“Voting systems maker leaving NC, seeks probe of competitor’s practices”
Carolina Public Press reports.
Category Archives: voting technology
“Brennan Center Releases Guide for Election Officials to Prepare for Cyberattacks and Malfunctions”
“$425M allocated for election security in government funding deal”
The Hill:
The spending deal agreed upon by House and Senate negotiators includes $425 million for states to improve their election security, two congressional source confirmed to The Hill on Monday.According to the sources, the appropriations deal, set to be… Continue reading
New Lawsuit Against Voting Machines in Pennsylvania
Free Speech for People:
Free Speech For People has filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court challenging the use of the insecure, unreliable ExpressVote XL voting machines. The lawsuit, filed against Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar with the pro… Continue reading
“Two experts quit election accountability group over claims it has been endorsing untrustworthy machines”
Fast Company:
Amid heightened concerns about the integrity of the voting process in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, two election security experts recently quit Verified Voting, a respected election accountability group, in protest. They claim that… Continue reading
Something Stinks with North Carolina Voting Machine Process
Carolina Public Press:
A voting system certified and tested earlier this year for use in North Carolina’s March 2020 primaries won’t be available, according to manufacturer Elections Systems and Software, so the company’s lobbyists have suggested the state quickly approve… Continue reading
“The Cybersecurity 202: Pennsylvania voting debacle gives ammunition to paper ballot push”
Today’s Must-Read: “A Pennsylvania County’s Election Day Nightmare Underscores Voting Machine Concerns”
NYT:
It was a few minutes after the polls closed here on Election Day when panic began to spread through the county election offices.Vote totals in a Northampton County judge’s race showed one candidate, Abe Kassis, a Democrat, had just… Continue reading
“The Cybersecurity 202: Election vendors should be vetted for security risks, says watchdog group”
WaPo:
The federal government should start vetting companies that sell election systems as seriously as it does defense contractors and energy firms, a top election security group argues in a proposal out this morning.Under the proposal from New York… Continue reading
“Expensive, Glitchy Voting Machines Expose 2020 Hacking Risks”
Bloomberg:
Digital voting machines were promoted in the wake of a similarly chaotic scene 19 years ago: the infamous punch-card ballots and hanging chads of south Florida that tossed the presidential contest between George W. Bush and Al Gore into… Continue reading
“The Cybersecurity 202: Swing state election websites aren’t secure against Russian hacking, McAfee says”
WaPo:
County election websites in two battleground states are highly vulnerable to hacking by Russia or another adversary that might seek to disrupt the 2020 vote by misleading voters about polling locations or spreading other false information. About 55 percent… Continue reading
“In 2020, Some Americans Will Vote On Their Phones. Is That The Future?”
Miles Parks for NPR.
“Federal complaint filed to force upgrading Indiana voting machines by 2020 elections”
Indy Star:
An Indiana nonprofit has filed a federal complaint against the Indiana Election Commission and Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson over the state’s lack of voting machines that produce a paper trail.On Thursday, Indiana Vote by Mail and… Continue reading