Category Archives: voting technology

“What the Heck Happened in Coffee County, Georgia?; A detailed look back at the computer intrusion that features prominently in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s election interference indictment”

August 16, 2023, 7:25 amchicanery, election subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

Lawfare deep dive by Anna Bower: Days before the forensics team sets foot in Douglas, which is about 130 miles southwest of Savannah, voters had arrived at the elections office to mark their ballots in the state’s runoff election for… Continue reading

The UK Electoral Commission Reports Serious Cyber Hack, Disclosure of Voter Information

August 8, 2023, 8:55 amchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

This looks most unfortunate.

New York: “Critics unhappy with BOE’s certification of new voting machines”

August 6, 2023, 3:41 pmvoting technologyRick Hasen

NY State of Politics: You may be voting on a brand new type of voting machine soon – if your county decides to buy them. On Wednesday, after a lengthy and somewhat contentious meeting, the New York State Board of… Continue reading

“Michigan prosecutors charge Trump allies in felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing'”

August 1, 2023, 1:23 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

Politico: A former Republican attorney general candidate and another supporter of former President Donald Trump have been criminally charged in Michigan in connection with accessing and tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election, according to court records. Matthew DePerno,… Continue reading

Arkansas Voting Machine Case Remanded to State Court

July 28, 2023, 4:58 amvoting technologyDan Tokaji

You can find the order here and coverage here. USDJ James Moody remands the case for lack of federal question jurisdiction. Although the complaint includes a declaratory judgment claim under HAVA, the court concludes that there’s no private right… Continue reading

Suspect in Michigan Voting Machine Probe Says She’s Been Indicted

July 27, 2023, 9:59 amelection subversion risk, voting technologyDan Tokaji

Bridge Michigan: “My attorney has been informed that I have been indicted by DJ Hilson, the special prosecutor in Michigan, working at the request of (Attorney General) Dana Nessel,” Stefanie Lambert said Wednesday on a conservative podcast, where she… Continue reading

“Republicans pile on Raffensperger for not upgrading voting machines”

July 27, 2023, 7:20 amvoting technologyDan Tokaji

The Jolt at AJC: Powerful Georgia House Republicans joined the chorus of conservatives criticizing Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s decision not to upgrade Georgia’s Dominion voting machines before the presidential election. A letter obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution panned… Continue reading

“How Many Disabled People Vote Over the Internet? We Need Better Data.”

July 26, 2023, 5:03 pmvoters with disabilities, voting technologyDan Tokaji

Center for Democracy & Technology: From a disability rights perspective, internet voting may be the best or even only way for some disabled voters to cast a ballot independently and thereby enhance access to the ballot. From a cybersecurity… Continue reading

“Head of US cybersecurity agency sees progress on election security, with more work needed for 2024”

July 26, 2023, 4:52 amelection subversion risk, voting technologyDan Tokaji

AP, with news from the National Association of State Election Directors conference in South Carolina: “Jen Easterly, director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, known as CISA, announced plans to boost resources within the agency, hiring 10… Continue reading

“Activists for hand-counting ballots don’t acknowledge drawbacks: More mistakes, time, and money”

July 24, 2023, 1:27 pmelection administration, voting technologyDan Tokaji

Votebeat: “Despite widespread coverage of the follies of hand-counting ballots, the quest to expand use of the method continues. This year alone, there have been 16 bills in 8 states that would ban the use of tabulators. It’s a … Continue reading

“Election Denial in California”

July 21, 2023, 5:08 pmelection subversion risk, voting technologyDan Tokaji

From Politico’s California Playbook: Beneath the thick top layer of the state’s Democratic control is a passionate base of conservative voters that even the Republican Party sometimes has to rein in. Pandemic rage, Donald Trump’s loss in his reelection… Continue reading

“Election law at the heart of Michigan voting machine investigation”

July 10, 2023, 5:31 amfraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyDan Tokaji

The Detroit Free Press has a deep dive into the state’s law on access to voting machines: At the heart of the investigation into an alleged conspiracy to seize voting machines in the wake of the 2020 presidential election lies… Continue reading

“Elections director who helped copy Georgia data given similar job”

July 7, 2023, 10:47 amelection subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

AJC: The South Georgia election director who allowed tech experts to copy the state’s voting software in the wake of the 2020 presidential race was hired to run a special election in another rural county soon afterward, leading investigators… Continue reading

“The self-inflicted voting machine misinformation crisis looming over 2024”

July 3, 2023, 7:32 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting Wars, voting technologyRick Hasen

Politico: The federal government is about to change its certification guidelines for voting machines — and election officials across the country are bracing for a wave of misinformation that erodes trust in the 2024 election. Election officials are not-so-quietly freaking… Continue reading