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The Paris Call Community for Countering Election Interference Presents Multi-Stakeholder Insights: A Compendium On Countering Election Interference
Speakers: The Honorable Dominic LeBlanc, President of the Queen's Privy Council and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Brad Smith, President of Microsoft Dr. Karen Donfried, President of The German Marshall Fund of the United States The Paris Cal [...]
Join Us For A Launch Event with the Government of Canada and Microsoft!
Multi-stakeholder Insights: A Compendium on Countering Election Interference Wednesday, April 14th, 2021 | 9:15 a.m. PDT | 12:15 p.m. EDT | 6:15 p.m. CET Speakers: The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada an [...]
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 [...]
Brad Hanlon Discusses What Worked, What Didn’t, and What’s Next after the 2020 Election on SiriusXM
Program Manager and Analyst Bradley Hanlon joined Julie Mason to discuss the more than 200 actions the government, private sector, and civil society took to secure the 2020 election against foreign interference and how we can improve going forward. [...]
Brad Hanlon in The Hill: Congressional CEO Grillings Can’t Solve Disinformation. We Need A Public Interest Regulator
Last Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held yet another hearing to grill social media CEOs about the mis- and disinformation on their platforms. While much of the hearing consisted of members soliciting soundbites from the executives [...]
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 [...]
Defending 2020: What Worked, What Didn’t, and What’s Next
Executive Summary The 2016 presidential election served as a wakeup call to the threat of authoritarian interference, and in the years since, many segments of American society—from the federal government to private companies and civil society gro [...]
Nad’a Kovalčíková Discusses Political Advertising in the EU with Globsec
Program Manager and Fellow Nad’a Kovalčíková joined a virtual panel on the topic of “Future of Digital Platforms: Improving transparency of political advertising,” organized by the GLOBSEC-led Alliance for Healthy Infosphere, to discuss the perspect [...]
David Salvo on Russia’s Motivations for Attempting to Interfere in the U.S. Elections
Acting Director David Salvo joined Julie Mason to discuss Russia’s tools, tactics, and motivations for attempting to interfere in the U.S. elections. Related reading: Leaks, Lies, and Altered Tape: Russia’s Maturing Information Manipulation Playbook [...]
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 [...]