AALS Hot Topic Program

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Session Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs

Session Capacity: N/A

Hotel: Marriott Marquis Washington, DC

Room: Marquis Salon 3

Floor: Level M2

While policymakers are starting to debate AI regulation in elections, few have discussed broader implications for our increasingly multiracial democracy. AI has the potential to reduce costs, expand participation by voters of color, and facilitate new coalitions. At the same time, however, incumbent powers could use AI to entrench themselves through discriminatory disinformation campaigns, cyberattacks, voting restrictions, and gerrymandering. Even absent intentional discrimination, the seemingly innocuous use of AI in voter roll maintenance, signature matching, and other aspects of the process could replicate disadvantages in elections and policymaking. This panel sketches out opportunities and challenges of AI for multiracial democracy and potential legal solutions.