Big Tech claims voters’ AI backlash is “anti-Trump” not “anti-tech”
Voters supported AI and data center restrictions in 2026 elections, but Big Tech argues it reflects an anti-Trump wave rather than opposition to innovation.
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Americans vote against data center construction in 10 states
Residents in at least 10 states supported proposals to restrict data-center development and several towns recalled mayors.
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AI PACs spend millions on 2026 midterms with mixed results
AI industry and safeguards groups backed candidates in the midterms with mixed outcomes, focusing spending on future races.
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OpenAI executive urges AI policies for 2028 election
Chris Lehane compares AI to the New Deal and calls for worker protections, education, and safety standards.
Westchester ballot scanners fail as DOJ presses election cases
Officials blame thick ballots and say bagged votes will count, while X posts framed the failures as fraud.
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AI generates ugly 'I Voted' sticker in 2026 elections
A user received an AI slop 'I Voted' sticker that was ugly and busy, contrasting with beautiful ones from other towns.
California election offices confirm DOJ grand jury subpoenas
Los Angeles County received multiple subpoenas last week; voting-rights groups sued Friday to block the federal effort.
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Maine data center fight shapes Collins Senate race and AI policy
A vetoed statewide moratorium and a poll showing 76 percent local opposition frame the contest.
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Sequent CEO questions security of US voting machines
Shai Bargil argues EAC certification can leave ballot machines unpatched for years and that barcodes hide what is counted.
Google AI Mode withholds direct answers on recent US election winners
The same questions get straight answers abroad, on a second try, and from Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude.
Texas voters organize against data centers before midterms
An August poll found 57 percent of Texans oppose new data centers, including 43 percent of Republicans.
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FEC shuts electronic filing after attempted breach before midterms
New campaign-finance submissions were blocked from late October 26; voting and already filed public records were not.
Hacking attempts knock US FEC electronic filing system offline
The outage comes about a week before the November 3 elections; past reports remain searchable.
Data center backlash becomes a 2026 campaign issue as tech PACs spend
Andreessen- and Brockman-backed Leading the Future has spent $45 million, while an Anthropic-backed group says it raised $80 million.
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Study: Grok 4.7 picks Republicans, GPT-6.1 Sol picks Democrats
Across nearly 500 forced-choice API queries, the two models agreed less than 10% of the time.
DOJ charges 28 in California voter-registration raids
Officials tie the cases to a 20,000-name subset of a DHS list of more than 190,000 alleged potential noncitizen registrants.
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UK Electoral Commission targets election deepfakes within three hours
A May 2026 pilot scanned about three million posts; humans judged ten seriously misleading.
Cyber Threat Actors Use a Variety of Techniques to Target Election and Campaign Officials
CISA and the FBI warn that phishing and smishing may target 2026 U.S. election officials.
How American Political Campaigns Are Using AI—and What They’re Spending on the Tools
US filings show at least $17 million spent on AI vendors across 523 federal campaigns since 2020.
Cloudflare Impact reaches $100 million in donations
Cloudflare's Impact programs reached $100 million in donated cybersecurity services for public-interest organizations.
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How Candidates Could Use AI for Good
Schneier and Sanders argue US candidates should use AI for broad listening and voter engagement, citing Japan's Team Mirai and civic tech tools.
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GOP issues stark warning to AI companies
Axios reports the US Republican Party issued a stark warning to AI companies, apparently tied to a data-center memo ahead of elections.
The Republican Nominee for New York Governor Made a Creepy, AI-Generated Video of Mamdani and Hochul
NY gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman posted an unlabeled AI-generated video of Mamdani and Hochul, prompting a Board of Elections complaint.
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A California county wants to hire Tina Peters to help run its elections
Shasta County, California plans to hire Tina Peters, convicted of stealing voting system software, as assistant registrar of voters.
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