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The year 2024 will be the biggest [ever / even] year for voting. National elections will take place in around 64 countries, as [well / good] as in the European Union. An estimated two billion people - almost [halve / half] the global population - could vote at [some / same] time this year. The results of these polls will bring big changes for [a / the] future of many people. Voters in the world's four largest electoral [docs / blocs] - the EU, India, Indonesia and the USA - will be [casing / casting] their votes. One of the first contests will be in Taiwan on January the 13th. For [much / many] of the year, eyes will be focused [in / on] events in the US. In November, there will be a repeat of the 2020 election if Donald Trump [runs / walks] for President again.

Journalists are [worried / cautioned] about how free and fair many elections will [do / be] . The website Bloomberg.com has already posed a question that is on the [mouth / lips] of many people. It asked: "Will 2024 be the year [flake / fake] news destroys democracy?" Bloomberg said [bad / badly] actors will use artificial intelligence to change the way people vote via [phone / phoney] news articles. It said there will be "a [storm / steam] of disinformation and digital manipulation [unlike / unlikely] anything the world has ever seen". It added that disinformation has already begun to spread, and that this "gets harder to spot [has / as] fake with every passing month". Fact checkers will have to work extra hard to reduce the number of AI-based posts [on / at] social media.