Category Archives: The Voting Wars
“Israel Eyes Measures To Prevent Election Cyber Sabotage”
News from Israel:
Israel is on guard against hacking ahead of the next general election, one of its most senior cyber security officials said, identifying Iran as posing the greatest overall risk to the country’s cyber security.
The government is… Continue reading
Question of the Day for Sens. Flake and Corker (from Greg Sargent)
“Shouldn’t you — and your party — speak out more forcefully against Trump’s nonstop lies about how millions voted illegally in our elections, which undermine faith in our institutions and in liberal democracy’s integrity?”
—Greg Sargent
“Trump Voter Fraud Commissioner Says Panel Should Be More Transparent Or Disband”
HuffPost:
A Democratic member of President Donald Trump’s voter fraud probe said it should urgently disclose what it’s been working on and its future plans, or else disband entirely.
Alan King, a probate judge in Jefferson County, Alabama, is one… Continue reading
“The Voter Fraud Commission Wants Your Data — But Experts Say They Can’t Keep It Safe”
ProPublica:
The voter-fraud-checking program championed by the head of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity suffers from data security flaws that could imperil the safety of millions of peoples’ records, according to experts.
Indivisible Chicago, a progressive advocacy group… Continue reading
“Voter rights advocates push Illinois to exit multistate database over accuracy, security”
Chicago Tribune:
Voter rights advocates are pushing Illinois election officials to withdraw from a longtime multistate voter registration database over questions of accuracy, security and voter suppression.
The Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program is aimed at cleaning voter records and… Continue reading
“A Tale Of Two Efforts To Improve Confidence In U.S. Elections”
Pam Fessler for NPR:
Efforts to boost public confidence in U.S. elections are proceeding on two parallel tracks right now. One is moving slowly, but steadily. The other is hardly moving at all.
Most of the attention has gone to… Continue reading
“He Didn’t Vote in a Few Elections. In the Next One, Ohio Said He Couldn’t.”
Adam Liptak’s Sidebar column on the upcoming Husted oral argument at the Supreme Cour.t
“Trump’s secretive voter fraud panel is keeping own members in the dark”
AP:
A commissioner from Alabama, Jefferson County probate judge Alan L King, said he sent a similar letter late last week. He said the only information he had received since the September meeting was an email informing him of the… Continue reading
“States Take On Election Hacking. Washington Ignores It.”
Today’s Must-Read: “In North Carolina, Republicans Stung by Court Rulings Aim to Change the Judges”
Trip Gabriel for the NYT:
Republicans with a firm grip on the North Carolina legislature — and, until January, the governor’s seat — enacted a conservative agenda in recent years, only to have a steady stream of laws affecting voting… Continue reading
“Dem Senators Request GAO Probe Of Trump’s Bogus Voter Fraud Commission”
Eric Holder: “Voting Rights: The Struggle of Our Lifetime”
Holder has this post at the new Harvard Law Review blog.
“Wary of Hackers, States Move to Upgrade Voting Systems”
Michael Wines for the NYT:
State election officials, worried about the integrity of their voting systems, are pressing to make them more secure ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
Reacting in large part to Russian efforts to hack the presidential… Continue reading