Category Archives: chicanery
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
“NC trial looks at partisan bias after US justices won’t”
A
report from the opening days of the state court’s partisan gerrymandering trial
in North Carolina.
Protecting the 2020 Election from Manipulation by the President
Protect Democracy has a new white
paper with suggestions for what to do when the call is coming from inside
the house.
“How Trump can mitigate the damage of folding on the census”
Hugh Hewitt’s op-ed suggests that the president should have refused to quit on the census case, and calls for a motion for reconsideration in the Supreme Court.
For perspective, it also claims that “the Supreme Court sat
on the decision… Continue reading
“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.
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.
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
“Prosecutors unlikely to charge Trump Org executives, sources say”
Reports from CNN and The Hill on potential campaign-finance charges against executives in the Trump Organization.
FWIW, I fully believe that the sources are being accurately quoted, but I’m always pretty skeptical about underlying representations of whether prosecutions are or… Continue reading