“California lawmakers consider new rules for political ads”
The AP reports
on new proposals for disclaimers on Facebook ads about pending legislation.
All posts by Justin Levitt
“W.Va. Secretary of State: Russians Meddled in Social Media, Not Voting Machines”
Mac
Warner’s point is absolutely right: in 2016, the most meaningful system hacked
was us. Humans were the most vulnerable
link.
And as for securing the non-human component, election
officials know that there’s been an enormous amount of work done.
“Oklahoma City artist visiting 36 states for 19th amendment tribute flag”
Four
states down, 32 to go.
“What Really Happened With West Virginia’s Blockchain Voting Experiment?”
Slate says ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Citizenship and the Census: Behind the Bluster
Hansi Lo Wang points to a July 3 census filing under the Paperwork Reduction Act (the weeds matter, people) in which the Department of Commerce, “having carefully considered the matter, has determined that there is not sufficient time to develop… Continue reading
Citizenship and the Census: pivot to the complete count
With the legal fight over the content of the 2020
enumeration questionnaire finally settled, commentators and advocates are
turning to the fight over getting the count right. Here’s one
example from Josh Geltzer and Mary McCord in the WaPo, and… Continue reading
Citizenship and the Census: pivot to redistricting
And here’s the other turn Rick’s been forecasting: a
HuffPost piece discussing the potential to use data culled for the
President’s Executive Order in the redistricting process. And a WaPo
dive on the potential consequences.
Citizenship and the Census: it’s all about Obama
Fact check on the notion that Obama took a citizenship question off of the census.
Spoiler: nope.
Citizenship and the Census: the test is freaking people out
There’s a Census
Bureau test
of the 2020 form in the field at the moment, with and without the
citizenship question, and it’s generating a bit
of confusion.
Citizenship and the Census: representation is not the same as voting
As Michael Li explains, on All
Things Considered.
Hofeller’s files in North Carolina
The files from Tom
Hofeller that Rick keeps
mentioning in the context of the census case were given to advocates in North
Carolina primarily for use in a redistricting case in state court (i.e.,
not affected by the SCOTUS ruling… Continue reading
“New Election Systems Use Vulnerable Software”
New this morning from the AP. A snippet:
An Associated Press analysis has found that like many counties in Pennsylvania, the vast majority of 10,000 election jurisdictions nationwide use Windows 7 or an older operating system to create ballots,… Continue reading
Presidential Caucus Voting by Phone
“Who’s Behind Voting-Machine Makers? Money of Unclear Origins”
More
from the AP. The subhead: “North
Carolina election officials are learning that private equity firms which don’t
disclose whose money they’re investing hold major stakes in voting-machine
makers.”