Voting/Elections

Professor Subodha Kumar discusses deep fake technology and its potential impact on elections as we head into election season.

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An onslaught of high-quality, AI-generated political “deepfakes” has already begun ahead of the 2024 presidential election – and Big Tech firms aren’t prepared for the chaos, experts told The Post.

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:

The 2020 presidential election saw more voters than ever before electing to mail in their ballots, according to FiveThirtyEight. The trend is expected to continue in the 2022 midterm elections.

WBAL NewsRadio's Robert Lang discussed the major races on the ballot.  

WBAL NewsRadio's Ken Duffy had a special report on efforts to keep ballots safe.

WBAL-TV's Mindy Basara reported on the debate over Question 4, the state constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana.

CCBC Political Science Professor John Deidie had analysis of the major races.

Voter fraud occurs whenever someone casts a ballot that violates election law. Confirmed cases of voter fraud are rare. Less than one in a million ballots cast are later found to be fraudulent.

In 2020, rural Emerson saw significantly higher turnout on the side of town where all voters cast ballots from home

A recent Pew Research Center poll reported that 63 percent of U.S. adults supported doing away with the Electoral College system and relying on popular vote to determine who wins the presidency. That sounds like a strong reason to do so. Yet, in today’s politically divided environment, this is not the right time to change the Constitution and end the Electoral College system. 

Voters cast a record number of absentee ballots in the 2020 general election in the United States. The numbers continue a demonstrated shift away from traditional voting methods over the last few decades.