David Levine Discusses How to Secure Elections on Votes and Ballots
Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined the Votes and Ballots podcast to discuss attacks on public trust in elections and post-election audits. [...]
What to Watch: ASD Experts Set the Stage for Biden’s Summit for Democracy
On December 9 and 10, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden will bring together leaders from 110 countries and governments for a virtual Summit for Democracy based around three key themes: defending against authoritarianism; addressing and fighting corrupt [...]
David Levine in InsideNoVa: Younger Youngkin Voting Case Should Be Referred To Prosecutors
In this month’s election, Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin’s 17-year-old son tried to cast a ballot not once, but twice, despite being too young to vote, according to Fairfax County officials. His failure to cast a ballot not only reinforced the security a [...]
David Levine in the Fulcrum: The Biggest Threat to 2021 Elections Is Conflating Election Rigging with Election Vulnerabilities
While cable news and statehouses are focused on the "big lie" following the 2020 presidential election, a more insidious (and immediate) threat awaits the jurisdictions conducting elections this week: the weaponization of real vulnerabilities in ele [...]
David Levine Discusses Countering Russian Interference in European Elections with IFES
The government of the Russian Federation uses different approaches to destabilize democratic governments across Europe and encourage the rise of populist, anti-democratic regimes. In the face of this challenge, what can be done to assist countries i [...]
Election Q&A: David Levine Explains What Went Wrong with the Windham, New Hampshire 2020 Vote Count
Windham, New Hampshire, a town with 14,000 residents, found itself in the public eye after the 2020 election. Eight candidates ran for four open seats in the state legislature, and Republicans swept them. Kristi St. Laurent, a Democrat, requested a [...]
Was Canada’s Election Free and Fair? David Levine Discusses with Shaye Ganam
On today's show, we talk all things federal election. We hear from Tim Uppal, Conservative candidate for Edmonton-Mill Woods on the tight race that played out there. Dr. Lisa Young a political science professor at the University of Calgary gives her [...]
Q&A with David Levine: How Can the U.S. Respond to Efforts to Subvert Democratic Processes?
Disinformation-fueled partisan “audits” have been popping up around the United States in the ten months since the 2020 presidential election. Election workers face unprecedented levels of harassment sparked by false voter-fraud claims. And 51 percen [...]
Germany is Vulnerable before the Elections but Can Still Escape Interference Attempts
Sooner or later harmful trends observed in the United States often take hold in Germany. They might not be at the scale of what Americans confront, but the telltale signs are evident even in Germany’s strong democracy. That especially applies to ele [...]
David Levine in NY Daily News: Don’t Use the Board of Elections’ Screwup to Undermine Confidence in Democracy
I don’t need to tell New Yorkers that the New York City Board of Elections badly bungled the release of preliminary ranked-choice results from the city’s recent mayoral primary. Between this serious mistake and many previous well-documented mishaps, [...]
David Levine Discusses Election Security Amid Threats to Ballot Access with GovExec
On Thursday morning, the Supreme Court overruled a previous federal appeals court decision that held that Arizona voting laws disproportionately affected voters of color, a violation of the Voting Rights Act. The Thursday ruling is another blow to v [...]
Enhancing the Security of Electronic Pollbooks is Essential for Election Integrity
ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine and the Open Source Election Technology Institute’s Global Director of Technology Development and Open Standards Edward Perez lay out ways to bolster election integrity by strengthening the security of el [...]
What to Watch: ASD Experts Weigh in as Biden and Putin Prepare to Meet
President Biden’s trip to demonstrate “America’s renewed commitment to our allies and partners” and showcase “the capacity of democracies to both meet the challenges and deter the threats” culminates with a one-on-one meeting between Biden and Russi [...]
How To Retain Election Officials To Secure Future Elections
Introduction The 2020 presidential election was called the most secure in U.S. history, largely due to efforts to protect the nation’s different physical and cyber infrastructure. This was a triumph considering the physical, cyber, and even human [...]
Q&A with David Levine: How Does Arizona’s ‘Audit’ Compare To What Audits Are Supposed To Be?
Last month—nearly five months after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election— Arizona Republicans began an “audit” of millions of ballots in Arizona’s largest county, which President Biden won by 45,109 votes. The state Senate hired a [...]
David Levine in The Fulcrum: How Congress Can Help Keep Threats to Our Elections at Bay
It's been over six months since the 2020 presidential election, and Congress remains deeply at odds over how to build on the successes of the election while addressing some of the most significant challenges that were exposed. Intelligence officials [...]
Nad’a Kovalčíková and David Levine in Minsait: Lessons Learned From Portugal’s Pandemic Election
ASD originally published this piece on April 2, 2021. In January, less than two weeks before Portugal’s presidential election was scheduled, a new wave of the coronavirus threatened to overwhelm hospitals and led the Portuguese government to put t [...]
David Levine and Steve Daitch in Electionline: Real Audits Build Trust
Due to the ongoing faux audit of some ballots in Arizona’s 2020 presidential election, much of the public’s attention on ensuring trust in elections has understandably centered around audits. Many voters say that they trust a hand count audit. Hand [...]
David Levine On Election Resilience and Trust with Idaho Association of County Recorders and Clerks
Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine gave a presentation on election resilience and trust at the Idaho Association of County Recorders and Clerks' 2021 conference. [...]
David Levine in Arizona Daily Star: How Arizona Should Conduct An Audit (If It Must)
The “audit” of all 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County during the 2020 presidential election has been a sham thus far. Putting aside the legitimate question of whether such an audit is even needed in the first place, this audit is being led, [...]
