Category Archives: Election Assistance Commission

“Last-Minute Tweaks to Voting Machine Standards Raise Cyber Fears”

February 10, 2021, 6:58 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, voting technologyRick Hasen

USLW: Last-minute changes to proposed federal standards for new voting machines could expose the equipment to cyberattacks, according to some members of Congress and security professionals.The Election Assistance Commission, slated to authorize new voting system guidelines on Feb. 10, amended… Continue reading

Republican EAC Commissioners Speaking on Zoom Call Organized by “Lawyers Democracy Fund” “to Analyze Effects of Vote-By-Mail Litigation in PA, IA, WI, and Across US”

September 14, 2020, 3:36 pmElection Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

This seems worthy of a deeper dive, particularly what Christy McCormick and Don Palmer should be saying about this topic: Lawyers Democracy Fund (calling itself “LDF”–hmm) seems to have a lot of overlap with RNLA and Honest Elections Project.

“Election commission orders top voting machine vendor to correct misleading claims”

August 18, 2020, 7:24 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, voting technologyRick Hasen

Kim Zetter for Politico: The federal Election Assistance Commission has rebuked the nation’s top voting-machine maker over marketing materials that the panel says deceptively implied the company’s voting machines are EAC-certified.The commission admonished Election Systems & Software over promotional literature… Continue reading

In Must-Read Piece on Dysfunction at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Jessica Huseman Reveals that Excellent Republican Commissioner Matt Masterson Was Forced Out by Von Spakovsky and EAC Commissioner McCormick for Being “Insufficiently Partisan”

July 22, 2020, 9:40 amchicanery, election administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

In my 2012 book, The Voting Wars, I chronicled how Congress created the United States Election Assistance commission in 2002 after the debacle of 2000’s Bush v. Gore, how the agency started out with great promise as one that… Continue reading

Two Republican EAC Commissioners on “True the Vote” Podcast: “U.S. Election Assistance Commissioners Join Voter Suppression Group to Discourage Mail-In Voting”

June 19, 2020, 8:15 amElection Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Alex Kotch: In late May, two Republican members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission used a podcast produced by True the Vote, a right-wing voter suppression group, to cast doubt on the security of mail-in voting for the… Continue reading

“EAC 2020 Elections Summit”

January 7, 2020, 2:55 pmelection administration, Election Assistance CommissionJustin Levitt

Next Tuesday, Jan. 14th, the EAC will host an summit with officials, experts, and advocates discussing the administration of the 2020 elections – and it’ll be livestreamed for those who can’t make it in person.

Michigan: “Southfield City Clerk charged with 6 election law felonies”

September 23, 2019, 9:05 pmchicanery, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

Detroit Free Press reports. Although the story is a bit vague, it sounds like the clerk may have falsified absentee ballot submissions so that her numbers would properly balance in a post-election audit.

Brian Newby, Controversial Executive Director of EAC, is OUT Followed Deadlocked, Party-Line Vote

September 18, 2019, 1:06 pmElection Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

Politico Pro: The embattled executive director of the Election Assistance Commission, whose tenure has been marked by internal turmoil, will not serve another term, two people told POLITICO.EAC commissioners voted over the weekend of Sept. 7-8 not to reappoint Brian… Continue reading

EAC Chair McCormick Defends Her Opposition to Automatic Voter Registration

August 14, 2019, 8:40 pmElection Assistance Commission, voter registrationRick Hasen

The Fulcrum: The chairwoman of the Election Assistance Commission told the nation’s state legislators last week that she’s opposed to automatic voter registration.Adding qualified citizens to the rolls whenever they do business with a state agency, unless they choose to… Continue reading

“Federal Election Agency, Hungry for Funds, Now Pays for Officials to Get to Office”

July 19, 2019, 4:07 pmElection Assistance CommissionJustin Levitt

ProPublica on some apparent extended commutes to the EAC.

Must-read Politico Deep Dive into Brian Newby, a Kobach Protege Who is Causing Major Problems with Election Administration as Executive Director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission

June 15, 2019, 12:51 pmchicanery, election administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Read this quite damning portrait: A tiny federal agency that plays a crucial role in assisting the nation’s local election supervisors is gripped by a leadership crisis that hassparked concerns that it is unprepared to play its role in… Continue reading

“Mitch McConnell is Making the 2020 Election Open Season for Hackers” (though much of this New Yorker article is about dysfunction or worse at the EAC)

June 12, 2019, 8:08 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting Wars, voting technologyRick Hasen

Sue Halpern must-read.

“The Cybersecurity 202: States spent just a fraction of $380 million in election security money before midterms”

April 5, 2019, 8:13 amelection administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

WaPo: Congress scrambled in early 2018 to deliver a surge in election security money before the midterms. But it turns out that states only spent about 8 percent of the $380 million Congress approved by the time the elections… Continue reading

Some EAC Commissioners Lack Security Clearances

April 1, 2019, 7:32 amelection administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

Eric Geller with the scoop (but full story behind paywall): Scoop: Half of @EACgov commissioners lack security clearances, and no one on the commission had a clearance during the 2016 or 2018 elections: https://t.co/ebhbumzVFCAn EAC member without a clearance… Continue reading

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