Category Archives: Election Assistance Commission
“Why did this EAC commissioner talk to the senator behind Arizona’s audit?”
Jessica Huseman (in Votebeat’s indispensable weekly newsletter):
A newly revealed text message about Christy McCormick, a commissioner and past chair of the Election Assistance Commission, raised eyebrows among election observers this week. The exchange between two Arizona state senators… Continue reading
U.S. Election Assistance Commissioner Christy McCormick Continues Her Embarrassing Tenure by Undermining American Elections
Just wow.
Federal court sends states’ “proof of citizenship” requirement back to EAC for reconsideration
In an underdiscussed opinion from last week, Judge Richard J. Leon in the District Court of the District of Columbia issued a decision in League of Women Voters v. Harrington (once League of Women Voters v. Newby). This longstanding dispute… Continue reading
“Judge: US election official violated law in voter form case”
AP:
A former high-ranking election official violated federal law in 2016 when he granted requests by Kansas, Georgia and Alabama to modify the national voter registration form to require documentary proof of citizenship in those states, a federal judge… Continue reading
“Government Watchdog Sues U.S. Election Assistance Commission to Disclose Communications with Voting Machine Companies”
“Last-Minute Tweaks to Voting Machine Standards Raise Cyber Fears”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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
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