Elections are a hallmark of democracy, making them prime targets for foreign interference. Find ASD’s work on the foreign threats to election infrastructure and electoral processes, as well as steps democracies can take to secure them, on this page.
Bret Schafer and David Levine on Voting during Coronavirus in the Annual State of Black America Report
ASD Media and Digital Disinformation Fellow Bret Schafer and Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine authored a piece on the intersection of disinformation and safe voting during the coronavirus pandemic as part of the National Urban League's annual [...]
Laura Rosenberger on Fortifying U.S. Democracy in The Dallas Morning News
Director Laura Rosenberger explains the need to fortify U.S. democracy to offer an alternative to authoritarianism being spread by Russia and the People's Republic of China in The Dallas Morning News. As anti-racism protests erupted across the co [...]
David Levine on a FedInsider Panel Discussing Voter Interface with Election Security
ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined a panel discussion hosted by FedInsider on how voters will interact with new security measures being introduced for upcoming elections. (Please note: an email address is required to view the panel d [...]
The Alliance for Securing Democracy Partners with the National Association of Secretaries of State to Support #TrustedInfo2020 Initative
THE ALLIANCE FOR SECURING DEMOCRACY PARTNERS WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES OF STATE TO SUPPORT #TRUSTEDINFO2020 INITIATIVE Contact: Kayla Goodson, press@securingdemocracy.org Washington, D.C.-- Ahead of the 2020 general election, the [...]
#TrustedInfo2020: What U.S. Voters Can Do to Get Accurate Election Information
In August 2020, ASD joined the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) and its other supporting partners on #TrustedInfo2020, an education effort dedicated both to promoting election officials as the trusted sources of election informati [...]
David Levine Testifies before House Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation
Statement of David Levine, Elections Integrity Fellow, Alliance for Securing Democracy Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection & Innovation of the Committee on Homeland Security Hearing On “Safe, Secure and Auditable: Protecting [...]
Congress Should Follow the Money Like the British Parliament
This article was originally published as a GMF Transatlantic Take on July 31, 2020. After the United Kingdom’s parliament released its recent report on Russian interference in British democracy, front-page headlines howled that it damns the governme [...]
David Levine Discusses How to Keep Voters—And Votes—Safe in November with GovExec
Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined GovExec's daily podcast to discuss the security of the election, mail-in voting, and the coronavirus. The 2020 election cycle was expected to dominate this year, but it has been moved aside as the corona [...]
The Challenges Poland Faced in Securing its Presidential Elections During Coronavirus
In May, just days before the Polish presidential election was scheduled, the coronavirus pandemic and a government-ordered lockdown threw preparations for the election into disarray. The conservative ruling party and its opponents could not agree on [...]
Defend Democracy the Australian Way
This article was originally published as a GMF Transatlantic Take on July 23, 2020. With mounting evidence that Russia regularly interferes in British democracy while the U.K. government “actively avoids” investigating, the country needs a proven pl [...]
Laura Rosenberger on the National Security Implications of the Twitter Hack on CNN
The hijack of several high-profile Twitter feeds raises concern:could America's adversaries crash markets, ruin elections, or start a war with fake tweets? Director Laura Rosenberger discussed CNN to discuss these concerns. [...]
Bret Schafer Discusses China’s Messaging on George Floyd Protests on VOA Chinese
Digital Media and Disinformation Fellow Bret Schafer explained that for the first time with the George Floyd protests, we’ve seen China aggressively messaging on an issue that doesn’t directly relate to its own interests. China has been trying to pa [...]