A description from Meta about the state of their social media in the recent election cycle (including covert foreign influence operations Meta says it detected and quashed). Of course, it’d be nice if ...
H/t to Sean Parnell for the new paper by Ron Rivest and Philip Stark: National Popular Vote (NPV) Interstate Compact [Koza et al., 2024] attempts to provide direct presidential elections in the U.S.
Marketplace does the numbers … and I’m not sure this accounts for the value of billionaire-driven social media.
Politico highlights something California voters saw for the first time this year: 5 supporters and 5 opponents for each ballot measure, right on the ballot.
Interesting follow-up exit polling on Portland’s new system. The city’s report is here.
Advocates protest an apparent conversion of the day after Thanksgiving to a work day, limiting the opportunities for curing mail ballot errors potentially relevant in a very tight Supreme Court race.