DHS, FBI rebut reports about hacked voter data on Russian forum

The Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity arm and the FBI said on Tuesday they've seen no cyberattacks on voter registration databases this year, following news reports about Michigan voter data appearing on a Russian hacking forum.

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How California election officials are fighting disinformation

Jim Irizarry has seen a dramatic increase in the amount of false and misleading information about voting access coursing through social media lately.

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Trump, Biden build legal armies for electoral battlefield

President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden with help from allies have amassed an expansive legal war chest and marshaled armies of attorneys for what is on track to be the most litigated election season in U.S. history. 

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Widespread voting by mail poses risks of disenfranchising voters, delaying election results

Absentee ballots allow voters who are unable to go to the polls on Election Day to vote, and many voters have understandably chosen them during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Michigan ballot application mailings to dead people raise Republican hackles

Lansing — Some households have received unexpected mailings for deceased voters or since-moved occupants as part of a mass mailing of absentee ballot applications across Michigan — a development that experts and Democrats are defending against Republican criticism.

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Why America isn’t ready for online voting

People’s phones, tablets and computers are vulnerable to hackers. Securing the internet could take a decade or more. But some states are plowing ahead anyway. Some West Virginians voting in Tuesday’s primary will be allowed to tap on their phones or laptops instead of heading to the polls.

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Election integrity measures should be a part of any election changes

The difference between TV game shows and California elections is that game show producers try to find the vulnerabilities to fraud and manipulation before the system starts to give away money.

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En Banc Ninth Circuit Tosses Arizona Voting Rules as Discriminatory

(CN) – Two Arizona ballot-handling practices hamper the voting rights of minorities, and one state law was written to do just that, an en banc Ninth Circuit ruled Monday in a federal lawsuit filed by Democrats in the Republican-dominated state.

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Democrats push election security bill amid impeachment

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats unveiled broad legislation Tuesday to protect the country’s elections as they investigate whether President Donald Trump inappropriately solicited foreign election help from Ukraine ahead of the 2020 vote.

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Bipartisan Senate report calls for sweeping effort to prevent Russian interference in 2020 election

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Colorado becomes first state to ban barcodes for counting votes over security concerns

Citing security concerns, Colorado has become the first state to stop counting ballots with printed QR codes.

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The Cybersecurity 202

The Democratic National Committee’s decision to recommend scrapping phone-in virtual caucuses in Iowa and Nevada is pitting security hawks, who say those systems are ripe for hacking, against Democratic activists who want to increase voter participation.

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Russia Targeted Elections Systems in All 50 States, Report Finds

WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, an effort more far-reaching than previously acknowledged and one largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time.

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Ballot Harvesting Is Terrible; Will the Democrats Agree When It Benefits Them?

Yesterday was an emotional hearing of the North Carolina election board that generated a fair result, a new election for North Carolina’s ninth Congressional District as a result of ballot harvesting.

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Illegal Ballot Harvesting a Looming Issue in Arizona

PHOENIX – Republican candidate Martha McSally beat Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in last year’s election to fill a vacant U.S. Senate seat. At least McSally won on election night.

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John Harris warned his father about legal red flags involving Bladen operative

Contradicting his father’s previous denials, the son of Republican Mark Harris testified Wednesday that he told the candidate multiple times that he had concerns about the political operative hired to run an absentee ballot campaign in Bladen County.

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DNC loses appeal on Republican election tactics

A consent decree that limited Republican Party’s use of controversial poll-watching and ballot security efforts for more than three decades appears consigned to the scrap heap of history after a federal appeals court rebuffed a move by Democrats that could have led to restoration of the long-runni

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Election Law @ Moritz

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The Daily 202: This week foreshadows the continuing escalation of the voting wars

THE BIG IDEA: More than a month after the midterms, the results in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District still haven’t been certified because of credible allegations of election fraud. It’s possible a second race will be held.

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