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Want to find a time to connect with peers in your jurisdiction, your state, or across the country? Check out these events to find one right for you. Not all events listed are open to the public, some events are included to provide notice to potential speakers or those who want to connect with organizers.

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  • Ballot Battles: A Book Event (and Live Podcast Episode of “The Voting Booth”) with Edward B. Foley
    Date: July 15, 2024
    Location: Online
    Category: Book Talk

    In 2016, the Ohio State University’s Edward B. Foley explored the history of election controversies in the United States in Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States. Following several subsequent election controversies—most notably the January 6 attack on the Capitol after the 2020 presidential election—he has written a revised and expanded version of Ballot Battles. While the United States has made substantial progress in expanding and strengthening democracy throughout its history, Mr. Foley argues that the structure of American elections remains a point of vulnerability.

    Join The Voting Booth cohosts John C. Fortier and Donald Palmer for a live podcast episode with Mr. Foley to discuss the new and expanded edition of Ballot Battles.

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  • Arizona and Pennsylvania’s top officials on election security, disinformation and threats to democracy
    Date: July 16, 2024
    Location: Online
    Category: Virtual Events

    Across the nation, election officials are preparing to prevent disruptions of the 2024 vote amidst continuing false claims about the results from 2020. On Tuesday, July 16 at 1:00 p.m. ET, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) and Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt (R) join Washington Post Live for a bipartisan conversation about the state of election security, fears about political violence and the rise of disinformation.

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  • Disinformation with Free Markets and Free Speech
    Date: July 17, 2024
    Location: Washington, DC
    Category: Panel Discussion

    Though purveyors of misinformation and disinformation have proliferated and the problem keeps growing, solutions are proving elusive. A little-known aspect in the fight against misinformation and disinformation is the growing number of technology startups that are attacking the prevalence of fake news, conspiracy theories, and other false information. These firms are innovative, scrappy, nimble, and able to mitigate misinformation and disinformation in different and interesting ways.

    Meanwhile, another aspect of misinformation and disinformation is the need to stick to free speech principles. “Wrong” or “unpopular” speech is protected by the First Amendment. While we continue to worry about more misinformation and disinformation, especially in an election year, people still have freedom to express their views without government interference. We will take a look at how social media platforms are patrolling their content and how First Amendment concerns can be appropriately considered.

    Please join us to hear from those engaged in the battle to conquer misinformation and disinformation. Speakers will share stories centered around building entrepreneurial solutions and protecting free speech.

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  • iGO 2024 Annual Conference
    Date: July 19, 2024
    to July 24, 2024
    Location: New Orleans, LA
    Category: Conference

    The International Association of Government Officials (IGO) will hold its 2024 Annual Conference in New Orleans in July. The conference theme is NOLA: Networking, Opportunities, Learning, Advancements. The agenda will be packed full of education, networking, and of course time in the trade show.

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  • Fix the Insurrection Act
    Date: July 25, 2024
    Location: Online
    Category: Virtual Events

    A law last updated 150 years ago gives presidents dangerous authority to use the U.S. military as a domestic police force. The Insurrection Act has virtually no limits on when and how this power can be used, making it a loaded weapon in the hands of any leader, Democrat or Republican, who is tempted to abuse it. Without urgent reforms, the law is a threat to civil liberties — and American democracy.

    Join us on Thursday, July 25, at 3 p.m. ET for a live virtual event moderated by Elizabeth Goitein, senior director of the Brennan Center Liberty & National Security Program, featuring lawyer and writer Hawa Allan, Harvard law professor Jack Goldsmith, and Brennan Center counsel Joseph Nunn. The panel will shed light on a president’s alarming powers under the Insurrection Act and examine possible solutions to prevent the law’s misuse.

