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Election Cybersecurity

Voting machines at risk in 2022
Turquoise Baker et al. / Brennan Center for Justice / Mar. 1, 2022

Attacks from within seen as a growing threat to elections
Christina A. Cassidy / The Associated Press / Feb. 25, 2022

Election officials and lawmakers are responding to voter fraud narrative differently
Scott Franz / NPR / Mar. 2, 2022

Derek Schmidt embraces integrity of Kansas elections in audio clip from GOP forum
Sherman Smith / Kansas Reflector / Mar. 2, 2022

Otero County election audit worries state officials
Scott Brown / KRQE / Mar. 2, 2022

Oklahoma- Election secretary talks security, misinformation ahead of 2022 Midterms
Daniel Snyder / KOKH 25 / Mar. 2, 2022

Cybersecurity / Technology

Cyber in the Biden administration’s latest emergency funding request
Martin Matishak / The Record / Mar. 3, 2022

Pentagon CIO on protecting the military from high-level cyber threats
Martin Matishak / The Record / Mar. 1, 2022

The IRS dropped ID.me’s facial recognition tech after backlash. WA is rolling it out in June
Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times / Mar. 2, 2022

What you need to know about facial recognition at airports
Elaine Glusac / The New York Times / Feb. 26, 2022

A coalition of state attorneys general opens an investigation into TikTok.
Cecilia Kang / The New York Times / Mar. 2, 2022

Mayor snagged in WhatsApp debate
Shourjya Mookerjee / Route Fifty / Mar. 3, 2022

Who is policing the location data industry?
Alfred Ng and Jon Keegan / The Markup / Feb. 24, 2022

DOJ officials criticize Senate-passed cyber bill
Ines Kagubar / The Hill / Mar. 3, 2022

Governors tighten IT cybersecurity amid Ukraine attacks
Susan Miller / Route Fifty / Mar. 1, 2022

Vulnerable U.S. electric grid facing threats from Russia and domestic terrorists
Bill Whitaker / CBS 60 Minutes / Feb. 27, 2022

Amid warnings of cyberattacks in Ukraine, U.S. companies ‘sitting and waiting’
David Uberti and Kim S. Nash / The Wall Street Journal / Feb. 28, 2022

Cybersecurity / Technology — International

How the battle between Russia and Ukraine has developed in cyberspace
Jenna McLaughlin / NPR All Things Considered / Mar. 3, 2022

“Ukraine has been a giant test lab”: Russia’s cyberwar risks more death and collateral damage
Vittoria Elliott / Rest of World / Feb. 27, 2022

Senators want to know if Russia can use cryptocurrencies to skirt sanctions.
Emily Flitter and David Yaffe-Bellany / The New York Times / Mar. 2, 2022

A free-for-all but no crippling cyberattacks in Ukraine war
Alan Suderman and Frank Bajak / The Associated Press / Mar. 1, 2022

Russia blocks media outlets, others hacked over Ukraine war
Dasha Litvinova / The Associated Press / Feb. 28, 2022

Cybersecurity expert Chris Krebs on threat of Russian cyberattacks on Ukraine and its allies
CBS News / Mar. 1, 2022

Ukraine war tests the power of tech giants
Adam Satariano and Sheera Frenkel / The New York Times / Feb. 28, 2022

Google expands security protections for Ukrainian users
Emma Vail / The Record / Mar. 1, 2022

As tanks rolled into Ukraine, so did malware. Then Microsoft entered the war
David E. Sanger et al. / The New York Times / Feb. 28, 2022

Cyber insurance policies may be put to the test by Russian attacks, credit ratings firm warns
Adam Janofsky / The Record / Mar. 2, 2022

Ukraine cyber group to strike at Russia’s critical infrastructure
Ines Kagubare / The Hill / Mar. 3, 2022

Toyota stops production in Japan after a cyberattack at a supplier
Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno / The New York Times / Feb. 28, 2022

