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Local election officials warily eyeing the EAC’s action on voting systems guidelines

Votebeat’s weekly newsletter reports on the upcoming meeting of the EAC’s Technical Guidelines Development Committee, and some local anxiety about whether plans are in the works to change direction on voluntary voting systems guidelines, in line with the President’s (unlawful) direction in Executive Order 14248.

FWIW, it looks to me like the EAC is at least thus far dotting “i”s and crossing “t”s through a careful, deliberate, process — relying on the expertise of its technical advisory boards, as required by statute — as it tries to navigate some fraught political waters.

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“Trump administration begins cracking down on federal employees’ use of leave for voting”

From Government Executive:

With some key primary elections at the state level occurring in the coming weeks, the Trump administration has begun notifying employees they can no longer use paid administrative leave to vote.

The reminder, so far sent out at least to various agencies within the Agriculture Department, complies with an executive order President Trump signed on his first day in office. That order revoked a bevy of previously issued presidential actions, including an order President Biden signed early in his term to allow the leave category for federal employees looking to vote.

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