Category Archives: Election Assistance Commission

“State elections chiefs warn against eliminating agency that protects elections from hacking”

February 13, 2017, 7:18 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Think Progress: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who voted against the legislation, told ThinkProgress it’s likely that the full House will follow through with eliminating the agency, as protecting elections has become a partisan issue in Washington. But elsewhere in the… Continue reading

“Federal Agency Tasked with Protecting Election Integrity is on the Cutting Block”

February 9, 2017, 1:02 pmelection administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

Molly Danahy for CLC.

“Why We Need the Election Assistance Commission”

February 9, 2017, 12:34 pmelection administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

Matt Weil of the Bipartisan Policy Center makes the case why it would be absolutely crazy to eliminate the only federal agency looking at issues like the reliability of voting machines and maintaining accurate voter registration lists. This should be… Continue reading

“As Trump Warns Against Fraud, GOP Votes To Eliminate Election Commission”

February 8, 2017, 8:39 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pam Fessler for NPR.

“House Republicans Just Voted to Eliminate the Only Federal Agency That Makes Sure Voting Machines Can’t Be Hacked”

February 7, 2017, 1:43 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ari Berman: This move is particularly worrisome given reports that suspected Russian hackers attempted to access voter-registration systems in more than 20 states during the 2016 election. Moreover, the Presidential Commission on Election Administration set up by President Obama in… Continue reading

“Reform Groups Oppose Efforts by House Admin Committee to Terminate Presidential Public Financing & EAC”

February 6, 2017, 1:41 pmcampaign finance, election administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

Letter.

“We Still Need the EAC”

February 6, 2017, 8:27 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

House Administration Committee to Mark Up Bill to Eliminate Election Assistance Commission, Presidential Public Financing

February 3, 2017, 3:25 pmelection administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

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”

December 16, 2016, 7:19 amchicanery, election administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

Doug Chapin reports.

“Newby and Necessity”

October 21, 2016, 7:23 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

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.”

October 18, 2016, 7:30 pmelection administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

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?

October 17, 2016, 5:56 pmchicanery, election administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

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”

September 29, 2016, 8:16 amelection administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

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

September 26, 2016, 9:34 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

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