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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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Krakenbusting: Moving On After the Statistics Zombies

Election 2020 is over, and many of the wilder conspiracy theories about “the stolen election” are receding into zombie-dom. However, we’re still seeing some persistent “concerns” about election results that “can’t be right” because “something’s wrong with these numbers” based on amateur statistical analysis and a complete misunderstanding of election night reporting. So crazy are these “concerns” that we’re compelled to continue trying to quash the Kraken.
We’re not afraid of any Kraken, so let’s do this…

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