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White House Blocks Bill to Protect Elections
August 23, 2018 at 2:54 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 86 Comments
A bill that would have significantly bolstered the nations defenses against electoral interference has been held up in the Senate at the behest of the White House, which opposed the proposed legislation, Yahoo News reports.
As it currently stands, the legislation would grant every states top election official security clearance to receive threat information. It would also formalize the practice of information-sharing between the federal governmentin particular, the Department of Homeland Securityand states regarding threats to electoral infrastructure. A technical advisory board would establish best practices related to election cybersecurity.
Perhaps most significantly, the law would mandate that every state conduct a statistically significant audit following a federal election. It would also incentivize the purchase of voting machines that leave a paper record of votes cast, as opposed to some all-electronic models that do not. This would signify a marked shift away from all-electronic voting, which was encouraged with the passage of the Help Americans Vote Act in 2002.
https://politicalwire.com/2018/08/23/white-house-blocks-bill-to-protect-elections/#disqus_thread
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-blocks-bill-protect-elections-173459278.html
eShirl
(18,504 posts)Sunny Daze
(209 posts)Of course they did. How very convenient for them.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)He must be stopped at all cost.
It's the act of an asset of a foreign adversary, and his accomplices!!!
0rganism
(23,970 posts)the tyrant is a foreign asset
he still needs stopping
triron
(22,020 posts)What can be done to stop him?
0rganism
(23,970 posts)maybe we can trap him on the fairway
"where is that damn thing?"
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Make him veto it Senate.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)It's clear that every action from this White House is an obstructive one, designed solely to avoid prosecution for a myriad of federal violations that are clear to all of us in the public.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)They're not JUST protecting Trump, they're also paving the way for their future treachery.
triron
(22,020 posts)spanone
(135,880 posts)from within.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)But I would hope this is the leading story today
Saboburns
(2,807 posts)Somebody say when.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)are going to fight us all THE FUCKING WAY.