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Election Cybersecurity

I worked at Facebook. It’s not ready for this year’s election wave.
Katie Harbath / The New York Times / Jan. 29, 2022

Secret report finds flaw in Georgia voting system, but state in the dark
Mark Niesse / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution / Jan. 26, 2022

Are voting machines too vulnerable to hacking? Georgia’s having that debate
Joseph Marks and Aaron Schaffer / The Washington Post / Feb. 2, 2022

The Trump plan to seize voting machines (Podcast)
Michael Barbaro / The New York Times / Feb. 2, 2022

Republican lawmakers seek new powers over elections
Matt Vasilogambros / Stateline / Jan. 26, 2022


Cybersecurity / Technology

A conversation on cybersecurity in 2022
Axios / Feb. 2, 2022

CISA director offers governors advice on talking about cyber
Benjamin Freed / StateScoop / Jan. 31, 2022

The battle for the world’s most powerful cyberweapon
Ronen Bergman and Mark Mazzetti / The New York Times / Jan. 28, 2022

F.C.C. revokes the ability of China Unicom to operate in the U.S.
David McCabe / The New York Times / Jan. 27, 2022

Hackers prey on public schools, adding stress amid pandemic
Cedar Attanasio / The Associated Press / Jan. 31, 2022

Tennessee community college suffers ransomware attack
The Associated Press / Feb. 2, 2022

The IRS plan to require face scans raises concerns about privacy and security
WBUR Here & Now / Feb. 1, 2022

RIPTA data breach affected about 22,000 people
The Associated Press / Feb. 1, 2022

F.B.I. secretly bought Israeli spyware and explored hacking U.S. phones
Michael Levenson / The New York Times / Jan. 28, 2022

The collateral damage of Facebook’s flops
Shira Ovide / The New York Times / Feb. 1, 2022

Cybersecurity / Technology — International

U.S. sends top security official to help NATO brace for Russian cyberattacks
David E. Sanger / The New York Times / Feb. 1, 2022

Israel upholds use of surveillance technology on protesters
Josef Federman / The Associated Press / Feb. 2, 2022

N.Korean internet downed by suspected cyber attacks -researchers
Josh Smith / Reuters / Jan. 26, 2022

Group launched cyberattacks to try to keep Russian troops out of Belarus
Leila Fadel and Jenna McLaughlin / NPR Morning Edition / Jan. 31, 2022

Chinese hackers target German pharma and tech firms
Reuters / Jan. 26, 2022

European oil facilities hit by cyber-attacks
Joe Tidy / BBC / Feb. 3, 2022

Countries are thinking twice about hacking an Olympics held in China
Joseph Marks / The Washington Post / Jan. 31, 2022

Finnish diplomats’ mobile devices hacked with spyware
Karl Ritter / The Associated Press / Jan. 28, 2022


Disinformation / Misinformation

Michigan state official says W.Va. comments go against 2022 misinformation fight
Michel Martin / NPR All Things Considered / Jan. 30, 2022

‘Join the fight’: Some GOP poll worker recruitment takes partisan bent
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News / Jan. 28, 2022

YouTube pulls Senate candidate ad over election fraud claim
Jim Salter / The Associated Press / Jan. 28, 2022

Annotated by the author: ‘Covid test misinformation spikes along with spread of Omicron’
The Learning Network / The New York Times / Feb. 1, 2022

Trump World adjusts to the growing influence of vaccine skeptics within its ranks
Meridith McGraw / POLITICO / Jan. 31, 2022

Pope denounces fake news about COVID, vaccines, urges truth
Nicole Winfield / The Associated Press / Jan. 28, 2022

No, athletes are not dying from Covid-19 vaccines
Stuart A. Thompson / The New York Times / Jan. 28, 2022

Medical boards get pushback as they try to punish doctors for Covid misinformation
Darius Tahir / POLITICO / Feb. 1, 2022

U.S. says new intel shows Russia plotting false flag attack
Aamer Madhani et al. / The Associated Press / Feb. 3, 2022


Elections During and After the Pandemic

Rejected mail ballots are showing racial disparities
Mike Baker / The New York Times / Feb. 2, 2022

More states fight back against threats to election workers
Fredreka Schouten / CNN / Jan. 27, 2022

Campaigning to oversee elections, while denying the last one
Jennifer Medina et al. / The New York Times / Jan. 30, 2022

Democrats decried Dark Money. Then they won with it in 2020.
Kenneth P. Vogel and Shane Goldmacher / The New York Times / Jan. 29, 2022

Ready, set, gerrymander! (Interactive Tool)
Sarah Bahr / The New York Times / Feb. 1, 2022

Key battleground states considering using digital ballot images to boost voter trust
Steven Rosenfeld / Fulcrum / January 28, 2022

There are election reforms that both Democrats and Republicans seem to like
Miles Parks / NPR All Things Considered / Feb. 1, 2022

States are redrawing every congressional district in the U.S. Here is where we stand
POLITICO / Feb. 2, 2022

Trump attacks spur Congress to bolster electoral count law
Lisa Mascaro and Farnoush Amiri / AP News / Feb. 2, 2022

Memos show roots of Trump’s focus on Jan. 6 and alternate electors
Alan Feuer et al. / The New York Times / Feb. 2, 2022

