by jpitney | Dec 2, 2020 | Election Security, Elections, Electoral College
From the editors of National Review: Trump’s most reprehensible tactic has been to attempt, somewhat shamefacedly, to get local Republican officials to block the certification of votes and state legislatures to appoint Trump electors in clear violation of the public...
by jpitney | Nov 14, 2020 | Election Security, Elections
From the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA): The members of Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee… released the following statement: “The November 3rd election was the most secure in American...
by jpitney | May 21, 2020 | Coronavirus, Election Security, Elections
From VoteSafe: To: United States Elections Administrators The Covid-19 pandemic challenges you, our Nation’s chief elections officers, to keep voters safe while protecting the integrity of our elections. Voters should not have to choose between their health and...
by jpitney | Apr 16, 2020 | Democracy, Election Security
C-SPAN Classroom: campaigns and elections C-SPAN Classroom: political parties National Archives National Conference on State Legislatures UCLA Online Campaign Literature Archive DHS on Election Security From Ballotpedia: Our newest resource, which we developed just...
by jpitney | Feb 13, 2020 | Election Security
R.J. Reinhart at Gallup: Although their faith has been shaken for some time, Americans are heading into their next presidential election with relatively little confidence in the honesty of the process. Four in 10 Americans (40%) interviewed in 2019 said they are...
by jpitney | Feb 10, 2020 | Election Security
At R Street, Kristen Nyman and Kathryn Waldron write that human error is the top threat to election systems. Errors include failure to recognize and avoid phishing attacks. While problems with voting technology can bedevil any election — as was amply illustrated...