Disinformation / Misinformation

Claims of Johnson County election fraud based on partial, out-of-context information
Jonathan Shorman and Katie Bernard / The Kansas City Star / Mar. 2, 2022

How Spanish-language misinformation will play a role in the 2022 midterms
Jenn White / NPR 1A / Mar. 1, 2022

Georgia’s race to oversee voting pits an election denier against an election defender
Miles Parks / NPR / Mar. 3, 2022

The surgeon general calls on Big Tech to turn over Covid-19 misinformation data.
Davey Alba / The New York Times / Mar. 3, 2022

At CPAC, Trump misleads about Biden, a Russian pipeline and gas prices
Linda Qiu / The New York Times / Feb. 27, 2022

These climate scientists are fed up and ready to go on strike
Raymond Zhong / The New York Times / Mar. 1, 2022

An ‘IT army’ is fighting Russian propaganda
Siobhán O’Grady et al. / The Washington Post / Feb. 27, 2022

BBC revives shortwave radio dispatches in Ukraine, and draws ire of Russia
Tiffany Hsu / The New York Times / Mar. 3, 2022

Last vestiges of Russia’s free press fall under Kremlin pressure
Anton Troianovski and Valeriya Safronova / The New York Times / Mar. 3, 2022

Russia takes off the air two stations critical of Ukraine invasion
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill / Mar. 1, 2022

Big tech grapples with Russian state media, propaganda
David Klepper and Amanda Seitz / The Associated Press / Mar. 1, 2022

Twitch says it will bar chronic spreaders of misinformation
Kellen Browning / The New York Times / Mar. 3, 2022

Scammy Instagram ‘war pages’ are capitalizing on Ukraine conflict
Taylor Lorenz / Input Magazine / Feb. 25, 2022

Facebook and TikTok ban Russian state media in Europe
Elizabeth Dwoskin and Cat Zakrzewski / The Washington Post / Feb. 28, 2022

Meta says Russians targeting Ukrainians with misinformation and hacking attempts on Facebook
Musadiq Bidar and Nicole Sganaga / CBS News / Feb. 28, 2022

Moscow’s misinformation: Russian TV says Ukraine is attacking its own buildings
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill / Mar. 2, 2022

Fact and mythmaking blend in Ukraine’s information war
Stuart A. Thompson and Davey Alba / The New York Times / Mar. 3, 2022

Elections During and After the Pandemic

2022 Midterm Primary Election Calendar
Taylor Johnston / The New York Times / Mar. 3, 2022

How do election results work?
Alicia Parlapiano and Nate Cohn / The New York Times / Mar. 1, 2022

Voting rights activists are pushing to speak the language of all voters. It’s not always English.
Deborah Barfield Berry / USA Today / Feb. 26, 2022

Arizona- GOP lawsuit looks to throw out absentee voting in Arizona
Jonathan J. Cooper / The Associated Press / Feb. 28, 2022

Arizona- Ariz. State House debates bill that would require ID, last 4 digits of social security number to vote by mail
Stephanie Bennett / FOX10 / Feb. 28, 2022

California- How redistricting could affect California politics
Soumya Karlamangla / The New York Times / Mar. 2, 2022

Colorado- Republicans file federal lawsuit to block unaffiliated voters from participating in Colorado’s primary election
Sandra Fish / The Colorado Sun / Mar. 1, 2022

Colorado- Facing ongoing threats, Colorado’s Secretary of State says the position needs more security — and other politicians want the same
Bente Birkeland / Colorado Public Radio / Mar. 2, 2022

Florida- GOP registered more than 100 Florida voters as Republicans without their consent
Bianca Padró Ocasio, et. al. / Tampa Bay Times / Feb. 25, 2022

Florida- 13K+ Leon County voters asked to update registration with ID information
Alyssa Camacho / WCTV / Mar. 2, 2022

