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Election Cybersecurity
Colorado seeks election hard drive copies in security probe
James Anderson / The Associated Press News / Feb. 17, 2022
Weber County picks cybersecurity expert to head elections office
Tim Vandernack / Standard-Examiner / Feb. 18, 2022
There’s no such thing as ‘smart’ ballot drop boxes. A GOP proposal would require their use.
Gloria Gomez / AZ Mirror / Feb. 21, 2022
Election officials in Washington, and nationwide, flooded with records requests from doubters
Will James / KNKX Public Radio / Feb. 23, 2022
New legislation could bring mobile voting to the District
Lauren Lumpkin / The Washington Post / Feb. 18, 2022
Need for voting machine printers questioned locally
Mike Marturello / KPC News / Feb. 20, 2022
Lawmakers want more time to inspect options for Louisiana voting machines
Greg Larose / Louisiana Illuminator / Feb. 23, 2022
Missouri- St. Louis County assures voters of election integrity
Russell Kinsaul / KMOV 4 / Feb. 23, 2022
Cybersecurity / Technology
New York leaders announce new cybersecurity precautions to ward off potential payback by Russian hackers
Marcia Kramer / CBS News / Feb. 22, 2022
Agencies shouldn’t use facial recognition for id verification, group says
Natalie Alms / Route Fifty / Feb. 17, 2022
The cybersecurity steps businesses need to take now
Ina Fried / Axios / Feb. 24, 2022
Consumers beware: Personal tracking devices can track you, too
Michel Martin / NPR All Things Considered / Feb. 20, 2022
Crypto scammers’ new target: Dating apps
Kevin Roose / The New York Times / Feb. 21, 2022
2021 was the year of the cyber heist
Paddy Hirsch and Stacy Va / NPR The Indicator / Feb. 23, 2022
The Week in Business: A step toward data privacy
Sarah Kessler / The New York Times / Feb. 20, 2022
Trump’s social media site hits the app store a year after he was banned from Twitter
Nell Clark / NPR / Feb. 22, 2022
New York now leads nation in mobile sports betting
Corey Kilgannon / The New York Times / Feb. 23, 2022
Big Tech allies point to China, Russia threat in push to squash antitrust bill
Karl Evers-Hillstrom and Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill / Feb. 23, 2022
Cybersecurity / Technology — International
Cyberattacks against Ukraine have intensified in recent days
A Martinez / NPR Morning Edition / Feb. 24, 2022
Big banks are keeping a close eye on Russia-Ukraine tensions.
Lananh Nguyen / The New York Times / Feb. 22, 2022
How the U.S. benefits when China turns its back on Bitcoin
John Ruwitch and Emily Feng / NPR Morning Edition / Feb. 24, 2022
Social media platforms take action on Ukraine
Chris Mills Rodrigo et al. / The Hill / Feb. 24, 2022
White House knocks report on Biden being presented cyberattack options on Russia
Monique Beals / The Hill / Feb. 24, 2022
Vast leak exposes how Credit Suisse served strongmen and spies
Jesse Drucker and Ben Hubbard / The New York Times / Feb. 20, 2022
Israel says police didn’t hack civilians without court approval
Ronen Bergman and Patrick Kingsley / The New York Times / Feb. 21, 2022
Kazakhstan’s internet shutdown offers lessons for Russia-Ukraine crisis
Adam Satariano et al. / The New York Times / Feb. 18, 2022
Disinformation / Misinformation
The Russian disinformation war is underway
Greg Myre and Jenna McLaughlin / NPR All Things Considered / Feb. 23, 2022
Russia uses disinformation on Ukraine military aggressions as a pretext for war
Nick Schifrin and Layla Quran / PBS NewsHour / Feb. 23, 2022
Russia has been laying groundwork online for a ‘false flag’ operation, misinformation researchers say
Davey Alba / The New York Times / Feb. 19, 2022
Accounts highlighting Russian disinformation improperly suspended, Twitter says
Lexi Lonas / The Hill / Feb. 23, 2022
Putin spins a conspiracy theory that Ukraine is on a path to nuclear weapons
David E. Sanger / The New York Times / Feb. 23, 2022
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on election integrity and democracy ahead of 2022 midterms
CBS News / Feb. 21, 2022
How free speech is under attack in the U.S.
CBS Sunday Morning / Feb. 20, 2022
The doctor giving Desantis’s pandemic policies a seal of approval
Patricia Mazzei / The New York Times / Feb. 23, 2022
Fed up with Google, conspiracy theorists turn to DuckDuckGo
Stuart A. Thompson / The New York Times / Feb. 23, 2022
Who is behind QAnon? Linguistic detectives find fingerprints
David D. Kirkpatrick / The New York Times / Feb. 19, 2022
Mexican president: Blinken ‘misinformed’ on journalist killings
Rafael Bernal / The Hill / Feb. 23, 2022
New Zealand protest, an echo of Canada’s, digs in and turns ugly
Pete McKenzie / The New York Times / Feb. 23, 2022
Facebook fell short of its promises to label climate change denial, a study finds
Rachel Treisman / NPR / Feb. 23, 2022
Bots and fake accounts push China’s vision of winter olympic wonderland
Steven Lee Myers et al. / ProPublica / Feb. 18, 2022
Elections During and After the Pandemic
Election workers are in crisis. Will Congress actually help?
