While we cannot combat disinformation--well, we cannot combat disinformation, whether it is AI disinformation or any other form, without fully understanding where disinformation comes from and how it impacts our elections.
Emphasizes the need to understand disinformation to combat it effectively.
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The truth is simple: our elections are safe and secure; the widespread voter fraud that Trump has claimed for 10 years does not exist.
Still, this incident is a stark reminder of the very real dangers facing those who serve the public and who help administer our elections in the face of increasingly hostile political rhetoric — especially from Donald Trump.
They’re desperate. They’re looking for this proof that Trump has been barking about for more than ten years about massive voter fraud, which simply does not exist.
I know how California elections work very, very well. They’re safe, they’re secure. They’re fair, they’re free, and they’re going to stay that way.
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