The Department of Homeland Security’s top cyber official will ensure election officials uses basic cybersecurity techniques for 2020 presidential election.
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Federal Government Focused on Cybersecurity Basics Ahead of 2020
VIDEO: Top Administrator Reflects on Maine’s First Ranked Vote
Secretary of State reflects on the implementation of ranked voting for the 2018 primary and general elections, the recount process, and lessons learned.
DARPA Is Building an Open Source Voting Machine
DARPA is working with firm Galois to develop open source voting machine technology that would let people verify that their votes were tallied correctly.
Top US House Intel Lawmaker: 2020 Election ‘Enormously Vulnerable’
Top U.S. House intel lawmaker, Adam Schiff said on Tuesday that 2020 elections are “enormously vulnerable” to hacking and foreign influence.
Streamlining the Application for Iowa Felons Seeking Voting Rights
Governor Kim’s staff has created a one-page document for Iowa felons seeking the governor’s approval of the application to get their voting rights restored.
Georgia Voting Machine Debate Pits Election Officials vs. Tech Experts
Georgia voting machine debate pits election officials staunchly opposed by computing experts who see an imminent threat to election security.
Broad Agreement on Small Donor Public Financing as Priority for NY
NY State Assembly and Senate released their lists of priorities for this year’s state budget. Both chambers include small donor public financing.
Bicameral Native American Voting Rights Act Introduced in Congress
U.S. Senator Tom Udall and others led a group of Senate and House Democrats in re-introducing the Native American Voting Rights Act.
Questions Raised About Facebook and Twitter Use of TurboVote
In 2018, Facebook and Twitter decided to play a role in helping people register to vote in what promised to be a momentous midterm election.
Small Donors Dominated NYC Election Thanks to Public Financing System
Small-dollar donors were behind 63 percent of first wave campaign contributions to candidates who ran in the February special election for public advocate.
- Does California County’s At-Large Election System Harm Latino Voters?
- New California Independent Redistricting System Will Help Republicans
- Decline in Readers, Ads Leads Hundreds of Newspapers to Fold
- Bill to Severely Restrict Iowa Ballot Access Outside Two Parties
- The Sad Results of Texas’ Desperate Search For Fraudulent Voters
- Minnesotans Call On Lawmakers To Restore Felon Voting Rights
- Supreme Court Fight Against Partisan Gerrymandering Gathering Pace
- Amendment to Set Voting Age for Federal Office at 16 Defeated
- New York Democrats Back Off Support For Campaign Finance Reform
- A Look at the New Denver Blockchain Voting Plan
WORLDWIDE
Algerians Hold Biggest Anti-Bouteflika Protests
Hundreds of thousands of people crammed into central Algiers on Friday, Reuters witnesses said, in the biggest protests against Bouteflika’s 20-year rule.
Opposition Grows to Sudan’s Government Crackdown on Protests
Rights groups are voicing concerns about Sudan’s crackdown on anti-government protests, which have been sweeping the African nation since last December.
Democracy Linked to Health Gains in Low and Middle-Income Nations
A new study led by Stanford Medicine that a better way to measure the role of democracy in public health is to examine the causes of adult mortality.
Detained Saudi Women’s Rights Activists Brought to Court
Women’s rights activists in Saudi Arabia appeared in a closed-door court hearing Wednesday on unknown charges after being detained in a crackdown last year.
Brazil Supreme Court Ruling a Blow to Corruption Probe
Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that corruption cases involving illegal campaign donations should be handled by electoral courts.
Saudi Arabian Women Human Rights Defender Al-Hathloul on Trial
Al-Hathloul was initially held in incommunicado and has been denied access to all legal support. She has also reportedly been subjected to severe torture.
The Third Wave of Autocratization is Here
More democracies than ever before are in decline amounting to a third wave of autocratization according new scientific study by V-Dem researchers.
Tribunal Sentences Journalist for Criticizing Lebanese Security Agency
The sentencing of Lebanese TV correspondent Adam Chamseddine to three months in jail for “insulting” a security agency in a Facebook post .
UN Panel: Democratic Space in Burundi is Shrinking
U.N commission of inquiry in Burundi says government of President Pierre Nkurunziza is becoming more repressive which does not bode well for 2020 elections.
Russian Lawmakers Speed to Punish Criticism of the Government
Ahead of a vote in Russia’s Federation Council on legislation dramatically increasing fines for online publication of alleged “fake news” and online speech .
- Russian Lawmakers Speed to Punish Criticism of the Government
- China: Muslim ‘Training Centers’ May ‘Gradually Disappear’ Some Day
- Logistics Behind The World’s Largest Election
- A 38 Years Prison Sentence for Iranian Human Rights Lawyer
- Mozambique Children’s March for Free Speech Broken up by Police
- UN Report Criticizes Crackdown on Protesters in Iran
- Israeli Arabs Furious Over Netanyahu ‘Citizen’ Comments
- Assessment Finds Systemic Problems Limit Nigerian Elections
- Whistle-Blower Controversy Exposes Reality of China’s Judicial System
- Veteran Diplomat Set to Guide Algeria’s Transition After Protests