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Monthly Archives: February 2020
“Voting on Your Phone: New Elections App Ignites Security Debate”
NYT:
For more than a decade, it has been an elusive dream for election officials: a smartphone app that would let swaths of voters cast their ballots from their living rooms. It has also been a nightmare for cyberexperts, who… Continue reading
“Troy Price, Iowa Democratic Party Leader, Resigns Over Caucus Debacle”
“The Cybersecurity 202: The 2020 Census could be the next big hacking and disinformation target”
“Secretary of State Agrees to Settle Voter ID Lawsuits by Entering Into Consent Decree with North Dakota Tribes”
CLC Release:
[Click here to read a joint statement on the settlement by North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger, Spirit Lake Nation, and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe]In the wake of the district court’s denial of the State’s motion… Continue reading
“Senate Republicans block plans to make elections more secure from foreign interference”
Just Added to Election Meltdown Book Tour: Mar. 25 Lunch Event at Harvard Ash Center
“Fearing mass confusion, Wisconsin election officials back off on sending two absentee ballots to 81,000 voters”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Wisconsin election officials abruptly canceled plans to send tens of thousands of voters two absentee ballots for the presidential primary, saying their new approach may violate state law but will avoid mass confusion. The Wisconsin Elections Commission this… Continue reading
Imperfect ERIC Data Leading to Potential Purge of Wisconsin Voters
Steve Chamraz of TMJ4:
ERIC is a service shared by 29 states and the District of Columbia to keep voter registration files up to date by comparing voter data with other public records like vehicle registrations.In October, the Wisconsin Elections… Continue reading
“South Dakota bars IDs and ‘disenfranchises’ tribal citizens”
AP:
South Dakota Democrats called foul on Friday after the Republican-dominated House shot down their efforts to allow Native Americans use their tribal IDs to register to vote.The defeat Thursday evening prompted several Democrats to level accusations of voter suppression.… Continue reading
En Banc 9th Circuit Blinks, Will Allow Arizona to Enforce Its Ban on Absentee “Ballot Harvesting” Pending Appeal to Supreme Court
Capitol Media Services reports.
I had expected the Supreme Court to do the same thing the 9th Circuit has now done to itself.
“Why Voting Discrimination Haunts America; The 15th Amendment had a major flaw.”
Jesse Wegman NYT oped:
But for all the good it did, the 15th Amendment had a central flaw: Its words were cast in the negative. It told the states what they could not do — “shall not be denied… Continue reading
“How Trump Is Running to Snatch Victory From the Jaws of Defeat, Again; Even if he decisively loses the national vote, the Electoral College can put him back in the White House.”
Vinod Bakthavachalam and Reed Hundt NYT oped:
The answer is that in this century the Electoral College system strongly encourages candidates of both parties, and particularly any Republican candidate, to ignore the national popular vote. That’s especially true for… Continue reading
When Pressed by Rep. Katie Porter, Census Director Says They Will “Study” Issue of Republican Campaign Mailers Misleading Voters Into Thinking They are Official Census Documents
Hansi Lo Wang:
https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1227639775550676992