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The Facts About By-Mail Ballot Security

In this article, we dig more deeply into the details of by-mail voting operations, as well as the technical features associated with creating and printing ballots. Through a series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), we show that “fake” by-mail ballots can’t be simply “dropped into” an election, or into drop-boxes, willy-nilly, as some inflammatory assertions would have you believe…

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The Facts About Reporting By-Mail Ballots — And Why it Takes Time

As part of the chaos that’s likely to come during the post-election counting period, we anticipate that false narratives about the time required to report results – and especially from by-mail ballots – are likely to be one of the key themes. In this short article, we dig more deeply into the details of by-mail counting operations, which might take days…

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Democracy is @Stake

The stakes in this election cycle have truly never been higher —not only in terms of the impact on the balance of power in Congress— but in terms of the integrity of the process and trust in the outcomes. I’ve departed Twitter to resume my work as an elections expert & analyst in my capacity as an OSET Institute Board member. So, let’s get to it…

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Never Break The Chain

Maintaining the chain-of-custody for all assets in a public election is one of the most important aspects of election administration. Simply, it’s a legally binding paper trail. When there’s a break in the chain, the repercussions can damage the reputation of a local jurisdiction or an entire state for years (and these days, not to mention enable an election to be called into question). Problem: Its now happening with disturbing regularity.

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The Mesa County Report Mess—Cleaned Up

I really don’t like starting a post with “I’m sorry to hear that…,” but I truly regret what seems like a large number of people experiencing real—but misplaced—concern about the non-bombshell of non-evidence of non-hacking of election computers in Mesa County, Colorado.

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Ballot Watermarks Already Exist

Ed. Note: We’re pleased to have election administration veteran and creator of #ElectionTwitter, Genya Coulter as our guest author to follow-up on an article last weekend on our parent’s site examining the proposed ballot anti-counterfeit watermarking legislation in front of the Arizona legislature and in at least three others states …

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Waldron Kraken-Busting

ED. NOTE: This article is the product of substantial input by John Sebes, OSET Institute Chief Technology Officer with the balance by Gregory Miller, OSET Institute Chief Operating Officer and non-practicing lawyer. Following the recent broader disclosure of James “Philip” Waldron’s slide deck presentation that was circulating inside the Trump Administration in the weeks leading … Continued

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CISA Stands Up For Elections

There’s lots of goodness in the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) taking steps to prioritize federal elections and security of all public elections. This includes the arrival of Kim Wyman. However, a move that caught our attention was CISA designating  elections as part of “national critical functions.” Let’s unpack this.

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Blockchain ❤️ Breakers

It appears necessary to do some more debunking, but not about “The Big Lie” (aka election Kraken), rather about the Blockchain — that overly-hyped, open, highly distributed, public ledger. Why more debunking? In the case of blockchains and elections, the confusion just keeps coming up again and again, zombie-like, and I keep saying the same things over and over — so I figured if I write it down…

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