Georgia- ‘We’re very concerned’: Black voters fear changes to Georgia voting laws
Janelle Griffith / NBC News / Mar. 2, 2022

Idaho- New bill in the Idaho Legislature would prohibit absentee ballot drop boxes
Clark Corbin / Idaho Capital Sun / Feb. 25, 2022

Illinois- Bill would require additional voter ID requirements
Howard Fischer / Herald Review / Feb. 27, 2022

Indiana- Porter County vote center plan offers more access
Doug Ross / NWI Times / Feb. 27, 2022

Kansas- Kansas agrees new mail ballot restrictions are unconstitutional, will pay legal fees
Sherman Smith / Kansas Reflector / Feb. 28, 2022

Michigan- Inside Michigan’s multi-front efforts to protect voting rights
Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet / Feb. 25, 2022

Minnesota- Redistricting creates new ‘powerhouse’ districts for Minnesota tribes
Briana Blerschbach / Star Tribune / Feb. 27, 2022

Mississippi- How Mississippi is working to reform its broken ballot initiative process
WLOX / Feb. 27, 2022

Missouri- Missouri legislature unlikely to expand early voting despite its popularity
Evan Lasseter / Columbia Missourian / Mar. 2, 2022

Nebraska- Nebraska legislative hearing on voter ID bill turns into baseless questioning of state’s election results
Jon Kipper / KMTV / Mar. 2, 2022

Nevada- Lawmakers split on regulations enshrining switch to mostly mail election
Sean Golonka and Jacob Solis / The Nevada Independent / Mar. 1, 2022

New Jersey- NJ issues new police guidance at polling locations
Sarah Salvadore / Patch / Feb. 26, 2022

New Jersey- Morris County commissioners spar over $5 million voting machine purchase
William Westhoven / Morristown Daily Record / Feb. 25, 2022

New Mexico- Secretary of State and State Attorney General issue ‘voter risk advisory’
KOAT 7 / Mar. 2, 2022

New York- Lawsuit over noncitizen voting rights in local elections faces new delay
Bridgid Bergin / Gothamist / Feb. 25, 2022

Ohio- Ohio’s Secretary of State says it is too late to have one primary for all races May 3
Jo Ingles / Statehouse News Bureau / Feb. 25, 2022

Oregon- Oregon Democrats pass bill to expand online voter registration
Dirk VanderHart / OPB / Feb. 25, 2022

Pennsylvania- Justices keep Pennsylvania mail-in voting law in place, at least for now
The Associated Press / Mar. 1, 2022

South Carolina- SC House effort to expand early, no-excuse voting gets unanimous support
Emily Bohatch / The State / Mar. 2, 2022

South Dakota- Senate panel: No Super Tuesday
Bob Mercer / KeloLand / Feb. 25, 2022

Tennessee- Washington County, TN elections to look different with addition of Poll Pads
John Jenco / WJHL 11 / Feb. 25, 2022

Texas- Voting snafus in Texas primary show what may be on the way for other states
Kira Lerner / Idaho Capital Sun / Mar. 2, 2022

Texas- Harris County denies claim by Secretary of State that votes will not be counted on time
Chad Washington / KIAH 39 / Mar. 2, 2022

Texas- Who won, who lost and what was too close to call in the Texas primaries
Maggie Astor / The New York Times / Mar. 2, 2022

Texas- Takeaways from the Texas primary elections
Reid J. Epstein / The New York Times / Mar. 2, 2022

Texas- Voters with disabilities concerned about SB 1’s impact on getting assistance at the polls
Shelly Brisbin / KUT 90.5 / Feb. 25, 2022

Vermont- Absentee ballots prompt problems with voting machines in Washington Central and Barre
David Delcore / Barre Montpelier Times Argus / Mar. 2, 2022

West Virginia- State releases online mapping tool for elections
The Register-Herald / Mar. 2, 2022

Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Steven Vargas and Jillian Kwong