Threats to U.S. elections—including disinformation, political violence, and other efforts to undermine public confidence in the election—have grown in recent years, and Lawfare’s coverage has grown with them. Find our articles, podcasts, and other projects on elections, and the efforts to subvert them, compiled below.
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Latest in Election Coverage
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Avoiding the Dangers Ahead in Review of Foreign Interference in U.S. Presidential Elections
Last Wednesday, after increasing public and political pressure to declassify more information about Russian interference in the 2016 election, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence announce... -
Brief the Electors
In less than a week, members of the Electoral College will cast their votes. Ten of them have written James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, to ask for a classified briefing to review the... -
A Special Grand Jury for the DNC Hack
By now it seems clear, at a minimum, that the Intelligence Community has reached consensus that Russia was the source of the infiltration of the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign tha... -
Russia May Be Done with the U.S. Election, But We Aren’t Done With Them
This morning, counterterrorism and homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco announced that President Obama has ordered a “full review” of “hacking-related activity aimed at disrupting” the 2016 presidential... -
We Need to #AudittheVote—and It has Nothing to Do with Who Becomes President
The internet has been buzzing with news and speculation regarding state election recounts and a movement to audit voting results. Last week, accounts emerged that well-respected researchers had found ind... -
Cybersecurity Threats to American Elections
My colleague Ben Buchanan and I have written a paper on cybersecurity threats to American elections. While we examine operations that try to influence American voters—like the much-publicized hack of var...
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