A popular online database used to track congressional votes, bills and members has gotten a massive update
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Senators Take Action to Block Feared North Korean Election Hack
Lawmakers are pushing forward a bipartisan bill introduced Tuesday calling for sanctions against countries found to be meddling in U.S. elections. Maryland Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen and Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio are working together on the Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines act, or DETER, which Van Hollen says would send an […]
A Boston-based Blockchain voting technology startup takes wing
Overstock subsidiary recently led a $2.2 million funding round for the Boston-based voting technology startup Voatz
DR Congo voting machines go high tech for long-delayed polls
DR Congo’s electoral body trumpeted on Tuesday the arrival of the first voting machines from South Korea for long-delayed elections that the government has pledged to hold in December. The vote is supposed to bring about the belated departure of President Joseph Kabila, in power since 2001, who was supposed to step down last year […]
How Social Media Has Disrupted Traditional Street Protests
Social media is shaping the narrative in important and effective ways, and wresting this from traditional media
Top tech lobby joins legal battle to keep ‘net neutrality’
The lobby group for some of the most powerful US tech firms said Friday it would join the legal challenge to the planned rollback of “net neutrality” rules requiring internet service providers to treat all online traffic equally. The Internet Association — a group which includes Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, among others — announced […]
Studying Political Party Affiliation Through Pickup Truck Density
If town has more sedans than pickup trucks, there’s an 88% chance the city in question voted Democrat
Department of Homeland Security is Failing to Help Secure the Vote
The DHS is another example of the lax attitude of the federal government towards voting system security
Why Midterm Elections Are Particularly Vulnerable to Hackers
Is it possible that a wave of disinformation could nudge the results of a tight congressional race?
New Series of NY Election Security Measures Proposed
Plan includes automatic voter registration, election-day voter registration and early voting