Over the next week, Americans are going to be deluged by misinformation and disinformation. It might take the form of fake texts to college students telling them it’s illegal to vote on campus, even if they’re registered there. Or it could be a phone call with an AI-generated voice that sounds like Joe Biden telling voters not to bother to vote. Or it could appear as a fake photograph of an election worker ripping up ballots cast for Donald Trump.  

None of it is real, yet this kind of disinformation is ubiquitous. 

According to U.S. intelligence agencies, some of it is being generated by foreign actors, like Russia, China and Iran trying to sow divisions in the U.S.

Some of it is bad actors working for campaigns here in the U.S. Regardless of who is behind the disinformation, Americans will need to do everything they can to question, combat and report the issues. 

Erica Smitka, executive director of the NY League of Women Voters, discussed some of the more common voter myths with Capital Tonight host Susan Arbetter.