China's Acquisition and Exploitation of American Voter Data

PRC U.S. Presidential Election-Related Intelligence in 2020 (from Public Government Website)

Intelligence summaryJul 10, 20264 pagesPRC U.S. Presidential Election-Related Intelligence in 2020 - clean - declass marked_Redacted.pdf

Declassified by Counsel to the President Warrington 10 July 2026 (stamp OCR'd "202")

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  • The PRC collected U.S. Presidential election-related intelligence in 2020 using publicly available information from a U.S. government website.

  • The actor produced infographics and maps on mail-in voting, post-election, and election returns procedures to provide election officials, interested parties, and voters with information that differed by state or administrative jurisdiction.

  • The products included procedures to implement countermeasures for rumors and to safeguard the 2020 U.S. election.

  • Specific products included a mail-in voting processing visualization, a mail-in voting policy change map due to COVID-19, an election safeguards infographic, an election process timetable from Election Day 2020 through Inauguration Day, and an election results reporting risks and mitigation measures product.

6 sourced claims

Subject: PRC collection of U.S. Presidential election-related intelligence in 2020 using publicly available information from a U.S. government website (p.1).

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States the actor sought to increase U.S. Presidential election-related intelligence by collecting publicly available information learned from public sources (p.1-2).

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Describes producing 2020 U.S. Presidential election infographics and products (infographics and maps) to provide election officials, interested parties, and voters with information on mail-in voting, post-election, and election returns procedures, which differed by state or administrative jurisdiction (p.2).

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Products stated to provide procedures to implement countermeasures for rumors and to safeguard the 2020 U.S. [election] (p.2).

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Specific products listed: a mail-in voting processing [OCR unclear] with visualization of each state's mail-in voting procedures; a mail-in voting 2020 policy change map showing state changes stemming from the COVID-19 epidemic; a mail-in voting election safeguards infographic; an election process timetable from [OCR unclear] Election Day 2020 through Inauguration Day; and an election results reporting risks and mitigation measures product (p.2).

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Page 3 redacted; page 4 empty (p.3-4).

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