Edward Perez / is on Nostr

Democracy. Elections. Voting. Tech. Commentary & analysis. Likes: Civil society, facts.   Ex-Twitter director for civic integrity. Board Member, Open Source Election Technology Institute @OSET.
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Last Notes

2024-08-26 11:45:40

“We thought with this presidential election coming up in 2024, there could be no better place than the National Postal Museum to have an exhibit where we talk about voting by mail and how it's not a new thing. It's been around for over 160 years in various forms.”
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/24/nx-s1-5060433/voting-by-mail-history-absentee-smithsonian-national-postal-museum

2024-08-26 11:44:51

“Going into this election, we see election deniers who are more organized than they were before, who have been through this once before, and may have learned something or two from all of their defeats in the 2020 election. And we also see more intensity…”
https://thehill.com/homenews/4844987-election-deniers-swing-states-2024/

2024-08-26 11:43:37

“As invigorated Dems celebrated VP Kamala Harris’s nomination…some of them were doing so with a wary eye on new developments in what they fear could be efforts by former president Trump’s allies to create doubt about the election & muddy the result should it not go his way.”
https://wapo.st/3Xha8YV

2024-08-26 11:42:29

“Conservative activists in GA have worked w/ prominent election deniers to pass a series of signif changes to the procedures for counting ballots in recent wks, raising alarm about the potential for confusion & interference in the election certification process…”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/23/georgia-election-deniers-pass-new-laws-election-chaos

2024-08-26 11:41:10

Election officials and their staff do make mistakes. Even spaceflight has suffered due to human error.
When shortcomings in election administration become apparent, bad actors will try to add fuel to the fire by distorting the facts.
**Don’t let them.**
Here’s my commentary, with the OSET Institute.
👇👇👇
https://www.osetinstitute.org/blog/mistakes-not-malfeasance

2024-08-17 02:59:43

joy is stronger than anger
vote

2024-08-17 02:58:57

This requires no further commentary.
These brave and honorable men and women can speak to this issue far better than I can.
https://www.vfw.org/media-and-events/latest-releases/archives/2024/8/vfw-admonishes-former-president-for-medal-of-honor-remarks

2024-08-17 02:57:50

In a democratic republic comprised of 50 states, it seems self-evidently wrong to me that only six or seven states determine who the president will be, for the entire country.
Do you agree?
Even if you’re not politically minded, doesn’t this seem…kind of fucked up? 🤷‍♂️

2024-08-15 06:14:01

As a Texan, I do indeed venerate St. Molly Ivins:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/964/562/357/076/425/original/1e18d48024cd16a9.jpeg

2024-08-10 22:56:16

We all owe a great thanks to ProPublica’s investigative reporting, which resulted in publication of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 private training videos.
See the video on security clearances, and what disqualifies you from federal service, from 19:23 to 20:15. Sound familiar?
Remember: these are *MAGA zealot cultists* uttering *these words.*
Irony has never been more dead. 💀
https://youtu.be/vjCgd8LGUDs?si=Et1HIIuDVoBYKWMP&t=19m22s
See reply below for more…

2024-05-09 18:44:09

I realize that it’s too many words, but I was wish there was a way to succinctly say “anti-asymmetrical killing of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians…”
…instead of simply “pro-Palestinian.”

2024-04-25 19:41:15

As a former director for civic integrity at Twitter, I’ve been disturbed for some time about what Elon Musk is doing with his private global platform.
Today, I took the step of leaving Twitter, completely.
Why?
Here’s my last tweet:
https://mem.ai/p/e83QTrTPntGEmmZYQUEc

2023-04-21 02:40:18

I feel sorry for the people that idolize Elon Musk.

2023-04-21 00:19:16

RT @TrueFactsStated
Is this bad? It looks bad.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/233/934/599/713/304/original/5f06ec7e832bfce2.jpeg