WASHINGTON — Hacking a local election system in the United States wouldn’t be easy, and secretly altering votes on a scale massive enough to change the outcome of the presidential race would be impossible, election officials have said, thanks to decentralized systems, paper records for nearly all ballots, exhaustive reviews, legal due process and decades…
SAN FRANCISCO — X’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn’t addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Musk’s social media platform, according to a report published Wednesday by a group that tracks online speech. The nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate analyzed the Community Notes feature and found that accurate notes correcting…
DENVER — Voting system passwords were mistakenly put on the Colorado Secretary of State’s website before being spotted and taken down, but the lapse did not pose an immediate threat to the upcoming election, said state election officials Tuesday. The passwords were one of two that are needed to access Colorado’s voting systems, and are…
COLUMBUS, OHIO – NOVEMBER 12: Marvin Harrison Jr. #18 of the Ohio State Buckeyes celebrates his … [+] first quarter touchdown with teammate Emeka Egbuka #2 of the Ohio State Buckeyes during a game against the Indiana Hoosiers at Ohio Stadium on November 12, 2022 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Ben Jackson/Getty Images) Getty Images…
