{"id":120931,"date":"2024-11-01T19:15:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120931"},"modified":"2024-11-01T19:15:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:15:52","slug":"election-officials-are-hand-delivering-notes-to-elon-musk-to-stop-him-from-spreading-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120931","title":{"rendered":"Election officials are hand-delivering notes to Elon Musk to stop him from spreading lies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk is accused of rampantly spreading election misinformation, and it has been a thorn in the side of election officials working double time to try and mitigate the spew of unfounded claims about meddling and alleged voter fraud. Some officials have even gone to measures like dispatching personal notes to the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/tesla\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/tesla\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Tesla<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/twitter\/\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/07\/13\/donald-trump-campaign-shooting-reaction-elon-musk-tesla-us-democracy\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/07\/13\/donald-trump-campaign-shooting-reaction-elon-musk-tesla-us-democracy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsed Donald Trump<\/a> in July following as assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pa.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had my friends hand-deliver stuff to him,\u201d Stephen Richer, the Maricopa County, Ariz.\u00a0 recorder, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/31\/politics\/election-officials-outmatched-elon-musk-misinformation\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/31\/politics\/election-officials-outmatched-elon-musk-misinformation\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">told <em>CNN<\/em><\/a>. Richer, a Republican, has come under fire from conservatives for defending the 2020 election outcome that Trump lost.<\/p>\n<p>But so far, the efforts of Richer\u2019s colleagues have fallen short. \u201cWe\u2019ve pulled out more stops than most people have available to try to put accurate information in front of [Musk],\u201d Richer said. \u201cIt has been unsuccessful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk cast false information about election security, including insisting Americans vote in-person and on paper, citing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/false-claims-machines-switching-votes-what-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/false-claims-machines-switching-votes-what-to-know\/\" rel=\"noopener\">debunked conspiracy<\/a> that ballot machines switched votes, at a Philadelphia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/elon-musk-says-voting-person-super-pac-promotes-voting-mail-rcna176074\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/elon-musk-says-voting-person-super-pac-promotes-voting-mail-rcna176074\" rel=\"noopener\">town hall event<\/a> on Oct. 18. Musk historically has voted by mail, and his super PAC, America PAC, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/26\/us\/politics\/trump-gop-voting.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/26\/us\/politics\/trump-gop-voting.html\" rel=\"noopener\">encouraged<\/a> mail-in voting.<\/p>\n<p>His social media platform X has also failed to quash election lies. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/musks-x-ineffective-against-surge-us-election-misinformation-report-says-2024-10-31\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/musks-x-ineffective-against-surge-us-election-misinformation-report-says-2024-10-31\/\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) on Wednesday found X\u2019s Community Notes feature \u201cfailed to counter false\u201d claims about the election, with 209 of 283 (74%) analyzed posts not showing notes correcting false information.<\/p>\n<p>Election officials were prepared to fight misinformation this election after Trump\u2019s fervent efforts to dispute the outcome of the 2020 Presidential race, but the sheer volume of online misinformation\u2014and lack of tech to combat it\u2014has proved frustrating for some.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlagging things as mis- and disinformation is not helpful anymore on Twitter, especially when you have Elon Musk himself pushing mis- and disinformation about elections,\u201d Democrat Barb Byrum, Ingham, Mich., county clerk, told <em>Fortune<\/em>. \u201cWe can report a threat, but nothing happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>X, as well as America PAC and one of Musk\u2019s attorneys, did not respond to <em>Fortune<\/em>\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Headaches for election officials<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The effort to counter election lies has been an uphill battle, officials said. As of August, Musk\u2019s false election claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/misinformation\/elon-musk-misleading-election-claims-x-views-report-rcna165599\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/misinformation\/elon-musk-misleading-election-claims-x-views-report-rcna165599\" rel=\"noopener\">gained 1.2 billion views<\/a> on X, according to the CCDH analysis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth of the matter is that mis- and disinformation will travel around the world and grow many legs long before I\u2019m able to sit down at my desk and have a sip of coffee,\u201d Byrum said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials like Richer have taken to the platform to have a direct dialogue with Musk. In a post on X, Musk reposted and reaffirmed an unsubstantiated claim by the Trump-aligned America First Legal, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/phoenix\/2024\/09\/10\/elon-musk-arizona-voter-fraud-misinformation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/phoenix\/2024\/09\/10\/elon-musk-arizona-voter-fraud-misinformation\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced a lawsuit<\/a> suing 15 Arizona counties for allegedly refusing to remove undocumented migrants from voter rolls. Richer responded <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stephen_richer\/status\/1831396309917692089?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/x.com\/stephen_richer\/status\/1831396309917692089?lang=en\" rel=\"noopener\">on X<\/a> in September, saying he\u2019s previously offered his office as a resource to Musk to correct previous claims the CEO has made about Arizona elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, these lawsuits are no longer interested in actually winning,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re just PR stunts that masquerade as lawsuits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s a downside to officials trying to combat false claims over social media. Trying to put out misinformation fires is a poor allocation of time and energy from officials concerned with continuing to organize an election just days away, said Larry Norden of New York University School of Law\u2019s Brennan Center for Justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s distracting,\u201d Norden <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/election-officials-concerned-misinformation-confront-elon-musk-turf\/story?id=114866909\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/election-officials-concerned-misinformation-confront-elon-musk-turf\/story?id=114866909\" rel=\"noopener\">told <em>ABC<\/em><\/a>. \u201cWe are putting a huge load on election officials, and if, on top of that, they have to respond to a guy who boosts his own content on his own network to spread lies, it\u2019s distracting from the essential work that they need to do. 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