Rhode Island good on its promise to road-test risk-limiting election audits, following 2017 passage of legislation by the Rhode Island General Assembly.
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Ex Trump Lawyer Cohen Paid Man to Rig Online Polls
President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen admitted Thursday that he paid a man in 2015 to rig online opinion polls to favor Trump.
Once National Laggard, Democracy in NY Has Leapt Forward Overnight
Demos applauds NY lawmakers for passing historic overhaul of state’s outdated voting laws, and legislation to increase transparency around corporate donors.
It’s Machine-Marked Ballots Versus Hand-Marked Ballots in Georgia
After Georgia’s 2018 elections focused stinging criticism, study commission voted Thursday to recommend use of machines that record votes and print record.
NJ Voting Machines Not on Track to Ever Have a Paper Trail
Review of midterm election offers assurance electronic vote counts are reliable, but lawmakers show limited interest in deploying the technology statewide.
House Democrats Introduce Sweeping Election Reforms in Congress
House Democrats urge a reform package that targets what they call a “culture of corruption in Washington” and aims to reduce the role of money in politics.
Election Assistance Commission Gains Quorum With New Members
The Senate late Wednesday confirmed by voice vote a pair of commissioners to the EAC, giving the agency a quorum for the first time since last March.
Were All Local Election Boards Just Dissolved in North Carolina?
State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement dissolved in N.C. by panel of state judges saying that the law reorganizing the board was unconstitutional.
Cronyism and Waste Accusations Roil Government Publishing Office
Cronyism, wasteful spending and other misconduct roil a little-known federal agency in charge of producing and distributing government’s official documents.
MIT Researchers Propose Innovative Auditing Systems for Elections
Risk-limiting audits seek to examine a relatively small number of randomly drawn ballots to offer a 95 percent assurance that the tabulation is correct.