Virginia Is Getting Rid of Its Vulnerable Voting Machines
Virginia’s Board of Elections voted unanimously to decertify all of the state’s touchscreen voting machines, which are considered by cybersecurity experts to be vulnerable to manipulation by hackers. The race…
Software to capture votes in upcoming national election is insecure
The Chaos Computer Club is publishing an analysis of software used for tabulating the German parliamentary elections (Bundestagswahl). The analysis shows a host of problems and security holes, to an…
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach Confirms He is a Paid Columnist For Breitbart
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is a leading figure on President Donald Trump‘s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. He is also now a paid columnist on a conservative website. According to the Kansas…
Analysis: election infrastructure amendment vital for stable democracy
“Valuable resources are spent investigating and responding to cyber incidents that could have easily been prevented,” the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology declares in its analysis of a recently proposed amendment.…
On Voting Reforms, Follow Illinois, Not Texas
In the face of America’s abysmal voter participation rates, lawmakers have two choices: They can make voting easier, or they can make it harder. Illinois made the right choice this week, becoming…
Trump voting panel apologizes after judge calls failure to disclose information ‘incredible’
A federal judge on Wednesday tore into President Trump’s voter commission for reneging on a promise to fully disclose public documents before a July 19 meeting, ordering the government to…
Trump Cybersecurity Advisors Resign, Citing His ‘Insufficient Attention’ to Threats
A quarter of the members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, whose purview includes national cybersecurity, have resigned. In a group resignation letter, they cited both specific shortfalls in the…
Vote Fraud Crusader J. Christian Adams Sparks Outrage
J. Christian Adams claims there’s an “alien invasion” at the voting booth. Adams, a member of President Donald Trump’s election integrity commission, is dedicating his life to cleaning up registration…
North Carolina County Official Indicted For Rigging The 2016 Election For Donald Trump
A former elections worker in North Carolina was indicted by a grand jury on Monday for purposefully changing ballot results during the March 2016 primary election. Richard Robert Rawling, 59,…
US Voting Machine Supplier Leaks 1.8 Million Chicago Voter Records [Updated]
A leading US supplier of voting machines confirmed on Thursday that it exposed the personal information of more than 1.8 million Illinois residents. State authorities and the Federal Bureau of…
Trump Election Commissioners Are Resisting Efforts to Protect Elections From Hacking
The intelligence community fears that Russia’s meddling in US elections did not end in November 2016, and that when the Kremlin tries to intervene again, state and local voting systems…
US Voting Machine Supplier Leaks 1.8 Million Chicago Voter Records
A leading US supplier of voting machines confirmed on Thursday that it exposed the personal information of more than 1.8 million Illinois residents. State authorities and the Federal Bureau of…
Trump Election Commissioners Are Resisting Efforts to Protect Elections From Hacking
The intelligence community fears that Russia’s meddling in US elections did not end in November 2016, and that when the Kremlin tries to intervene again, state and local voting systems…
Feds Seek 1.3 Million Visitor Records From Website Linked To Trump Protests
A web hosting company is fighting back against what it calls an overreaching request from Department of Justice prosecutors, who are attempting to force the company to provide information about…
Could Paul Manafort Bring Down the Whole Trump Family?
President Trump has nice things to say about Paul Manafort. “I’ve always found Paul Manafort to be a very decent man.” Manafort, says Trump, makes money all over the place.…
Wall Street Journal editorial rips Bannon for White House dysfunction
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board blamed senior White House aide Stephen Bannon for chaos in the West Wing, arguing that the top Trump ally’s loyalty to the president is…
Has James O’Keefe Accidentally Stung Himself Again?
James O’Keefe III, the conservative activist famous for undercover stings, has dedicated his life to exposing the “misconduct” of others. But he’s developed a side business in accidentally exposing his…