democracy (5/3/2022) - There is a crisis of democracy in America which poses fundamental questions for company engagement in the political process, expert.