Hacking of Election Data Raises Concerns for States Without Voter ID


Aug. 31, 2016
Here in Washington, the White House says Americans shouldn't worry about the hacking of election data, possibly by Russians. Fred Lucas reports on rising concerns. From Ukraine, Nolan Peterson files a dispatch on Russia's latest eyebrow-raising moves. Does skeet shooter and Olympic medalist Kim Rhode care about media bias? Kelsey Harkness asks her that and more in a must-read Q & A. Plus: Jason Snead on making it harder for one state to grab personal belongings, and Mike Gonzalez on Kaepernick and Castro.
News Hacking of Election Data Raises Concerns for States Without Voter ID "We can't afford this vulnerability in our election systems," Mark Meckler, president of Citizens for Self-Governance and a former internet technology lawyer, tells The Daily Signal in a phone interview. Read More
News Olympic Shooter Kim Rhode Talks Gun Control, Feminism, and Media Bias "When you look at the gun debate and the Olympics, there definitely is that stigmatism that's attached to our sport due to all the negative publicity that guns get," Kim Rhode says in an interview with The Daily SIgnal. Read More
News Russia's Military Exercises Fuel Fears of Continued Aggression Periodic flare-ups in the ongoing war in Ukraine's embattled Donbas region this summer have renewed fears of a full-on Russian invasion. Read More
Commentary California Legislature Adopts Bill That Would Make It Tougher for Government to Take Your Stuff The reforms contained in the bill would not hinder legitimate law enforcement operations targeting kingpins, criminal enterprises, and drug cartels—the worst-of-the-worst offenders that were the original targets of civil forfeiture proceedings in the 1980s. Read More
Commentary Kaepernick Ignores Much History in America, Cuba Showing up at a postgame press conference sporting a T-shirt with photos of Malcolm X meeting Fidel Castro, Colin Kaepernick revealed either ignorance of communism and of Cuba, or a troubling ideological proclivity. Read More
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