News,Events,Insights News Try Again on No-Excuse Mail Voting May 7, 2023 “A study from the Center for American Progress found that states that offered vote-by-mail options in 2016 had voter participation 10 points higher than states without.” Read the op-Ed Kathy co-authored in the Albany Times Union … Read More… News Fox Settlement Between Fox News and Dominion A Wake-Up Call for Other Networks April 24, 2023 Following news of a settlement in the Dominion Voting- Fox News lawsuit,Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar spoke with The Washington Post about her experiences after the 2020 election and her hope that this settlement will … Read More… News Fox Settlement Part of Flurry of Lawsuits Over Election Lies April 19, 2023 Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar spoke with The Associated Press to discuss the settlement of the Dominion Voting – Fox News lawsuit. She recalled her deposition in the Dominion-Fox case and recounted her experience with … Read More… News Fox News and Dominion Trial Set to Begin, After Two and a Half Years April 18, 2023 As the Dominion-Fox News case was finally heading to trial and before it settled, Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar was interviewed by Bloomberg about her thoughts on what might happen during the trial, and its … Read More… News Utilization of HAVA Election Funding by States April 1, 2023 Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar co-authored a research paper on the Utilization of Help America Voting Act (HAVA) Election Funding by States for the Institute for Responsive Government. Kathy and Ashish Sinha reported that federal funds … Read More… News Kathy Boockvar Joins the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute for Cyber Law, Policy and Security March 8, 2023 Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar is joining the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute for Cyber Law, Policy and Security, also known as Pitt Cyber, as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar and an adjunct professor in the School … Read More… Events Kathy Boockvar Speaks at The Washington Center’s Inside Washington Program January 25, 2023 Athena Strategies President and former PA Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar was the inaugural speaker for The Washington Center’s Inside Washington program in January 2023. She spoke about her career dedicated to election security and … Read More… News Preventing Physical Harassment and Violence Against Election Officials with Kathy Boockvar January 12, 2023 Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar sat down with Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon, hosts of High Turnout, Wide Margins, a podcast on election administration. Kathy shared her experiences working with law enforcement and other cross-sector … Read More… Events The Biden Institute Welcomes Former Secretaries of State Ahead of 2022 Midterm Elections November 6, 2022 The University of Delaware Biden Institute of Public Policy invited former Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar to serve as an SNF Ithaca Initiative Fellow, and to visit with students and faculty at the Institute … Read More… News Two in Five US Voters Worry About Intimidation at Polls October 26, 2022 Athena Strategies’ Kathy Boockvar was interviewed by Reuters for a piece about threats of violence and voter intimidation at the polls. Kathy expressed that these types of threats and fears of intimidation are contrary to … Read More… News Local Election Officials Brace for Possible Violence and Threats October 26, 2022 Kathy Boockvar, president of Athena Strategies, was interviewed by Route Fifty for an article focusing on potentially volatile election scenarios and means for election officials to deescalate these situations and protect themselves. Kathy spoke about … Read More… News Law Enforcement Searching for New Ways to Protect Elections September 15, 2022 Athena Strategies President Kathy Boockvar spoke with StateScoop about the importance of collaborative cross-sector efforts of law enforcement and election officials to strengthen security for voters and election workers alike, and provide election officials with … Read More… Previous 1…6789 Next