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Cyber Command's Role in Election Defense: Important, But Not a Panacea
Cyber Command plays a part of the U.S.’s election defense, but other entities are better positioned to defend against certain election interference threats. -
Mail Voting Litigation in 2020, Part V: Efforts to Halt Vote-by-Mail Expansion
Across the country, litigants are claiming that expanded mail-in voting will lead to fraud and that state officials lack the legal authority to change the rules related to voting by mail. -
Mail Voting Litigation in 2020, Part IV: Verifying Mail Ballots
Voting rights advocates have filed a flood of litigation regarding states’ voter verification practices and rules relating to mail ballot defects. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Casey Newton on Four Years of Platform Chaos
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Mail Voting Litigation in 2020, Part III: Challenges Seeking to Expand Delivery Options
A raft of litigation has taken place concerning both assistance with mail-in ballots and the means of returning them. -
Mail Voting Litigation in 2020, Part II: Submission of Mail-In Ballots
Legal battles are playing out around the country concerning vote-by-mail ballot submission rules and procedures. -
Preventing and Countering Election-Motivated Violence Without Causing Panic
The Anti-Defamation League’s monitoring of extremist groups suggests that election-motivated violence could yield more domestic terrorism threats, which if fully realized, could pose a threat to ensuring... -
Mail Voting Litigation in 2020, Part I: Application and Eligibility to Vote By Mail
Many Americans have sued this year to vote by mail instead of in person. Have their suits been successful? -
Mail Voting Litigation During the Pandemic: Introduction
How have state and federal courts handled mail voting litigation? -
The Limited Room for Russian Troll Influence in 2016
In a highly polarized country, it is hard to change voter preferences—and this is even more likely to be the case when the tools for doing so represent a tiny, tiny fraction of the information to which w... -
Foreign Interference is a Strategy, Not a Tactic
Authoritarians’ use of influence operations must be understood as part of a larger strategy to reshape the information space into one that is less democratic and more friendly to despots. -
The Media Has Overcorrected on Foreign Influence
The continued focus on Russia, at the expense of domestic threats, is significant and dangerous.


