Empowering Minority Voters to Fight Election Misinformation

Michael Blake, founder and CEO, Atlas Strategy Group, and Cynthia Wallace, co-founder and executive director, the New Rural Project

Anna Delaney | March 07, 2024 | Bank Info Security |

Election campaigners Michael Blake and Cynthia Wallace said accurate information and community involvement are needed to protect electoral integrity and empower underrepresented voters. Strategies for countering misinformation range from sourcing internet posts to hosting barbershop meetings, they said.

Blake, founder of Atlas Strategy Group, which collaborates with historically Black colleges and universities to enhance voter engagement, said communities of color are often targets of misinformation and disinformation used to quell voter participation and influence election outcomes.

"Many will say it's the new 'Jim Code.' Algorithm discrimination, misinformation, disinformation - all three - are being spent out. We have now launched the Kairos Democracy Project. It is for issue awareness and how democracy is relevant to communities of color," Blake said..  Read more here.