Sam Brodey / Daily Beast / Feb. 21, 2022
Indiana, Illinois take vastly different approaches to elections
Whitney Downard / Kokomo Tribune / Feb. 19, 2022
Oregon, California seek to protect election workers from threats
Linda So / Reuters / Feb. 18, 2022
Arizona- Auditor general: Election audits wouldn’t begin until 2024 cycle
Jeremy Duda / AZ Mirror / Feb. 18, 2022
Arkansas- On The Trail: Arkansas case poses new threat to Voting Rights Act
Reid Wilson / The Hill / Feb. 20, 2022
Arkansas- U.S. Justice Department declines to intervene in Arkansas redistricting case, clearing way for new legislative map
Dale Ellis / Arkansas Democrat Gazette / Feb. 23, 2022
California- Kings County considers embracing “Voter’s Choice Act’
Eric Gill / Hanford Sentinel / Feb. 21, 2022
California- Lost in translation? California election ballots may be in fewer languages
Sameea Kamal / CalMatters / Feb. 21, 2022
Connecticut- COVID-19 absentee voting makes gains in state
Paul Hughes / Republican-American / Feb. 23, 2022
Florida- Federal judge weighs arguments in Florida voting trial over mail ballots, drop boxes
Dara Kam / Bradenton Herald / Feb. 18, 2022
Idaho- Idaho House narrowly passes bill to change unaffiliated voter deadline
Kelcie Moseley-Morris / Idaho Capital Sun / Feb. 21, 2022
Idaho- Election transparency bills introduced in Idaho committee
KTVB7 / Feb. 21, 2022
Idaho- Bills to stop ‘crossover voting’ offered by Sen. Biteman
KPVI / Feb. 18, 2022
Idaho- Election transparency bills introduced in Idaho committee
Rebecca Boone / The Associated Press / Feb. 21, 2022
Illinois- Despite hurdles, automatic voter registration law adds to voter rolls
Amanda Vinicky / WTTW / Feb. 23, 2022
Kentucky- Kentucky Board of Elections conducting purge of voter rolls
Leanne Fuller / WPSD 6 / Feb. 23, 2022
Louisiana- Disability advocate warns hand-marked ballots ‘worst possible system’ for Louisiana elections
The Louisiana Weekly / JC Canicosa / Feb. 18, 2022
Michigan- Michigan GOP aims to end online absentee ballot applications, stiffen signature verification
Clara Hendrickson / Detroit Free Press / Feb. 23, 2022
Michigan- GOP-led panel asks Michigan Secretary of State to submit new voting rules
Rick Pluta / Michigan Radio / Feb. 23, 2022
Missouri- Disability advocates: Focus on accessibility in voting reforms
Lily Bohlke / Missouri News Service / Feb. 20, 2022
Missouri- Missouri lawmakers consider implementing political party registration
Jana Rose Schleis / Columbia Missourian / Feb. 23, 2022
Nebraska- Organizations talk about voter ID and the problems it could cause
Rose Todd / Fox 42 / Feb. 21, 2022
Nevada- Voting proposal, borne from unsubstantiated fraud claims, might not be the last, groups say
Michael Lyle / Nevada Currents / Feb. 21
Nevada- Clark County to buy new machines to count mail-in ballots
The Associated Press / Feb. 17, 2022
New Jersey- N.J. gives new guidelines for cops to follow at polling places
S.P. Sullivan / NJ.com / Feb. 20, 2022
North Carolina- North Carolina court imposes new district map, eliminating G.O.P. edge
Michael Wines / The New York Times / Feb. 23, 2022
North Dakota- What’s going on here: Proposed MN bill would streamline absentee voting
Audra Anderson / Wahpeton Daily News / Feb. 21, 2022
North Dakota- ‘Clean up the process’: Stark County Auditor addresses priorities for 2022
James B. Miller / The Dickinson / Feb. 21, 2022
Oregon- Convicted felons could gain the right to vote if Oregon House Bill passes
Grace Smith / KEZI / Feb. 20. 2022
Pennsylvania- Pennsylvania Senate contests will be some of the most closely watched this year
Don Gonyea / NPR Weekend Edition Sunday / Feb. 20, 2022
South Dakota- South Dakota House passes election audit bill amid false fraud claims
Black Hills Pioneer / Feb. 19, 2022
Texas- Texas voting law leads to jump in ballot application rejections
Nick Corasaniti / The New York Times / Feb. 18, 2022
Texas- Mail-in ballot changes continue to be an issue for Comal County voters
Will Wright / The Herald-Zeitung / Feb. 18, 2022
Texas- Some voter mail-in ballots in El Paso are invalid
Jonathan Mejia / KFox14 / Feb. 19, 2022
Utah- Utah House committee rejects baseless claims of election fraud; soundly defeats bill to end universal vote by mail
Bryan Schott / The Salt Lake Tribune / Feb. 23, 2022
Vermont- Winooski, Montpelier will allow noncitizens to vote, but few have signed up
Chelsea Edgar / Seven Days / Feb. 23, 2022
Wisconsin- Wisconsin Elections Commission revokes drop box directive
Marissa Wojcik and Frederica Freyberg / PBS Wisconsin / Feb. 18, 2022
Wisconsin- Green Bay City clerk says Tuesday’s ballot counting was “open, accessible and actively observed”
Jason Zimmerman / WBAY / Feb. 18, 2022
Wisconsin- Wauwatosa clerk finds unopened absentee ballots; race results could change
WISN 12 / Feb. 23, 2022
Elections During and After the Pandemic — International
Hong Kong delays an election as leaders ‘focus on the epidemic.’
Adeel Hassan / The New York Times / Feb. 18, 2022
India’s Congress Party faces a test of survival as Punjab votes
Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar / The New York Times / Feb. 20, 2022
With French election looming, it is Macron against the right
Roger Cohen / The New York Times / Feb. 18, 2022
South Korea prepares for another Covid-era national election.
John Yoon / The New York Times / Feb. 18, 2022
Edited by Jung-hwa Kang, Compiled by Steven Vargas and Jillian Kwong