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The State of Election Security in 2024

2024/10/21
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Suzanne Spaulding强调,尽管存在针对选举官员和工作人员的威胁,以及旨在破坏公众信任的虚假信息和宣传活动,但美国民众应该对选举的安全性、完整性和选举官员的尽职尽责抱有信心。她指出,选举官员多年来一直在努力确保投票安全,并建立了多重冗余机制来防止大规模舞弊。她还强调,尽管外国势力(特别是俄罗斯)持续努力破坏公众信任,但改变全国性选举结果的可能性极低。Spaulding还表达了对选举工作人员和法官面临威胁的担忧,并赞扬了司法部和地方执法部门为打击这些威胁所做的努力。她认为,这些威胁不仅会损害公众对选举和司法系统的信任,还会阻止人们参与公共服务。最后,她呼吁公众保持耐心,不要轻信有关大规模选举舞弊的指控,并相信选举过程的完整性。 Andrew Schwartz和Kathleen McInnis主要负责引导话题,提出问题,并对Spaulding的观点进行回应和补充。他们表达了对选举安全、虚假信息和公众信任的担忧,并与Spaulding一起探讨了这些问题。

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This chapter explores the major threats to election security in 2024, focusing on disinformation campaigns aimed at undermining public trust in the electoral process. The discussion also touches upon threats against election officials and workers.
  • Disinformation is the biggest threat, undermining public trust.
  • Threats against election officials and workers are a serious concern.
  • Foreign adversaries, particularly Russia, are actively involved in disinformation campaigns.

Shownotes Transcript

Suzanne Spaulding, director of the CSIS Defending Democratic Institutions Project, joins a special crossover episode with CSIS’s Smart Women, Smart Power podcast to discuss election security, the role of election officials, and how to fight disinformation as early voting begins across the nation.