Sentences with phrase «diebold election systems»

Homeland Security reportedly considered declaring election systems as «critical infrastructure,» which would have given the federal agency the authority to protect the systems.

The Republican presidential nominee held a campaign rally in Ryan's home state of Wisconsin on Monday in which the crowd chanted «Paul Ryan sucks» and Trump railed against what he called «corrupt» media and a «rigged» election system — a frequent accusation the Manhattan billionaire has brought up without evidence.

The upshot is that Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure may need to be included on the list of critical infrastructure targets, which includes utilities, transportation systems, financial markets and most recently election systems.

Since the U.S. election system operates through a patchwork of different systems in each state, Graff believes it would difficult to pull off a large - scale breach.

But the extent of Russia's infiltration in election systems across the country last year remains unclear, and congressional investigators apparently are trying to find out more about what the Russians accessed and why.

The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence panel told USA TODAY that Russian attacks on election systems were broader and targeted more states than those detailed in an explosive intelligence report leaked to the website The Intercept.

This assessment is based on the decentralized nature of our election system in this country and the number of protections state and local election officials have in place.

State election officials are baffled by a Bloomberg report alleging that Russian hackers compromised the voting systems in 39 states, adding that cybersecurity firms were engaging in scare tactics to win state and local contracts to protect election systems.

If you can remember as far back as Tuesday, the week's news cycle began with the nation's intelligence chiefs testifying that Russia is continuing to interfere with our election systems here in 2018, and that President Trump hasn't asked them to do anything about it.

I'm looking for educational resources that I can share with others in an effort to engage more citizens in how our election system actually works.

Dominion did not get the contract, which went to Nebraska - based Elections Systems & Software.

(Maybe not in Germany due to the different election system, but even there these muslim MPs had to convince their party that they should be given a high enough spot on the party election list).

The German election system is such that the final proportion of parliamentary seats must match the country wide proportions of party - preference votes.

Or perhaps the Russians obtained information about voters (e.g. by hacking the state election system) that the campaign then used.

Jeremy Corbyn has just competed under the most democratic election system that Labour has ever held and has won the biggest ever mandate of a leader.

So when the election system makes it next to impossible for small parties to get representation, people will vote them even less.

With what election system would you replace the electoral college?

By urging tribunals to strike down the use of the card reader, the implication is a return to our prior election system, going back to the 2003 and 2007 era where Mike Tyson, dead people and ghost names on the voter register produced huge votes recorded on election day to declare people winners of election.

Which countries in Europe use a non - «winner takes all» election system for their national offices?

The election system works like this: You can vote for electorates and party list.

Point out that the Church and the State are separate for a very good reason so, likewise, amendments to the election system should not be influenced by politicians and media owners.

The peculiarities of the Norwegian election system generate 6 — 8 parties and make it extremely difficult for a single party to gain an absolute majority.

In revenge, Clegg sank the boundary reform the Conservatives desperately need to iron out structural bias in the election system.

A Fair Elections system would allow the priorities of constituents to matter more, because big campaign contributions would matter less.

«Only New York State could have this convoluted an election system that we could find ourselves here in this time and place having to make some difficult decisions about what to do next....

At 10 a.m., the Assembly holds a hearing on Protecting the Integrity of New York State's Election Systems, Assembly Hearing Room 1923, 19th Floor, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

Rethinking the election system or building a new one.

«Our country has to rely on an election process and an election system that is verifiable, that is transparent and brings about confidence to everybody,» he continued.

«The fact that our election system sends a message that we don't want you to vote makes it difficult to increase turnout,» said Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, D - Manhattan.

The New York election system needs a colossal reform that would solidify our democratic process.

«They say they support free speech, yet they attempted to disrupt a hearing and prevent members of the Elections Committee from taking testimony on the City's taxpayer - funded election system.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

«The bias against smaller parties is one concern arising from this study of our election system in 2011 another is the power handed to party machines in deciding who goes where on the list and so in many cases who gets a seat.

Some groups say publicly - funded election systems will help get more women in the legislature.

US got winner takes all attitude election system.

Based on that, I would think that any countries with different election system than the United States would have been more representative.

«These proposals will modernize and open up our election system, making it easier for more voters to participate in the process and helping to make a more fair, more just and more representative New York for all.»

The state Senate Democrats, led by Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, unveiled a new report highlighting the shortcomings of the state's election system that led to an abysmally low voter turnout in the 2016 presidential election.

As expected, the proportional election system for the new Scottish Parliament meant that Labour failed to gain an outright majority in the first elections.

Under a Fair Elections system, candidates that abide by lower contribution limits and enhanced disclosure rules would receive public matching funds for every small donation they raise.

What you are arguing for, then, is not a different election system, but a different governmental system.

The clean - elections system, legislated in 2005 and refined in later years, bans executives of firms that have contracts with the state government from contributing to state election campaigns and political party committees that provide money to those campaigns.

California's top - two election system — by its very design — excludes third parties from the general election ballot.

In proportional - election systems, where political parties are represented in proportion to the total numbers of votes they receive, gerrymandering has little or less significance.

HARTFORD — State officials said Monday that public campaign financing awards to candidates for 2014 will total more than $ 33 million — a record amount for Connecticut's taxpayer - funded election system.

Cuomo announced the proposal during his State of the State Address last month, presenting it as a way to boost voter participation and modernize the election system.

«Our election system is the backbone of our democracy, and we can not sit silently by as foreign entities interfere in our elections.

Now the Rump is going to declare the election system rigged and he takes the TEAPubs down with him.

Former president of the Bundestag, Norbert Lammert, has long argued for an overhaul of the election system, and there are many different proposals for how the enlargement effects could be avoided.

The Democratic Audit, a research body based at the LSE, proposes a reform to the Commons Speaker election system to end the disenfranchisement of the Speakers» constituents