Civic PlusNew

There’s a new rapid-fire question rapidly growing in popularity on New York’s debate stages. Candidates in New York’s 7th, 10th and 12th Congressional Districts have been asked if, and how, they use artificial intelligence in their daily lives during multiple debates this primary season. A question of that nature is unsurprising in the 12th Congressional District, where super PAC spending linked to industry behemoths OpenAI and Anthropic has cast an AI shadow over nearly every aspect of the race.

Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry is giving voting system vendors another chance to get their systems certified as potential replacements for the state’s decades-old machines, though it could take another year before any new machines reach the polls. In a news release last week, Landry announced she is reopening the certification process for any voting machine vendors interested in applying. The application deadline is July 2.