{"id":29736,"date":"2020-12-04T16:43:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T00:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=29736"},"modified":"2020-12-04T16:43:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T00:43:55","slug":"house-democrats-use-markup-app-for-leadership-contest-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=29736","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats use Markup app for leadership contest voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats used an app called Markup ERVS to cast votes in the caucus\u2019 first-ever virtual leadership elections, a spokesperson for House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ibvzptgkcyywrtrywbmccwzzcgwqygyffdcktnqygmdycz_qnwmggswstmfnpmwvvgv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ibvzptgkcyywrtrywbmccwzzcgwqygyffdcktnqygmdycz_qnwmggswstmfnpmwvvgv.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607210917780000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGxJIF6-nuX3LMOhmH78niKFx2FiQ\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a>\u00a0(D-N.Y.) confirmed Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats had previously disclosed they would be using an app to cast votes virtually during the coronavirus pandemic but had not revealed the name of the app they chose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to ensure we could organize our Caucus safely amid the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, House Democrats conducted the first-ever virtual elections for its leadership team and committee chairs using Markup\u2019s ERVS secure voting app on House issued phones,\u201d Jeffries said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe technology has been incredibly well-received by the Members and we are ready to continue our fight For The People in the next Congress,\u201d Jeffries added.<\/p>\n<p>Markup ERVS is a \u201csecure electronic remote voting system\u201d that enables elected officials to record their votes, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/gkynsjwqmccdfjfcdkrmmdnnmwdpcwchhtmqjlpcwrtcmm_qnwmggswstmfnpmwvvgv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/gkynsjwqmccdfjfcdkrmmdnnmwdpcwchhtmqjlpcwrtcmm_qnwmggswstmfnpmwvvgv.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607210917780000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE95xK-xkQ64Dfb0jQmFnY1V6zB8g\">an app store description<\/a>. Reuters\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/clmqvkhrmttfskstfgcmmfqqmhfzthtnnlmrkjzthcldhh_qnwmggswstmfnpmwvvgv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/clmqvkhrmttfskstfgcmmfqqmhfzthtnnlmrkjzthcldhh_qnwmggswstmfnpmwvvgv.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607210917780000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFt5jgaTczq6XCzqah5YdasYH7wRQ\">first reported details<\/a>\u00a0about the app Democrats used on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Markup, a D.C.-based company, launched its remote voting product in March, as the coronavirus pandemic posed increasing issues around gathering in person.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats used the secure voting system to cast preferences for assistant Speaker, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) chair and chairs of various major committees, according to Markup. Democrats nominated Speaker\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/xbssknglcddtynydtprcctsscgtqdgdmmbclnjqdgrbvgd_qnwmggswstmfnpmwvvgv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/xbssknglcddtynydtprcctsscgtqdgdmmbclnjqdgrbvgd_qnwmggswstmfnpmwvvgv.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607210917780000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEXBoU37mrfSowa-V01aijrRMGt1g\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a>\u00a0(D-Calif.) to remain atop the party in a voice vote, which was also conducted remotely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats used an app called&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29737,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29736\/revisions\/29737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}