Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon testifies during a Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing titled “AI and The Future of Our Elections” on Capitol Hill September 27, 2023 in Washington, D.C. The hearing focused on what effect artificial intelligence can have on the 2024 election and future elections in America. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)
Several secretaries of state and others in the election security space said they're concerned about the rapid changes unfolding at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
On this week’s Priorities podcast, NewDeal's Debbie Cox Bultan shares how state legislators and election officials are combatting AI-generated deepfakes.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, right, speaks with Bogota, Colombia, Mayor Claudia Lopez on April 28, 2023 at the Cities Summit of the Americas in Denver, Colorado. (Scoop News Group)
The logo of Twitter is displayed at the company’s New York headquarters on Oct. 28, a day after Elon Musk his takeover of the company. (Leonardo Munoz / VIEWpress / Getty Images)
David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, speaks with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, former CISA senior adviser Matt Masterson and former Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt at an event on election security in Washington on July 11. (Benjamin Freed / Scoop News Group)
Supporters of President Donald Trump tried to enter the room where absentee ballots for the 2020 general election were being counted at TCF Center on Nov. 4, 2020 in Detroit (Seth Herald / AFP / Getty Images)