The 2024 EVIC Local Election Officials Survey captures the voices of more than 650 local election officials nationwide, highlighting critical trends and real-world challenges in election administration.
For election officials and administrators, the new year offers a time to re-dedicate themselves to continuously improving election operations and integrity, as well as voting processes and turnout.
Election systems and processes are especially vulnerable to the spread of disinformation. This type of false content, including videos, infographics, memes, data and articles, can significantly diminish the effectiveness and credibility of election management bodies around the world.
In the runup to the 2016 elections, the Philippine social media landscape was swamped with false and misleading information not just about the candidates but more alarmingly, about the Commission on Elections itself
To help election officials prepare for a fake news-driven crisis, Smartmatic has just released the second edition of its popular “Safeguarding Elections in the Age of Fake News” handbook.
“Safeguarding Elections in the Age of Fake News” covers everything from how to set up your crisis team to what documents to prepare ahead of a disinformation event.