The amendments to the proposed hand counting procedures fail to address concerns regarding the well-established chain of custody procedures and significant administrative burdens on county election superintendents and staff.
This latest proposed rule will undermine and potentially delay the certification process, burden county boards with time-consuming investigatory demands, and sow distrust in election results.
Like a similar proposal to mandate hand counting procedures during advance voting, this amendment will burden election workers and undermine existing security protocols.
The board has received multiple proposals to amend election certification – this one would limit the potential for disorder and overburdened local boards during this year’s election cycle.
Now is the time to ensure that election workers have what they need to run elections safely and securely – not to unnecessarily encumber them with ill-conceived procedures.
This letter responds to the United States Sentencing Commission’s solicitation of feedback to guide their work next year.
With the historic 2024 election already underway, the integrity of Georgia’s elections must be protected.
On July 1, 2024, the Brennan Center and the ACLU submitted comments to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), urging them to undertake a deep-dive examination of the use of AI in counterterrorism and related national security programs.
With concerns for candidate safety steadily increasing, the Brennan Center encourages the Federal Election Commission to provide clear guidance authorizing the use of campaign funds for security measures.
The Brennan Center joins over 20 civil society organizations in urging Attorney General Garland and Director Haines to exercise their discretion to declassify, or otherwise make public, information revealing the type of service provider at issue in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court case that gave rise to the new definition of “electronic communications service provider” in the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act.