Some state governments have made progress. Denise Merrill, Connecticuts top election official, asked the states governor on Friday to issue an emergency executive order that would allow anyone concerned about coronavirus to request an absentee ballot. Alabama loosened restrictions on Friday on abs
On Thursday, the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State reflected the mood by announcing that its leaders would divide their votes between Ellison and Perez. Vermonts Jim Condos, the DASS vice chair, would back Ellison and Connecticuts Denise Merrill, the chair, would back Perez.
Date: Feb 25, 2017
Category: U.S.
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Feds probe potential breach at the Election Assistance Commission
I am quite satisfied that it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to hack a national election in any meaningful way, said Denise Merrill, president ofthe National Association of Secretaries of States and Connecticuts Secretary of State. I think we explored it quite thoroughly.
Date: Dec 15, 2016
Category: Sci/Tech
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Concerned About Voter Fraud, Rigged Election? Cyber Security Experts Weigh In On The Digital Safety Of Tuesday's ...
In an interview with CNN, Denise Merrill, president of the National Association of Secretaries of State, admitted that due to the lack of funding, voting machines in many precincts are quite outdated and therefore vulnerable. She argued, however, that the American voting system still holds up quite
Date: Nov 06, 2016
Category: U.S.
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Social media helps US millennial voters register, turnout worries linger
"Let's face it - that's where [younger voters] are; they're on social media," said Denise Merrill, the secretary of state for Connecticut, which used social media campaigns, including a dedicated hashtag and Facebook's banner ads, to drive registrations. "Whatever we're doing, we're having pretty dr
Date: Nov 06, 2016
Category: Business
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The Election Will Still Go On, Even If Hackers Attack
If theres one message we want be heard loud and clear, its that these elections will be fair, Denise Merrill, the president of the National Association of Secretaries of State and the Secretary of State of Connecticut, told TIME. It might take longer to count every vote, there might be more hur
Date: Nov 06, 2016
Category: Sci/Tech
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Ballot selfies: A look at where they are allowed or not
CONNECTICUT: No law bans ballot selfies, according to Patrick Gallahue, a spokesman for Secretary of State Denise Merrill. But election moderators have discretion to prohibit activity that threatens the orderly process of voting or the privacy of another voters ballot.
Date: Oct 23, 2016
Category: U.S.
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Fact, fiction and dead voters: 'There's never been a case here'
John Fund of the National Review, who recently argued with Brandi and Secretary of the State Denise Merrill about voter fraud at a League of Women Voters forum in Greenwich, writes that the Pew report was an unanswered invitation for federal authorities to push local officials to clean their voter