Law Technology

Software Attacks Pose Threat to All Electronic Voter Machines
The Brennan Center Task Force on Voting System Security at NYU School of Law has released a report and policy proposals concluding that all three of the nation's most commonly purchased electronic voting systems "have significant security and reliability vulnerabilities"...

New Jersey Voting Machine Case
Things like this post from the Daily Dissidence Blog only stoke my innate distrust of electronic voting machines :Report on Voting Machine Security Suppressed:"A judge of the New Jersey Superior Court has prohibited the scheduled release of a report on the security and accuracy of the Sequoia AVC Advantage voting machine...

New GAO Reports: Aviation Security, Bureau of Indian Education, Labs That Test Voting Systems
Aviation Security: TSA Is Enhancing Its Oversight of Air Carrier Efforts to Screen Passengers against Terrorist Watch-List Records, but Expects...

NY TIMES: FIX THE DATABASE FIRST
The NY Times has an excellent editorial this morning discussing an issue I've raised many times before - the flawed databases that are the backbone of the E-Verify and Social Security No-Match systems...

UK Electoral Commission Study, "Compulsory Voting Around The World"
While reading that new Argentina Elections website I wrote about last night, I came across a link to a report from the UK Electoral Commission, "Compulsory Voting Around The World." Every once in a while I field questions about compulsory voting, and whether or not it might be a good mechanism for increasing voter participation in the U...

New Jersey: independent reivew of e-voting machines approved
Ars Techinca reports: In a decision issued last week, superior court judge Linda R. Feinberg ruled that a technical review of voting machines used in New Jersey may proceed despite the objections of the manufacturer, Sequoia Voting Systems....

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

Rightwing Extremism
Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.

Cardiovascular Systems Initiates Recall of ViperSheath
Cardiovascular Systems Initiates Voluntary Recall of ViperSheath

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits

Security One
accused of selling faulty alarms

Bank Website Security
New Report Finds Widespread Flaws

Sprint Nextel
alleging violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act