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Making effective open source election software is one thing. Removing barriers to its use is another and means addressing concerns around liability, troubleshooting and certification.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC © shutterstock During the 2020 presidential election, voting machine security became an issue widely characterized as the exclusive obsession of right-wing "conspiracy theorists." But a new bill proposed by House Democrat Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD) concedes numerous concerns about voting machines that were of bi-partisan complaint both prior to and after the presidential election. The "For the People Act of 2021," or H.R. 1, as it currently stands in the 117th Congress, contains major reforms to the use of voting machines in United States elections. In Section H of ...
>> the u.s. aelections assistance commission, they're confirmed by the senate and help with voting system guidelines. credit testing systems and they certify voting systems. they audit the use of funds to maintain national voter registration forms. all sorts of things. these are things that are designed to make it better, safer and easier for people to vote. not the opposite. >> you would think donald trump, who keeps running his mouth about voter fraud, you would think that he would come out and endorse this commission. no, they want to fold it under the federal election commission, which we ...