Earlier this month, Harris County sued the State of Texas to temporarily block a law, known as Senate Bill 1750, that would eliminate the Harris County elections administrator position effective September 1st. Harris County really messed up its ad [...]
Senior Elections Integrity David Levine joined Transparencia Electoral on August 4, 2023 to discuss strategies to counter disinformation about election administration. [...]
David Levine and Krystyna Sikora discuss findings from their recent paper "Countering the Weaponization of Election Administration Mistakes" at the Electoral Integrity Project's third annual virtual conference. Watch their panel at 1:12:31. [...]
Introduction When people perform tasks in a complex work environment, mistakes are bound to happen. Election systems are no exception. Although the 2020 presidential and 2022 midterm elections in the United States were free, fair, and well-adminis [...]
Introduction Protections are baked into each stage of US election administration. For example, nearly every state has paper records of each vote, safeguards to ensure the chain of custody of those ballots, and the ability to go back and count each [...]
Introduction As a result of the 2020 and 2022 federal elections, the job of administering elections has dramatically changed in the United States, and the demands on the dedicated officials that run our elections have also increased. The people wh [...]
David Levine is an experienced elections professional with a wide range of expertise in election security, administration, and policy. He currently serves as the Election Integrity Fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, a nonpartisan initi [...]
At the start of the new year, we asked our experts to each put forth one recommendation that would strengthen democracy during a period of declining trust, emboldened autocrats, and war. Their answers touch on a variety of issues—from the war in Ukr [...]
Despite fears of false and misleading election information resulting in more election worker threats and doubt about the 2022 elections, Idaho appears to have emerged from the midterms relatively unscathed. Idaho election officials and their partner [...]
OSET Institute's feature interview is with David Levine, Elections Integrity Fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy of the German Marshall Fund. David is a non-practicing lawyer and previously, the Ada County, Idaho Elections Director. David [...]
Should members of Congress be able to object to election results as part of a strategy to draw greater attention to election reform efforts, as two Democratic members tried to do following George W. Bush’s reelection in 2004? Should members of Congr [...]
David Levine, elections integrity fellow at GMF’s Alliance for Securing Democracy, joined Newsy in the lead up to the 2022 US midterm elections. He discussed potential cyber threats, the effects of Twitter’s change of ownership on the platform’s pol [...]
Tomorrow’s midterm elections will be a benchmark for the state of American democracy. As early voting surges, people around the country (and the world) are watching to see what happens in what is perhaps the most important midterm election in recent [...]
The midterm elections are just 4 days away, and over 34 million people have cast their vote. And yet, there are still many people who don't believe our elections are safe and secure, who haven't cast a vote yet. David Levine from the Alliance for S [...]
While much has been written about the nearly 300 election-denying candidates seeking public office this November, Americans who believe in democracy shouldn’t lose hope yet. But they do need to act now to ensure the integrity of future elections. D [...]
This episode is Dirty Moderate’s official response to election deniers. We understand a certain group of Americans cannot accept truth, reality, science, etc…but here is some anyway. You know, for the hell of it. Call us dirty moderates. America’s [...]
David Levine discusses the dangers around rogue poll workers on WISN’s ‘UpFront’ and his guidance on how to vet poll workers. [...]
Is the public discussion in our democracies an open dialogue, or do malicious actors manipulate the debate for their own purposes? META (the owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) published a report in September 2022 about “Coordinated Inauthen [...]
The Carter Center & the Alliance for Securing Democracy both leading organizations in election observation, say it's time for nonpartisan observation in U.S. elections. Join a timely and intimate conversation with them on: Why this is the time f [...]
Introduction Insider threats are not new to election administrators. As the Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC) director, who formerly served as director of elections for South Carolina, recently noted, “[Elec [...]
ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine spoke to Newsy about new video footage showing allies of former president Donald Trump visiting the elections office in Coffee County, Georgia, during the time period when an elections system was breached. [...]
To deter threats directed at election workers, a bipartisan group of senators proposed reforms to the Electoral Count Act in July that include increased federal penalties for candidates who threaten or intimidate election workers — a necessary step [...]
Earlier this month, ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine spoke with Constance Hargrove, director of elections for Pima County, Arizona. Arizona recently became the first battleground state to nominate election deniers for all three top state [...]
ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined Newsy for a news special on the 2022 US midterms on Sunday, August 28, 2022. David shared his thoughts on the state of US democracy, the implications of new voting laws, and the impact of mis- and d [...]
Last week, ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine spoke with longtime Wisconsin election administrator and Madison City Attorney Michael Haas. They talked about conducting Wisconsin elections, including the state’s August 9th primary, in the st [...]
The Alliance for Securing Democracy’s Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine discussed the impact of election-denying candidates running for office in the 2022 midterms on Newsy on Thursday, August 18, 2022. [...]
It’s been nearly a year since the Department of Justice the U.S. Department of Justice established an Election Threats Task Force to address the rise in threats against election workers, administrators, officials, and others associated with [...]
WURD Radio · Reality Check 7.20.22 - David Levine David Levine is an Elections Integrity Fellow, Alliance for Securing Democracy German Marshall Fund of the United States. He joined Charles to discuss the three Pennsylvania counties’ refusal to tall [...]
Introduction False claims of a stolen election in 2020 shook U.S. democracy to its foundation, seeding ideas and establishing behavior that will reverberate in elections for years to come. The unprecedented number of false claims alleging election [...]
Last week, ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine spoke with Brandi Bantz, director of elections for Mesa County, Colorado, and the Mesa County designated election official (DEO) for the 2022 elections, on the latest episode of Ballots and Bage [...]
2022 University of Southern California Regional Workshop: AK ID OR WA with David Levine, Elections Integrity Fellow, Alliance for Securing Democracy, German Marshall Fund of the United States. For more information about the USC Election Cybersecurit [...]
On the latest episode of the Conduit Street Podcast, renowned elections expert David Levine joins Kevin Kinnally and Michael Sanderson to discuss election integrity and efficiency. Topics include strategies to deter and defend against misinformati [...]
The National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command recently reestablished their election security team to help secure the 2022 midterm elections. In light of Independent Sen. Angus King’s push for Cybercom to produce unclassified reports connected [...]
As the first public hearings about the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection underscored, the biggest current threat to the integrity of American elections is election subversion — i.e., efforts to interfere with or overturn the counting of votes or certificat [...]
Last week, ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine spoke with Joseph Kirk, election supervisor for Bartow County, Georgia, on the latest episode of Ballots and Bagels. They talked about preparing for and administering Georgia’s May 24th primary, [...]
More than a year and a half after the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol will hold its first public hearing this Thursday. The televised series of hearings will f [...]
David Levine, elections integrity fellow with Alliance for Securing Democracy, joins Cheddar News to discuss Politico's bombshell finding revealing the RNC's plan to contest the elections. [...]
In episode 2 of the Alliance for Securing Democracy’s Ballots & Bagels series, Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine speaks to Seth Bluestein, city commissioner for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Board of Elections, about what we can learn fro [...]
Last week, ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine spoke with Seth Bluestein, city commissioner for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Board of Elections, on the latest episode of Ballots and Bagels. They talked about preparing for and administering [...]
Last year, Georgia enacted a controversial elections law that critics said would make it significantly harder for people to vote. And while that may still be true, last week’s primary went smoothly with record turnout among both Republicans and Demo [...]