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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   
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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• I once met a teacher who lived in WisconsinI once met a teacher who lived in Wisconsin (Score: 2, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday January 06 2019, @10:31PM (3 children)

  by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Sunday January 06 2019, @10:31PM (#782884) Homepage Journal

  In a conversation with a colleague he asked her "What church do you go to?"

  "I'm Jewish."

  "You're a Jew? I thought they killed them all."

  She abruptly quit her job then moved to California.

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  Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]

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• Re:I once met a teacher who lived in WisconsinRe:I once met a teacher who lived in Wisconsin (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @01:56AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @01:56AM (#782970)

  Then she tried to get a new job through Soggy Jobs, premiere fake job board, but as it turned out all the jobs are fake.

  The former teacher is homeless now. She lives under a bridge, eats out of a dumpster, and washes herself with wet wipes.

  Yet another life destroyed by Michael David Crawford.

  Fuck MDC

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  • Re:I once met a teacher who lived in Wisconsin(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 08 2019, @03:14AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 08 2019, @03:14AM (#783543)

    I'm from Wisconsin, and that's where I'm going to stay until my children are done with college.
    But...
    Every time I get a notification for a job, I list it on Soggy Jobs.

    FACT
    As in ...

    Fucking
    Anonymous
    Coward
    Troll

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• Re:I once met a teacher who lived in Wisconsin(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @04:07AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @04:07AM (#783012)

  Based and redpilled.

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