CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history

Re:CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in Am... by ttul on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:00AM (#25079053)

And regardless, all elections are run by a non-partisan agency. Just like the health service, the police service, the fire service, and the garbage service.

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Re:CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in Am... by refurb on Friday November 13, 2020 @01:42AM (#25079657)

Non-partisan? I mean, they are controlled by the elected government, who appoint people to do what they want. With the exception of elected sheriff's in the US, I wouldn't say it's less partisan. Take a look at what's going on in Alberta with the new Conservative gov't. Plenty of "non-partisan" government agencies are raising hell over the new policy direction.

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Re:CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in Am... by jkhdigital on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:39AM (#25079262)

Why do you keep bringing this up? Do you mean that these services are centralized? Because elections are indeed run by “non-partisan” (whatever that is supposed to mean in this context) agencies here in the US, but they are not centralized at the federal level.

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Re:CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in Am... by bobthepanda on Friday November 13, 2020 @01:58AM (#25079740)

Nonpartisan would mean not dependent on elected officials declaring a party.

Generally speaking, in most US states the person certifying the election result is the Secretary of State, an elected official elected while affiliated to a party. There was a whole brouhaha when Brian Kemp was running for governor of Georgia while also the Secretary of State, because that looked like a conflict of interest in a hotly contested election.

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Re:CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in Am... by gremlinsinc on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @06:11PM (#25131160)

The only way to get non-partisan would be elect panel to oversee the administration of an office, and let each major party with 30% or more in office have equal # of votes. Like picking teams for school sports. It'll end up 50/50. Let the speaker of the house be the deciding vote for ties.

Judges shouldn't be appointed by the fed but be randomized by computers for a database of vetted lawyers/judges who could assume the role, and all federal judges only serve for the case they're called in for (basically reverse jury duty).

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Re:CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in Am... by CountSessine on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:35AM (#25079254)

I really don’t think that that’s going to be the savings you think it is. Counting votes isn’t front-loaded with a flat rate cost or subject to duplication of effort. Having a single federal elections agency isn’t going to help if you have a super complicated ballot.

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Re:CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in Am... by bobthepanda on Friday November 13, 2020 @11:59AM (#25084302)

There are plenty of things to vote for though, and usually it's considered a good thing to put things on the ballot in presidential years because presidential elections have the highest turnout.

My Washington ballot this year was a double-sided single page bubble sheet. I'm not sure how much easier it's supposed to get.

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