🗳️ We're presenting at the The Lenfest Institute for Journalism + The Associated Press Forum on Journalism and Democracy today!

Our Rachel Orey will pitch a project on proactive strategies that, if implemented now, could help mitigate misinformation after Election Day.

You should check out the fellowship program!

Thrilled to see this excellent work from our colleagues at Bipartisan Policy Center. Great job Rachel Orey Dan Thompson & Joshua Ferrer! gronke will be sharing more on his & EVIC's LinkedIn pages on this analysis and how it syncs with EVIC (Elections & Voting Information Center)' Local Election Official Survey work.

The Bipartisan Policy Center has posted a neat overall/general explainer of how election security works in the states: bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/unit…

ICYMI: Will Adler testified before Alaska Legislative Information Offices on how to strengthen the transparency of Alaska's elections through early reporting of ranked choice election results. ⬇️

In 2022, it took weeks for Alaska voters to know who was leading in their ranked choice voting Congressional race!

RCV results don't have to be slow. This week, I testified before the AK legislature on how to improve election reporting.
Bipartisan Policy Center

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Today's House-passed appropriations bill allocates $55 million from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund (PECF) for supporting local and state election administration in 2024.

Sound familiar? Matt Weil proposed funding election administration via the PECF in Washington Post Opinions.

The solution to the perpetual election funding problem is right in front of us. Let the American people decide how much election funding to send to the states!

The federal government plays a key role in shaping elections policy.

Isaac Cramer, Exec. Director of Charleston Co. Board of Elections and member of BPC's Elections Task Force, joined Senate Rules Committee today to highlight challenges to election administration.
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Today, our new survey in collaboration with States United Democracy Center and Integrity Institute reveals how American voters consume, assess, and engage with election information in 2024. bit.ly/3Tdj0vN

Put this on your reading list for the week:

'The language isn't quite as strong as one might have expected.' - Rachel Orey

Read more via Matt O'Brien and Ali Swenson. 👇

Excellent thread on new Tech Accords to combat deceptive use of AI in 2024 elections. 👇

While a step in the right direction, it’s how the companies act to make these commitments a reality that will matter most to safeguarding 2024.

Today at the Munich Security Conference Munich Security Conference, a group of AI & social media companies announced an accord to seek to develop tech to detect and label AI-generated images/video/audio that aim to deceive voters in light of crucial elections around the globe this year [THREAD]

First, the accord doesn't include commitments to prevent the generation or distribution of “deceptive AI election content” using their tools, or commit to any enforcement actions against it, such as downranking, halting resharing, or removing this content from their platforms.

I've joined The Turnout as a Research Associate & Project Manager!! Thrilled to be a part of such an awesome team!

40 states and DC allow for some level of mail ballot preprocessing before #ElectionDay — up from just 27 states in 2020, according to Rachel Orey.

Read more via Zach Montellaro. 👇

Earlier today: “A federal court has directed Pennsylvania counties to accept mail ballots that a voter has failed to date or misdated, a long-awaited decision that could affect thousands of ballots in the upcoming 2024 presidential election.” inquirer.com/politics/penns…