by jpitney | Oct 28, 2022 | Election Security, Elections, Public Service, Violence
Sean Lyngaas at CNN: Millions in federal dollars could have gone to protect election workers and improve the physical security of their offices, but in a classic tale of bureaucratic red tape, most of it remains untapped less than two weeks before the midterm...
by jpitney | Oct 25, 2022 | Elections, Public Service
Calvin Coolidge Says, October 8, 1930: If self-government is to continue to be a success the voters must take their duties seriously. As the relations of the government in both our political and economic life become increasingly intricate, the necessary qualifications...
by jpitney | Oct 24, 2022 | Elections, Nevada, Public Service
At WP, Dana Milbank reports on the impending election fiasco in Nevada: The election supervisors in 10 of the state’s 17 counties have already quit, been forced out or announced their departures. Lower-level election workers have quit in the face of consistent abuse....
by jpitney | Oct 20, 2022 | Elections, Nevada, Public Service
Linda So, Joseph Tanfani and Jason Szep at Reuters: Businessman Robert Beadles claimed he had found evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. Then he went on the attack, targeting a 48-year-old woman who runs elections in Nevada’s Washoe County. “Now,...
by jpitney | Sep 6, 2022 | Civility, Elections, Public Service, Violence
Neil Vigdor at NYT: In Wisconsin, one of the nation’s key swing states, cameras and plexiglass now fortify the reception area of a county election office in Madison, the capital, after a man wearing camouflage and a mask tried to open locked doors during an election...
by jpitney | Sep 1, 2022 | National Archives, Public Service
Debra Steidel Wall, Acting Archivist of the United States, to NARA Employees: The National Archives has been the focus of intense scrutiny for months, this week especially, with many people ascribing political motivation to our actions. NARA has received messages from...
