15Civic processBelow the top 20
Deepfaked orders to poll workers
AffordanceImpact domainBoth
Statement (NASA form)
Given that election workers already receive last-minute procedural calls, there is a possibility of a cloned official changing a count, a location, or a closing time resulting in a precinct that followed a voice and broke the process.
Likelihood
3Probable
Consequence
4Critical
Urgency
3Priority
The last mile of an election is still a phone tree.
Composite 15 = 3×4 + 3
Applicable mitigations
Controls · No undocumented models on the official election path · Pre-certified civic ranker audits · Paper backup and risk-limiting audits remain mandatory · Retire voiceprint as an authenticator · Real-time clone detection on high-risk lines · Out-of-band confirmation on a known number · Provenance credentials on political audio and video · Synthetic-media quiet period before ballots