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. [...]
width="100%"> Joining host Ron Hansen this week are The Republic's Ray Stern and Stacey Barchenger, along with Rachel Dean Wilson. She’s the head of external affairs at the Alliance for Securing Democracy — a nonpartisan initiative that works to [...]
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 [...]
A group in Colorado conducted a so-called “audit” of voters for the purpose of proving fraud in the election process there. Volunteers signed up to ask voters a series of questions to verify their existence and compare with official public records. [...]
WURD Radio · Reality Check 7.27.22 - Rachael Dean Wilson And David Salvo David Salvo and Rachael Dean Wilson from the Alliance for Securing Democracy joined Charles to discuss election security and disinformation ahead of the 2022 midterms. [...]
Exacerbating polarization in America is a strategic move for authoritarian governments like Russia, China, and Iran. A democracy entangled in its own disagreements is a weakened player on the world stage and a boon for competitor nations. Iran and R [...]
From fervent attacks on US political campaigns to mis, dis, and mal-information targeting trust in our elections, autocratic interference in democracy is truly a global challenge with local implications. As voters in a key swing state, Pennsylvanian [...]
“One of the biggest threats to our elections and to democracy in general is misinformation and disinformation. Whether intentional or unintentional, both reduce voters’ confidence in the electoral process, and in turn, discourage participation,” act [...]
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 [...]
It takes more than superb election officials and secure processes to build trust in elections – it is truly a whole of society effort. Democracies need engaged leadership from government, the private sector, the media, and civil society to push back [...]
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 [...]
ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined Newsy on Monday, May 23 to discuss record early voting and the impact of new voting laws in Georgia ahead of the state’s primary election. [...]
The 2020 presidential election cycle was abnormally long, with chaos, debate about the outcome, and an insurrection before it finally concluded—at least officially—on inauguration day in January 2021. Now just over a year later, the United States mu [...]
As the first wave of midterm primary elections approaches, it is becoming clear how elections will be conducted following the 2020 presidential election and the picture is not a pretty one in many jurisdictions. Many states, fueled by the “Big Lie” [...]
This week, Alliance for Securing Democracy launched “Ballots and Bagels: Conversations with Trusted Election Sources,” an interview series hosted by Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine that aims to highlight the successes of and lessons learned [...]
“Ballots and Bagels: Conversations with Trusted Election Sources” is a series by the Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) hosted by Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine. Given that a large portion of Americans still think the 2020 election was s [...]
In the wake of misinformation about the 2020 election, one expert believes democracy is on the ballot this year. David Levine, elections integrity fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy and former Ada County elections director from 2017 to 20 [...]
Fueled by false conspiracy theories about a stolen presidential election, at least 19 states passed measures in 2021 that make it unnecessarily harder to cast, count and/or certify votes. A Texas law known as SB 1 may be the worst of the lot, and th [...]
We are witnessing an unprecedented attack on our democracy, fueled by baseless allegations that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. Such claims inspired the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and spawned a sort of dual re [...]
When Idahoans vote in the 2022 elections later this year, Democrats and Republicans will not be the only candidates on the ballot — democracy will be as well. Idaho voters must do their part to ensure that future elections continue to represent the [...]