[20201029]IN11527_公众对选举的信心.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Public Confidence in Elections October 29, 2020 Since the 2016 election cycle, election officials have warned about ongoing efforts to undermine public confidence in American political institutions. They also have consistently reassured Americans that there is no publicly available evidence that foreign or domestic interference have changed or likely could change official election results. This CRS Insight discusses recent policy issues and selected factors that could affect public confidence in voting and elections. Recent Concerns About Election Confidence Recent congressional attention to public confidence in elections and voting has focused on two topics. First, discussions of campaign and election security tend to emphasize the risks of foreign interference. Second, oversight (such as in Committee on House Administration and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration hearings) of voting changes responding to COVID-19 and related litigation, and of support for or opposition to different voting methods, tends to emphasize domestic issues. Because these foreign and domestic concerns are related but di