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Potentially Good Ideas Buried in US House of Representatives' First Bill: HR1

posted by martyb on Sunday January 06 2019, @08:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the stopped-clock dept.

The Mighty Buzzard writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @02:43AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @02:43AM (#782984)

    Like the gerrymandering in North Carolina.

    The one that the democrats MADE in 1999.

    Republican stock in trade
    Ah blame the republicans for what the democrats did. Again.

    The democrats are not your friends. All they care about is power not helping you. Everything they are bitching about right now many have voted for and created bills to promote in the past. They are nothing more than power grabbers. Hell they wanted to impeach trump before he had even been sworn in. For doing nothing other than beating them. Do not think either 'side' is your pal. They are little more than sycophants who waste money and time with petty rules.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Pslytely Psycho on Monday January 07 2019, @05:07AM

    by Pslytely Psycho (1218) on Monday January 07 2019, @05:07AM (#783040)

    Liar.
    The maps were GOP drawn in 2016 and favored the GOP.

    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/27/north-carolina-congressional-map-thrown-out-798609 [politico.com]

    https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/8/17271766/north-carolina-gerrymandering-2018-midterms-partisan-redistricting [vox.com]

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