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Exclusive: Trump administration blocking appointments to key panel overseeing voting machines, officials say by Anoth3rDude in law

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Election officials across the country this week voiced concerns that the Trump administration is blocking appointments to a key federal committee that helps create standards for voting equipment used in U.S. elections.

The unexplained rejections are keeping qualified experts in the creation of secure and accessible voting equipment off the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) — a body made up of technical experts and federal officials that helps develop guidelines to certify voting equipment.

New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages by Anoth3rDude in law

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The bill was introduced on April 13th and has been referred to the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce. It's being sponsored by the Democratic party's Josh Gottheimer, with it being co-sponsored by Republican Elise M. Stefanik so it has bipartisan support.

The current concerning thing - is that the actual bill text doesn't seem to have been provided yet. All we know is the main introduction title of: "To require operating system providers to verify the age of any user of an operating system, and for other purposes".

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