Tag: Democracy Podcasts

A Dispute Over Georgia’s Election Machines Resulted in Georgia’s Election Board Inviting DOJ to Investigate, Opening the Door to Election Chaos

A Dispute Over Georgia’s Election Machines Resulted in Georgia’s Election Board Inviting DOJ to Investigate, Opening the Door to Election Chaos

There’s more dysfunction at the Georgia Elections Board. In 2024, election deniers on the board threatened to make “reasonable inquiries” and delay certification of the presidential election. Now, in a dispute over the state’s voting machines, the board’s executive director asked the Trump Department of Justice to “intervene.”
Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth Announces Use of Military Cyber Command Assets Against Foreign Election Interference, Backstopping Gutted CISA

Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth Announces Use of Military Cyber Command Assets Against Foreign Election Interference, Backstopping Gutted CISA

The Department of Defense has released a September 22nd memo from Secretary Pete Hegseth, directing the U.S. Cyber Command to combat foreign interference in the November election. Such protections were formerly conducted by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, gutted by the administration in 2025.
U.S. Supreme Court’s Majority Allows Use of Social Security Data for SAVE Database, But Limits Scope Close to the Election; Case Sent Back to DC Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court’s Majority Allows Use of Social Security Data for SAVE Database, But Limits Scope Close to the Election; Case Sent Back to DC Circuit

There’s been a decision in a U.S. Supreme Court voting rights & data privacy case we’ve been following. Sept. 25th, the high court’s majority allowed Social Security data to be used in the Trump administration’s SAVE database, over the strenuous objection of pro-voter and civil rights groups and several states.