Vidya Sethuraman
India Post News Service
Elections in the United States are becoming a battleground instead of a civic activity. But for the 2024 elections, technology will play a very important role.
Gowri Ramachandran, Deputy director of the Elections and Government program at the Brennan Center, commented that electoral officials should be ready for possible situations that may arise. It is recommended that they have more security and resilience with the infrastructure to avoid any interruption.
When there are problems with the machines or lack of personnel, people must participate to solve these problems. She recommended that electoral officials do not fall into misinformation that generates distrust in their work; they must be the ones who transmit clear and precise information, considering the languages so that anyone is clear about the electoral process.
Nora Benavidez, Senior Counsel and Director of Digital Justice and Civil rights at Free Press (FP) called on society not to be fooled by digital content that is using Artificial Intelligence to generate images, videos or audios with the purpose of generating instability and crisis. He explained that care must be taken with the information shared on X, formerly called Twitter. So, one of the most important things is to reach voters where they are with the right information.
William T. Adler, Associate Director of the Elections Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center said as election officials sometimes face threats and are likely to leave their jobs, which decreases voter confidence and generates more misinformation among society. Electoral officials must be prepared with the appropriate tools to be ready before voting, in this way they can prevent crisis situations if something were to happen.
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