Supreme Court sides with lawmaker in defamation case
Jonathan J. Cooper / AP News / Feb. 2, 2022

Alabama- Voting rights groups urge Supreme Court to let order for redrawn Alabama congressional map stand
Ariane de Vogue and Paul LeBlanc / CNN / Feb. 2, 2022

Arizona- Bowers, House speaker, quashes election override proposal
Howard Fischer / Daily Independent / Feb. 2, 2022

Arizona- Making sense of the 105 election reform bills filed at the legislature
Mark Phillips / ABC 15 / Feb. 2, 2022

Arizona- Despite lingering claims, election officials hope to put 2020 in the past
Camila Pedrosa / Cronkite News / Feb. 2, 2022

California- Shasta County Elections Office responds to a small protest claiming voter fraud in recall election
Ryan Kanne / Action News Now / Feb. 2, 2022

California- Nevada County judge OK’s temporary restraining order against supervisor recall supporters
Sierra Sun / Feb. 2, 2022

California- In this rural California county, GOP members are moving radically right
Scott Shafer / NPR Weekend Edition Saturday / Jan. 29, 2022

Colorado- Weld Clerk and Recorder’s Office releases tool allowing users to view 2021 ballot images
Trevor Reid / Greeley Tribune / Feb. 2, 2022

Colorado- Colorado needs federal help to expand automatic voter registration to Medicaid recipients
Megan Verlee / Colorado Public Radio / Feb. 2, 2022

Florida- Florida GOP election police bill clears committee
Anthony Izaguirre / The Associated Press / Feb. 2, 2022

Florida- Trial underway for Florida’s GOP voting restrictions law
Anthony Izaguirre / The Associated Press / Jan. 31, 2022

Georgia- Will report on Georgia voting vulnerability be revealed?
Mark Niesse / GovTech / Feb. 1, 2022

Georgia- Judge rejects Georgia’s attempts to dismiss redistricting lawsuits
Mark Niesse / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution / Jan. 28, 2022

Georgia- The complicated story of Lincoln County’s proposed poll closure
Stephen Fowler / Georgia Public Broadcasting / Feb. 3, 2022

Indiana- Indiana House backs GOP bill tightening mail-in voting rules
Tom Davies / The Associated Press / Feb. 1, 2022

Kansas- Kansans point to IT flaws, statistical oddities to justify demands for better election security
Tim Carpenter / Kansas Reflector / Feb. 2, 2022

Kansas- ‘The Big Lie’ peddler argues Kansas elections aren’t secure. Some legislators appear sympathetic.
Andrew Bahl / The Topeka Capital-Journal / Feb. 1, 2022

Maryland- Maryland state lawmakers give final OK to new district maps; lawsuit likely
Pamela Wood / The Baltimore Sun / Jan. 27, 2022

Michigan- Lawsuit against redistricting commission alleges state House map unfair to Democrats
Clara Hendrickson and Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press / Feb. 1, 2022

Nevada- New proposed election regulations meet staunch pushback from state GOP
Jacob Solis / The Nevada Independent / Feb. 1, 2022

New Hampshire- Republican lawmakers push for audit of 2020 New Hampshire election
Adam Sexton / WMUR 9 / Feb. 2, 2022

New Mexico- Lawmakers debate reshaping election laws
Dan McKay / Albuquerque Journal / Feb. 2, 2022

New York- A ‘master class’ in gerrymandering, this time led by N.Y. Democrats
Nicholas Fandos et al. / The New York Times / Feb. 2, 2022

North Carolina- In North Carolina, a pitched battle over gerrymanders and justices
Michael Wines / The New York Times / Jan. 29, 2022

Texas- Texas secretary of state sued over secrecy of noncitizen voter purge program
Philip Jankowski / The Dallas Morning News / Feb. 1, 2022

Texas- How a new law ‘turbocharges’ difficulties of voting in Texas
Geoff Bennett et. al. / PBS NewsHour / Jan. 28, 2022

Texas- It’s been a rough start to 2022 for Texas election officials
David Meyers / Fulcrum / Feb. 2, 2022

Washington- As red states impose new restrictions on voting, blue Washington presses ahead with expansions
Austin Jenkins / KUOW / Feb. 2, 2022

West Virginia- W.Va. lawmakers advance bill to enhance voter fraud penalty
Leah Willingham / The Associated Press / Feb. 3, 2022

Wisconsin- Milwaukee has an election coming up. Meet the people tasked with ensuring things go smoothly
Edgar Mendez / Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service / Feb. 2, 2022

Wisconsin- Wisconsin’s continuing 2020 fights: Republicans move to ban election grants while Dems seek ouster of elections commissioner
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Feb. 2, 2022

Elections During and After the Pandemic – International

With 25 candidates, Costa Rica’s election up for grabs
Javier Córdoba / The Associated Press / Feb. 3, 2022

President of Guinea-Bissau reasserts control after fears of another coup in Africa
Declan Walsh / The New York Times / Feb. 1, 2022

Italian lawmakers re-elect Sergio Mattarella as President, preserving status quo
Jason Horowitz / The New York Times / Jan. 29, 2022

Portugal’s Socialists win an outright majority in Parliamentary election
Nicholas Casey / The New York Times / Jan. 30, 2022


The Associated Press / Jan. 20, 2022
Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Carina Robles and Jillian Kwong