California’s Motor Voter Program Fraught with Errors
California’s quest to be the nation’s benchmark for automatic (mandatory) voter registration was dealt a blow thanks to a recent audit highlighting issues with its perpetually plagued motor voter program. The audit, released Friday by the Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom, showed that almost 84,000 duplicate voter registrations were on…
Congressional Hearing Highlights Importance of Federal-State Partnerships in Election Cybersecurity
On Wednesday, the House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing, “Securing U.S. Election Infrastructure and Protecting Political Discourse”. While partisan chatter often dominates the discussion on securing our elections from cyberattacks, industry leaders and agency officials had the opportunity to present a fact-based review of the steps required to…
EAC and Brian Newby Sued for Adding Proof of Citizenship Requirement
A lawsuit has been filed against the Election Assistance Commission and its Executive Director Brian Newby by a coalition of voting groups. The suit alleges that Newby impermissibly changed the instructions on the federal voter registration form to require proof of citizenship to complete a registration in Arizona, Georgia, and Kansas, in…
Election Assistance Commission Allows Kansas and Georgia to Require Proof of Citizenship
On January 29, the Election Assistance Commission sent letters to the Georgia Secretary of State, Brian Kemp, and Kansas Election Director, Bryan Caskey, allowing them to require proof of citizenship with federal postcard voter registrations in an effort to comply with the laws in their respective states.