Meet the 19-Year-Old Gun Control Lobbyist Who Has Lawmakers’ Ears
New Election Systems Use Vulnerable Software ; The Snakes That Ate Florida ; and More Picks 7/15
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Will Microsoft Save America’s Elections?
Tech giant Microsoft has thrown its hat into the election transparency field with a program called ElectionGuard, which aims to put verification power in the hands of voters in the United States.
Gun Violence Is a National Security Threat: Janet Napolitano
TX Shreds Bill That Would’ve Required Paper Ballots ; Femicide Is on the Rise in Mexico ; and More Picks 6/3
Google Gives Users New Privacy Controls
Who Pays for Climate Damages? ; The Declassified Life of Luis Kutner ; and More Picks 5/8
A Presidential Candidate Is Speaking Out About Voter Suppression
Presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) forcefully made the case for better election laws and highlighted the devastating impact of voter suppression on democracy. Will her primary rivals follow her example? Election integrity experts are encouraged.
Green Shoots in the Future of Voting
Some stories and blueprints for success in the voting-rights battle.
20 Years On, the Background Check System Continues to Miss Dangerous Gun Buyers
DHS Refusing to Look Into Hack of Voting Machines ; Pot Users Weigh Less ; and More Picks 4/22
The Mueller Report: More Disquieting Insights
The report profiles Trump campaign staffers and their relationships with a huge cast of shadowy Russian operatives.
We’ve Been Distracted During Mueller Time
How could the polls be so wrong days before the 2016 US general election? It’s a question we still don’t have answers for. It’s up to the American people to acknowledge a threat that remains in place for 2020.
‘Hybrid’ Voting System Can Change Paper Ballots
Manual audits of machine-marked “paper ballots” from hybrid voting systems cannot detect fraud because the hybrids can change votes after the ballots have been cast.
Democracy Reform Advocates Hail HR 1 as First Step in a Winnable Battle
Restoring government of the people — or not — will define the nation’s future, activists say.
For Stacey Abrams, Voter Suppression Is Personal
Abrams came very close in her Georgia race to be the country’s first female African American governor. Still a major political mover and shaker, she’s using what happened to her in 2018 to spur reform of voting laws throughout the country.