Securityweek has a look at the bits of HR1 with digital election security implications running:
The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives has unveiled its first Bill: HR1, dubbed the 'For the People Act'. It has little chance of getting through the Republican-controlled Congress, and even less chance of being signed into law by President Trump.
Nevertheless, HR1 lays down a marker for current Democrat intentions; and it is likely that some of the potentially bi-partisan elements could be spun out into separate bills with a greater chance of progress.
One of these is likely to include the section on election security. This has been a major issue since the meddling by Russian-state hackers in the 2016 presidential election, and the subsequent realization on how easy it would be for interested parties (both foreign hackers and local activists) to influence election outcomes.
I'm all for secure and accountable elections but the feds are going to need to be careful and deliberate in what they mandate vs. what they place conditions for funding on. They do have significant authority as far as election laws go but their power is more deep than broad; most specifics are legally up to the states. Just because something is a good idea doesn't mean they currently have the legal authority necessary to do it.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @11:12PM (2 children)
Daily reminder that Jewish bankers funded Hitler's rise to power.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @11:27PM
There are three main international banks, the world bank, the international monetary fund, and the bank for international settlements. The last is the shadiest, and has proven impossible to disband:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_for_International_Settlements [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @11:37PM
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnknownTradeCo/comments/5vj55z/how_hitler_defied_the_international_bankers_and/ [reddit.com]:
Really? "Testimony" from one of Stalin's show trials during the Great Terror?
The impression I have of the general strategy of neo-Nazis to overthrow the corrupt international capitalist banking system (institutions such as the IMF are large drivers of austerity policies) is to, for whatever reason, attack all Jews, instead of attacking the capitalist banking system. Thus the capitalist banking system lives to see another day thanks to your successfully misdirected rage.