by jpitney | Nov 4, 2024 | Elections, Public Service
Rachel Leingang at The Guardian: Elections offices in the US have hardened their security measures this year, anticipating potential violence based on experience since 2020 and during an ongoing rise in threats and harassment focused on election workers. Many offices...
by jpitney | Nov 2, 2024 | Elections, Madison
James Madison, June 20, 1788 But I go on this great republican principle, that the people will have virtue and intelligence to select men of virtue and wisdom. Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks—no form...
by jpitney | Oct 30, 2024 | Elections, Public Opinion
J. Andrew Sinclair and Kenneth Miller report on the new Rose Institute poll: American voters view the upcoming election with alarm. Nearly half of registered voters (47%) view the election of former President Trump as a threat to democracy, while 38% view Harris the...
by jpitney | Oct 26, 2024 | Election Security, Elections, Foreign Policy, Russia
From ODNI: Today, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the following statement: “The IC assesses that Russian actors manufactured...
by jpitney | Oct 19, 2024 | Elections, Public Service
Kim Wehlke at The Bulwark: In September, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, told CBS News: “We’re daily receiving threats, whether it’s through voicemails, emails, social media or in person,” including to her personally, “and it’s escalating. . ....
by jpitney | Oct 13, 2024 | Elections, Journalism, Journalists, Public Opinion
From Pew: About a third of U.S. adults say television is the most common way they get political and election news (35%), while roughly one-in-five each most commonly get it from news websites or apps (21%) or social media (20%). Smaller shares turn primarily to...
