Category Archives: Election Assistance Commission
“We Still Need the EAC”
House Administration Committee to Mark Up Bill to Eliminate Election Assistance Commission, Presidential Public Financing
Here’s the notice.
We’ve seen these moves on the House side before. Presumably, this would be subject to a filibuster by Senate Democrats, but we’ll see.
“Hacker Breached EAC Website, Sought To Sell Passwords”
“Newby and Necessity”
Michael Morley for Jurist:
In short, requiring applicants to provide proof-of-citizenship is a common-sense backstop to help prevent the types of routine errors that inevitably arise when millions of people are filling out a particular form. In that sense, a… Continue reading
“Don’t believe the hype. Foreign hackers will not choose the next president.”
Thomas Hicks, Matthew Masterson and Christy McCormick, the three sitting U.S. EAC Commissioners, have written this WaPo oped:
Recent reports regarding the ability of foreign hackers to change the outcome of the U.S. presidential election are overstated. Foreign hackers will… Continue reading
Big Newby Scandal in KS – How Long Will He Remain at EAC?
AP:
When Brian Newby took the helm of a federal election agency, he left behind an unfolding scandal in Kansas in which he was having an affair with a woman he promoted in his previous job and used her to… Continue reading
“Dems Seek Reversal on Voter Registration Hurdle”
Zack Roth:
High-ranking congressional Democrats are raising more serious concerns about a move by the director of a federal voting agency that made it easier for several red states to require documentary proof of citizenship from people registering to vote.… Continue reading
DC Circuit Finds Evidence of Threat of Non-Citizen Voting Very Minor in Kobach-EAC Case
Back on September 9, the DC Circuit issued an order in one of the EAC cases, holding that the district court should have issued a preliminary injunction against the order put out by EAC Director Brian Newby (without getting approval… Continue reading
“Judge temporarily blocks proof-of-citizenship voting requirement in 3 states”
WaPo:
A federal judge said Monday he is unlikely to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging a proof-of-citizenship requirement in a mail-in federal voter registration form used by Kansas, Alabama and Georgia until an appeals court panel that looked at… Continue reading
Breaking: DC Circuit Reverses in Kobach-EAC Proof of Citizenship Voting Case
Acting very quickly after oral argument, the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has issued this order preliminarily enjoining changing the federal form to allow Kansas, Alabama, and Georgia to require documentary proof of citizenship… Continue reading
“Appeals court sympathetic to challenge over voter rules” (Kobach, EAC Case)
AP:
A federal appeals court on Thursday seemed likely to side with voting rights groups seeking to block Kansas, Georgia and Alabama from requiring residents to prove they are U.S. citizens when registering to vote using a national form.
Judges… Continue reading