US elections

Biden Missing Opportunity To Sway Young Voters On Legalizing Cannabis

WASHINGTON DC - Cannabis advocates say President Biden is missing an opportunity to sway young voters with his reluctance to take bigger steps to legalize marijuana at the federal level. The Biden administration has opened several avenues for marijuana reform including issuing federal pardons for simple possession and starting the process of potentially rescheduling marijuana’s status under

By |2024-02-24T12:35:52-05:00February 24th, 2024|Marijuana Business, News, Politics, Politics/Government|

How Will COVID-19 Impact US Elections Nov. 3?

ANN ARBOR - Infectious disease expert Fred Brown offers a slide show he prepared for one of the two major US political parties that predicts how the pandemic could impact in-person voting. More than two-thirds of the states now are experiencing steep peaks for COVID-19 contagion levels. President | Chief Operating Officer , Fred Brown

By |2020-10-25T14:19:29-04:00October 25th, 2020|Coronavirus, mitechtv, Science|

Microsoft Battles Russian Hackers Attacking US Election Sites

SEATTLE - Microsoft said Monday that it had identified yet another attempt to hack political organizations and that the attack came from what it suspects is a group of professional hackers working for the Russian government. The tech giant spotted and neutralized websites that were attempting to impersonate the sites of conservative think tanks. If this all sounds

By |2018-08-24T11:16:11-04:00August 24th, 2018|Cyber Defense|

How Cybersleuths Decided Russian Hacked The DNC And Impacted US Election

WASHINGTON DC - It was a bombshell. Operatives from two Russian spy agencies had infiltrated computers of the Democratic National Committee, months before the US national election. One agency -- nicknamed Cozy Bear by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike -- used a tool that was "ingenious in its simplicity and power" to insert malicious code into the

By |2017-05-04T20:54:45-04:00May 4th, 2017|Cyber Defense|

Report: No Evidence Of Hacking Voting Machines, Or Voter Fraud In 2016 Presidential Election

EAST LANSING - There is no evidence that indicates systematic tampering or hacking of voting machines, or conspiracy or fraud among election officials, resulted in vote tallies altered to favor the Republican candidate in Michigan in 2016, experts at the consulting firm Anderson Economic Group LLC reported this week. Anderson Economic Group also reported there

By |2017-01-31T22:05:57-05:00January 31st, 2017|Featured, Politics|