“U.S. Elections Are Still Not Safe From Attack; Congress Can Change That If It Acts Fast”
Larry Norden and Dan Weiner in Foreign Affairs.
Category Archives: chicanery
“Intelligence Chief Names New Election Security Oversight Official”
“New Normal: Bloodlust on the Left in Census and Election Fights”
Wherein
J. Christian Adams rails against “personal destruction” and “demonization,” and
compares Kris Kobach (or, possibly, himself) to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Director of National Intelligence Creates “Election Threats Executive”
Shelby Pierson gets the nod for a new federal position to serve as the intelligence community’s principal advisor on election security.
This
bio fits the very general description in the DNI’s press
statement, but I’ll confess I’m not sure… Continue reading
“Judiciary chair demands Hope Hicks clarify closed-door testimony”
On whether she had direct knowledge of payments to Stormy Daniels, or whether she was “present” when Trump discussed Daniels.
The documents unsealed in the Cohen warrant today seem to suggest there may be more to the story.
“Voter Fraud Activist Will Apologize To Citizens He Accused Of Being Illegal Voters”
“States don’t have enough money to secure the 2020 election, new report warns”
A WaPo
article on a new
Brennan Center report diving into how six states (Alabama, Arizona,
Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania) used 2018 federal election
security grants … and the need each has for much more.
“Court documents show close contact between Cohen and Trump during hush-money arrangements”
Unsealed copies of the Cohen search warrant materials were
released today based on the close of the campaign finance investigation. Here’s the cover letter. Zoe Tillman’s got links
to the docs.
Phone
records in the documents show Cohen… Continue reading
“House votes to hold Barr and Ross in criminal contempt of Congress”
Microsoft and election security
NBC
reports on two Microsoft announcements, summarized in this
blog post.
The headline is that Microsoft is giving away free, open
source ElectionGuard software to election machine suppliers. According to the site, it apparently “enables”
voting using a touchscreen… Continue reading
“Feds end investigation into Trump Org and hush money payments”
LULAC v. PILF settle two different lawsuits
Well, one lawsuit, really, over publishing identifying
information of individuals incorrectly accused of committing voter fraud.
But you’d never know it was the same suit from reading the
press releases. Plaintiffs here,
defendants here.
(Disclosure: I helped
one… Continue reading
Census plaintiffs file blistering motion for sanctions
The motion was filed in the SDNY case, mostly directed at Commerce officials. With 428 pp. of receipts.
UPDATE: HuffPost has coverage.
“Some Fear Undercount As Texas Decides Not To Spend Money On 2020 Census”
Well, that’s
an interesting strategy:
You’ve got to spend money to make money. But that’s not the way Texas, and a handful of other states, are looking at the 2020 census. Officials in Texas have decided not to spend… Continue reading