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.
David Levine and Laurențiu Pleșca in Emerging Europe: Moldova must bolster its electoral integrity ahead of this year’s presidential election
Moldova is due to hold its next presidential election in autumn this year. Laurențiu Pleșca and David Levine write that given the high risk of Russian interference, bolstering the country’s electoral integrity should be a key priority ahead of the v [...]
Lindsay Gorman at SXSW: Elections in the Age of AI: New Tech’s Impacts on Democracy
Senior Fellow for Emerging Technologies Lindsay Gorman joined a panel at SXSW 2024 to discuss how artificial intelligence will impact democratic institutions and elections moving forward. She was joined by Boston University's Joan Donovan, Center fo [...]
Krystyna Sikora, David Levine, and Lindsay Gorman in the Fulcrum: Elections workers must wake up to the risks posed by AI
Days before New Hampshire’s presidential primary, up to 25,000 Granite State voters received a mysterious call from “President Joe Biden.” He urged Democrats not to vote in the primary because it “only enables the Republicans in their quest to elect [...]
The Role of Search Engines in Contesting or Reinforcing Election Fraud Narratives
“Look up SMARTMATIC and tweet me what you think?” tweeted Rudy Guiliani, then-US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, in the weeks after the 2020 US presidential election. It was part of a broader campaign to delegitimize the election by castin [...]
The ASD AI Election Security Handbook
Introduction The typical local election official in the United States is a white woman who is older than 50, earns more than $40,000, does not have a college degree, and is less likely today than in the past to have extensive experience in electio [...]
ASD Publishes AI Election Security Handbook
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States released “The ASD AI Election Security Handbook” as a resource for elections officials responding to unprecedented threats to election security su [...]
David Levine in Taipei Times: The next vote can be even better
Taiwan recently reaffirmed the strength of its democracy by successfully administering its elections last month in defiance of threats from China and elsewhere, but those threats and others created an emphasis on election security that continues to [...]
David Levine and Ian Batista in the Fulcrum: What can the U.S. learn from Argentina’s elections?
In 2024, more voters will head to the polls than ever before across the world and in the United States. However, elections by themselves do not guarantee democracy, and as the 2024 presidential elections heats up, it’s important that the U.S. consid [...]
David Salvo and Rachael Dean Wilson in Defense One: Foreign interference in U.S. elections isn’t old news
False narratives, new technologies, and the potential for political violence are intensifying an already fraught election cycle. Read more here The views expressed in GMF publications and commentary are the views of the author alone. [...]
Voting in Beijing’s Shadow: The People’s Republic of China Interferes in the 2024 Taiwanese Elections
The recent Taiwanese elections provide important insights into the tools and tactics the People’s Republic of China (PRC) might use when election results matter to its leadership. Similarly, Taiwanese authorities’ vigilance and responsiveness to Bei [...]
What to Watch: ASD at GMF Experts Weigh in on the 2024 US Presidential Primaries
This year’s US presidential primaries will determine who will lead the country come January 2025 amid growing autocratic threats to American democracy. Experts from the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund are monitoring and a [...]
Taiwan’s Election: 2024’s Canary in the Coal Mine for Disinformation against Democracy
As we step into 2024, an unprecedented four billion people globally are gearing up to participate in what is set to be the largest election year in history. At the forefront of this democratic marathon is Taiwan, whose January elections not only ina [...]