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Five years after January 6, 2021, Athena Strategy’s Kathy Boockvar and Philadelphia City Commissioner Seth Bluestein sat down with Aaron Dorfman, Executive Director of A More Perfect Union, to reflect on the rise of political violence, how we got here, antisemitism, and how local communities can help. While we may be living in challenging, divisive … Read more
Before and after Election Day, election officials follow a strict chain of custody to ensure every ballot is secure, accounted for, and properly counted. Kathy Boockvar spoke with VoteBeat about how this process works and why voters can have confidence in it. The chain of custody begins well before Election Day and continues long after … Read more
As 2025 comes to a close, we find ourselves reflecting on a year defined by both uncertainty and resilience. In a landscape shaped by diminishing federal support, persistent and evolving threats, and growing domestic tensions, the mission of Athena Strategies remains steadfast: to help fill those gaps and provide officials and voters with the resources … Read more
Athena Strategies, in partnership with the Center for Tech and Civic Life, unveiled a new training on managing the risk of artificial intelligence
Kathy Boockvar and Mike Moser teamed up again to support the National Association of Counties, following the recent annual conference in Philly. This time, they unveiled a new training for government officials on how partnerships can strengthen election security, especially during volatile periods, by improving the resilience of infrastructure and adding capacity to the workforce. … Read more
Kathy Boockvar was honored to be awarded the 2025 CAPE Award from the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections (CSSE). Boockvar and Athena Strategies are very proud to partner with this outstanding group of extraordinarily dedicated public servants. CSSE is a cross-sector, bipartisan collaboration of election officials, law enforcement, governmental and non-governmental organizations working together … Read more
Thank you to Police1 for highlighting that The Committee for Safe and Secure Elections (CSSE) has updated their state-by-state quick reference guides to help law enforcement and election officials protect the safety of voters, election workers, and voting operations. “Election officials and law enforcement officers across the country will head into upcoming elections with updated … Read more
ICYMI, Kathy Boockvar recently joined Tina Johnson on her podcast, Let’s Talk Democracy, to discuss election security and participation in our democracy. Throughout the episode, Boockvar and Johnson unpack what makes our election system so strong, the threats and challenges we are confronting today, and the importance of having impactful and meaningful conversations about elections … Read more
It was great to be back at the National Association of Counties (NACo)’s annual conference in Philly! It was like old times for Kathy Boockvar to reunite with Mike Moser (former CISA Election Security Analyst and PA DOS Director of Election Security & Technology) for a fireside chat with Laurel Caldwell (Chief Information Officer, Latah … Read more
A second federal judge late last week issued a preliminary injunction blocking major provisions of President Trump’s executive order (EO) on elections issued in March. Kathy Boockvar was proud to be part of a bipartisan group of former secretaries of state, represented by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), who filed two amicus … Read more
We are excited to welcome Mike Moser as Senior Election Security Advisor to Athena Strategies! Mike has extensive experience in the election security field, having served as the Director of Election Security & Technology at the Pennsylvania Department of State and as an IT Cybersecurity Specialist with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Election Security … Read more
There has been a growing and concerning trend in Pennsylvania’s elections: increasing rejections of provisional ballots due to minor, fixable technical errors. Kathy Boockvar spoke with Votebeat about these patterns and what might explain and prevent them. Boockvar and county election officials explained that the rise in rejected provisional ballots may be driven by a … Read more