New Brunswick elections agency says major challenges threaten free and fair voting - New Brunswick

New Brunswick elections agency says major challenges threaten free and fair voting - New Brunswick

The agency says a rise in disinformation supercharged by artificial intelligence and propelled by social media is destabilizing democratic processes such as elections.

New Brunswick elections agency says major challenges threaten free and fair voting

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s elections agency is warning that its outdated management system and other issues are putting at risk its ability to run a free and fair vote. In its most recent annual report, Elections New Brunswick outlines three major challenges facing the agency. Other than an old elections management system, the agency is criticizing the lack of rules to protect voter privacy, and the rise in foreign and domestic disinformation…