Press Releases
Voting Technology
Election Protection Off to a Great Start Assisting
Nearly 400 Hotline Calls So Far Reporting Primary Election Barriers.
– 05/06/08
Brennan Center Lauds Congressional Support of Secure Elections Act
Statement of Larry Norden regarding H.R. 5036, the Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008, which the U.S. House Committee on House Administration voted in support of earlier.
– 04/02/08
Election Protection Receives Over 2,600 Calls on Super Tuesday
Representing a coalition of national, state and local non-partisan not for profit organizations committed to protecting eligible voters’ right to cast a ballot, the hotline had over 500 legal volunteers on hand.
– 02/06/08
Brennan Center Applauds Decision of NYS Board of Elections to Reject Full-Face DREs
The body essentially rejected a systems that would have been confusing to voters and could have caused hundreds of thousands of votes to be lost
– 01/24/08
New Bill Will Improve Security & Reliability of Election Results
Today, Rep. Rush Holt introduced a new bill that will provide funding to states to strengthen their election protocols before the November 2008 presidential election.
– 01/17/08
New Jersey Governor Signs Groundbreaking Post-Election Audit Law
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine signed a bill that requires audits of election results in randomly selected districts. This past summer, the Brennan Center and the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic at Boalt Hall School of Law (U.C. Berkeley) convened an audit panel to determine the best methods for states to use when conducting audits.
– 01/15/08
Memo On EVEREST Report and SEC Brunner’s Recommendations
Key battleground state missing opportunity to correct security flaws; potential to disenfranchise thousands.
– 12/17/07