It’s no secret that the Trump administration has radically altered the federal government’s relationship with state election officials since being sworn into power last year. While his first term included the creation of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the distribution of hundreds of millions in congressional funding sent to help states upgrade election…
Category: Election Assistance Commission
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Election Assistance Commission, Election Security, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, HAVA
As feds pull back, states look inward for election security support
It’s no secret that the Trump administration has radically altered the federal government’s relationship with state election officials since being sworn into power last year. While his first term included the creation of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the distribution of hundreds of millions in congressional funding sent to help states upgrade election…
Election Assistance Commission, Election Security, Global Security News, Government, North America, Uncategorized
Trump administration setting the stage for elections power grab, voting rights group warns
Election officials should brace for direct attacks from the Trump administration and its state GOP allies on the integrity of U.S. elections — and plan for the possibility that federal agencies once charged with protecting elections will leverage their authorities to interfere in the process, a voting rights nonprofit warned. In a report released Wednesday,…
Election Assistance Commission, Election Security, Global Security News, North America, voting systems
Judge tosses citizenship provisions in Trump elections order
A federal court partially blocked a Trump administration executive order Thursday that seeks to impose requirements on states to use the White House’s definition of “documentary proof” of citizenship, inhibit mail voting and other election-related elements by threatening to withhold federal funding. The order was subject to multiple lawsuits from Democratic Party organizations as well…
Election Assistance Commission, Election Security, Global Security News
Democratic groups sue to block Trump administration’s elections order
The Democratic Party has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its elections executive order, arguing the president lacks the constitutional authority to regulate elections by fiat. The suit, filed Monday in the District of Columbia District Court, was brought by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the…
Donald Trump, election, Election Assistance Commission, Election Security, Global Security News, Government
Trump issues executive order seeking greater federal control of elections
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Tuesday that threatens states with the loss of federal election grants unless they comply with a broad list of requirements concerning the administration of elections. The order makes numerous inaccurate and misleading claims about American elections, many of which mirror older allegations that Trump made regularly on the…