David Levine and Maurice Turner in The Hill: Restore Trust in Our Democracy Through More Election Transparency
It may be unclear whether broad-reaching election integrity and voter access bills will ultimately be adopted but one thing is certain: Congress needs to help restore trust in our elections, especially after the Jan. 6 insurrection and recent state [...]
Is the Threat of Election Interference Higher Now Than in 2019? David Levine Discusses on CHED
Elections Integrity Fellow joined host Shaye Ganam to discuss election security in Canada and other democracies, as well as the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace. Related reading: Multi-Stakeholder Insights: A Compendium On Countering [...]
If the Election Software Works, Use It and Audit the Results
The Netherlands is a tech-savvy nation that has scaled back the use of technology in its elections over the past decade-plus as part of its efforts to reduce the likelihood that autocratic actors, such as Russia, are able to interfere in the technic [...]
How to Hold an Election During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Portugal
In January, less than two weeks before Portugal’s presidential election was scheduled, a new wave of the coronavirus threatened to overwhelm hospitals and led the Portuguese government to put the country back under lockdown. But unlike other countri [...]
Q&A with David Levine: How Will Georgia’s New Election Law Impact the State’s Election Integrity?
On March 25, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a sweeping election law that includes measures to impose stricter identification requirements for absentee voting, limit the number of ballot drop boxes, shift oversight of elections to the legislature [...]
David Levine in Electionline: Our Country Needs A Presidential Commission to Help Restore Trust in Democracy
Does the U.S. need another presidential election commission? Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine argues yes, the U.S. does need a presidential election commission in this point-counterpoint edition of Electionline. January 6’s deadly insurrecti [...]
David Levine Discusses Presidential Commissions & Elections with ‘High Turnout Wide Margins’
Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joins "High Turnout Wide Margins" for a conversation about his recent recommendation for a presidential commission for election security and best practices. Further reading: Trusting the Vote: Establishing a P [...]
Interference in the Netherlands Will Continue Beyond the March 17 Elections
Later this month the Netherlands—an increasingly influential European Union member, particularly in the wake of the United Kingdom’s departure—will hold parliamentary elections. As the largest country to hold a parliamentary election since the pande [...]
David Levine in GW International Law and Policy Brief: Trust But Verify: Increasing Confidence in Democratic Elections
This article was originally published on GW International Law and Policy Brief's website. Election observers help ensure that elections are conducted in a democratic manner, as recognized by international law. Paragraph 8 of the 1990 Organization f [...]
David Levine and William Adler in NY Daily News: We Need A Presidential Commission on Elections
ASD’s Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine and the Center for Democracy and Technology's Senior Technologist in Elections and Democracy William T. Adler argue that President Biden should establish a bipartisan presidential commission to identify [...]
Biden Urged To Create Commission on Trust in Democracy: Trusting the Vote Covered in The Fulcrum
David Levine and William T. Adler’s report Trusting the Vote: Establishing a Presidential Commission on Election Resilience and Trust is highlighted in The Fulcrum. At a time when democracy feels most fragile, in the wake of a divisive election fu [...]
White House Must Act Now to Boost Trust in Elections, Experts Say: Trusting the Vote Covered in CyberScoop
David Levine and William T. Adler's report Trusting the Vote: Establishing a Presidential Commission on Election Resilience and Trust is featured in CyberScoop. There’s a brief window for the Biden administration to boost Americans’ trust in the vo [...]
Trusting the Vote Covered in the Washington Post
Tonya Riley gives an exclusive first look at David Levine and William T. Adler's report, Trusting the Vote: Establishing a Presidential Commission on Election Resilience and Trust, in The Washington Post's Cyber 202. After a volatile election cycl [...]
Trusting the Vote: Establishing a Presidential Commission on Election Resilience and Trust
ASD’s Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine and the Center for Democracy and Technology's Senior Technologist in Elections and Democracy William T. Adler urge President Biden to establish a bipartisan presidential commission to recommend ways to [...]
GMF’s What to Watch in 2021
This article was originally published on GMF's blog on January 8, 2021. As the world watched with growing disbelief, the end of 2020 and the start of 2021 merged into a long transition as Donald Trump’s refusal to concede that he had lost last Nove [...]
David Levine in The Hill: Biden Should Appoint A Presidential Commission on Election Security
While the legitimacy and outcome of the 2020 presidential election have long been beyond reproach, some could be forgiven for thinking otherwise. A few weeks ago, the Republican U.S. Senators from Georgia requested that the state’s Republican Secret [...]
David Levine Discusses 2020 Election Security with GovExec
Election Integrity Fellow David Levine joined "GovExec Daily" to discuss how elections can be more secure in the wake of the recent presidential contest. While the 2020 general election is not quite over until the Georgia Senate runoff is decided i [...]
David Levine in Electionline: Protecting Election Workers Is Critical To Securing Our Elections
While much has been reported about the security of the 2020 election, there is one critical area many news reports are missing—the security and protection of the people carrying out the election, and that has fallen woefully short. Securing election [...]
David Levine on Making Our Next Election More Secure in The Fulcrum
ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine discusses what, in light of 2020, we can do to make upcoming elections even more secure in an article in The Fulcrum. [...]
Election Officials Are Working to Certify Election Results. They Deserve Our Support.
Local and state election officials are the backbone of the election process and should be the first source voters turn to for information. As they work to certify the official results, here are three things to know: Election officials are on the fro [...]