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by Axios | 8.22.18

Countable asks: Are you concerned about election security for the midterms? Will it influence whether or not you vote? Hit Take Action and tell your reps. (Via AXIOS)

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The Secure Elections Act, which would make states run post-election audits to determine if election results reflect the way people voted, stalled in a Senate committee Wednesday night per CNN.

The big picture: The bipartisan election security bill — cosponsored by Republican Sen. James Lankford and Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar — had support from several election security experts. However, Secretaries of State from around the country have been opposing the bill’s mandate on post-election audits, in particular because some view it as too strict a requirement without adequate, simultaneous funding to meet the requirement.

Between the lines: The rub is, in part, that states are supposed to run their own elections, and some argue the audits could lead to federal overreach.

Rules Committee Chairman Roy Blunt explained they didn’t have enough support from the Secretaries of State or from Republicans.

Context: Sen. Lankford has said Congress must respond to Russian threats to U.S. election infrastructure, and explained in a speech, \"I do anticipate in the days ahead we will have a hearing on this issue and it will move to this floor for final passage.\"

What's next: All senators have been invited to a briefing on election security with the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and FBI Director Chris Wray. Sen. Blunt said he didn’t know when his committee would take the bill up again, but for now the vote is postponed. According to CNN, Sen. Klobuchar is considering adding grants to help with the cost of post-election audits.

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Since the day you were born, that’s always been on the cards. Most of us find it easier to bury our heads in the sand. Avoidance is the #1 most popular coping strategy in the world. We live in denial of the self-evident fact that we all die eventually. The Stoics believed that when we’re confronted with our own mortality, and grasp its implications, that can change our perspective on life quite dramatically. Any of us could die at any moment. Life doesn’t go on forever. If you say that you won't vote in the general election if your candidate doesn't win the nomination, you're saying to millions of people you think their suffering is an appropriate price for your righteous indignation.\nThere is NO moral justification for sitting out this election. IRL I am an environmental hydrogeologist. I specialize in municipal stormwater management and karst groundwater systems. 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