
Governor LePage Bucks Medicare Expansion
RT America Must Register as Foreign Agent ; Computer Scientist on Why Paper Voting is Best …and More Picks 11/10
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RT America Must Register as Foreign Agent ; Computer Scientist on Why Paper Voting is Best …and More Picks 11/10
While experts are relieved to see some states finally taking cyber threats seriously, they say the nation as a whole still isn’t where it needs to be to prevent future interference by foreign or domestic forces.
No Outrage Over Pentagon Spending ; The Return of Paper Ballots …and More Picks for 9/22
The state is off to a good start after decertifying its highly vulnerable DRE voting machines. But it still has work to do if it wants truly secure elections.
DEF CON attendees remind us just how easy it is to bypass laughable voting machine safeguards. At least they got the mainstream media to cover this issue for once.
Trump Kills Obama’s Fracking Rule ; Las Vegas Hackerthon Targets Voting Machines …and More Picks for 7/31
This past week, you may have seen financier Bill Browder everywhere. However, as far back as May of 2015, and then again in March of this year, WhoWhatWhy spoke to Browder about Russian intentions and methods.
Turkey Arrests Second Amnesty International Leader ; Texas County Returning to Paper Ballots …and More Picks for 7/7
Like so many important subjects, the future battle over improving our election system is about technical issues. Don’t let the geek factor throw you off: whether we emphasize accessibility for the disabled or a reliable paper trail is a very big deal for us all. The question is: Can we have it all?
Bill Browder, an American financier formerly operating in Russia, provides an in-depth look at what we should have been afraid of for a long time.
President Donald Trump wants an investigation into his unproven claim that millions of illegal votes were cast for Hillary Clinton. Enterprising lawmakers could take any findings to further suppress the right of minorities to vote.
Old voting machines and the Election Day sloppiness of officials in Detroit may disqualify tens of thousands of ballots from Michigan’s recount, which would make it very difficult for Hillary Clinton to prevail in the state.