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Today, the University of California Berkeley Center For Security in Politics issued a statement reporting on the conclusions of a Working Group convened with funding from Tusk Philanthropies to develop standards that would ensure internet voting can be secure and private. The Working Group concluded that it could not issue such standards, stating “the current cybersecurity environment and state of technology make it infeasible for the Working Group to draft responsible standards to support the use of internet ballot return in U.S. public elections at this time.” 

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the important voting rights case Wednesday, Dec. 7. 

This morning a panel of Common Cause’s national policy experts and state leaders briefed the media on the voting trends seen in yesterday’s election nationally and in Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania.

On Tuesday, Nov. 8 and Wednesday, Nov. 9, Common Cause’s national network of election protection advocates will brief the media on the conditions voters are experiencing at the polls as they happen.

Last week, Elon Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. Soon after closing the deal, Musk fired Twitter’s top executives including its CEO, CFO, General Counsel, and Head of Legal Policy, Trust and Safety. More layoffs are expected to be made in the coming days. 

There is no legal basis to upend our nation's long-standing system of having checks and balances in place for our elections processes.