    Speakers: Hawa Allan, Author, Insurrection: Rebellion, Civil Rights, and the Paradoxical State of Black Citizenship; Jack Goldsmith, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; and Joseph Nunn, Counsel, Brennan Center Liberty & National Security Program

    Moderator: Elizabeth Goitein, Senior Director, Brennan Center Liberty & National Security Program

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  • National Poll Worker Recruitment Day
    Date: August 1, 2024
    Location:
    Category: Civic Holiday

    The U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s fourth annual National Poll Worker Recruitment Day will be held on Thursday, August 1, 2024! State and local election officials, civic organizations, and others can use this national awareness day to encourage Americans to sign up to become poll workers in their communities for upcoming elections. To help participate in this day, the EAC has created a customizable social media toolkit for election officials. The toolkit is easily editable to meet the needs of your jurisdiction or organization. The sample posts are sized for X, Facebook, and Instagram, but can be used for printed materials, websites, and more. With the increasing popularity of videos on social media, you can now even make a short video using this toolkit. Also new this year is a template for outreach to community partners who can help increase the reach of recruitment efforts. The EAC also offers a Poll Worker Recruitment Lookup Tool to help people interested in signing up to be poll workers find information for their local election offices.

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  • Data & Democracy Workshops for Election Officials
    Date: August 3, 2024
    to August 24, 2024
    Location: Online
    Category: Workshop

    In today’s data-driven world, Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) can be a vital tool for fostering voter turnout and strengthening democracy. This August, the Spatial Analytics and Visualization Institute (SAVI), an official SJSU Campus Institute in the California State University system is offering a special virtual workshop series to empower election officials, policy professionals and researchers to pursue data-driven projects that support free and fair elections.

    The Data & Democracy Workshop series will be taught by expert SAVI faculty. The six workshops will take place across three Saturdays: August 10, 17 and 24. Each workshop includes a lecture, a lab session and a hands-on exercise. Participants will earn badges by completing individual workshops, or a certificate of completion for completing all six.

    Participants will explore how Python, R and open source GIST skills can unlock the power of data analysis and visualization in the design and administration of elections, defending democracy in November 2024 and beyond.

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  • Election Center Annual Conference
    Date: September 7, 2024
    to September 11, 2024
    Location: Detroit, MI
    Category: Conference

    The Election Center National Conference will be convening at the Marriott Renaissance Center. CERA Class Dates: Saturday, Sept 7 – Sunday, Sept 8, 2024. Committee Meetings and Evening Reception: Sunday, Sept 8, 2024. Conference Dates: Monday, Sept 9 – Tuesday, Sept 10, 2024. Optional Tour: Detroit Election Facilities – Wednesday, Sept 11, 2024. We will honor the winners of the Election Center’s acclaimed Professional Practices Papers’ Program on Tuesday, Sept 10. All of the 2024 best practices submissions will be posted on the Election Center website post conference. Help us celebrate the 2024 CERA/CERV graduates at the graduation ceremony and hosted luncheon on Tuesday, Sept 10. The Vendor educational exhibits featuring elections suppliers and manufacturers will be available beginning Sunday and continuing through Tuesday. The room block at the Marriott Renaissance Center will sell out quickly so do not delay in making hotel reservations. Additional information can be found on the registration page. One night deposit required.

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July 25, 2024

Caltech 2024 Election Integrity Project
Election security collab between researchers and election officials to combat misinformation

By Michael Alvarez, PhD
Flintridge Foundation Professor of Political and Computational Social Science, Caltech
Co-Director, Caltech Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy
Co-Director, Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project

It’s hard to believe but it’s been over two decades since the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project was founded. During that time, we have seen the dramatic evolution and growth of academic research about election administration and technology. In the immediate aftermath of the 2000 presidential election, the founders of this project scoured the research literature and found that there was not a great deal of work we could draw upon to guide the project’s initial efforts.  

But that has now changed considerably, with important new work appearing weekly in peer-reviewed journals, with academic conferences devoted to advancing the study of election science, and with scholars throughout the United States and other nations devoting considerable time to studying many aspects of the election process.  

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