Category Archives: voting technology

“ESS voting machine company sends threats”

January 11, 2021, 7:58 amvoting technologyRick Hasen

Andrew Appel: For over 15 years, election security experts and election integrity advocates have been communicating to their state and local election officials the dangers of touch-screen voting machines. The danger is simple: if fraudulent software is installed in the… Continue reading

“Forget the conspiracy theories — here are the real election security lessons of 2020”

December 27, 2020, 1:00 pmElection Meltdown, voting technologyRick Hasen

Politico: The foreign cyberattacks that so many intelligence officials feared didn’t upend the 2020 elections — but this year’s contests nonetheless showed how much the nation still needs to do to fix its security weaknesses.Paper trails protected the integrity… Continue reading

“2020’s Lessons for Election Security”

December 20, 2020, 9:54 amvoting technologyRick Hasen

Important analysis from the Brennan Center.

Antrim, Michigan Hand Recount Confirms Accuracy of Machine Recount, with 12-Vote Gain for Trump

December 17, 2020, 2:02 pmchicanery, election administration, recounts, voting technologyRick Hasen

Detroit News: An audit of Antrim County election results Thursday gave President Donald Trump a net gain of 12 votes from the certified results in the northern Michigan county. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s total decreased by one vote, from… Continue reading

“A voting technology company at the center of election conspiracy theories demanded a retraction from Fox News, accusing them of ‘a concerted disinformation campaign'”

December 14, 2020, 10:16 amfraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyRick Hasen

Business Insider: The election software company Smartmatic is demanding retractions from right-wing media outlets, accusing them of spreading conspiracy theories about its role in the 2020 elections.In a letter obtained by Insider, Smartmatic accused Fox News of engaging in… Continue reading

A Sidney Powell Sleight-of-Hand on Claims of Manipulation of Electronic Voting Systems? (Or What Happened to the Keshavarz-Nia Statement)

December 9, 2020, 9:23 amfraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyRick Hasen

A reader passes along the following, which I have not had a chance to independently verify. Happy to hear any corrections or additions: Background:As you know, President Trump’s former attorney Sidney Powell filed her so-called “Kraken” lawsuits in district courts… Continue reading

“Judge freezes voting machines in three Georgia counties”

November 30, 2020, 7:52 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyRick Hasen

Josh Gerstein for Politico: A judge assigned to a Republican-led lawsuit alleging widespread fraud in the presidential election in Georgia issued an order late Sunday night blocking plans to wipe or reset voting machines used in three counties in the… Continue reading

“No, Dominion voting machines did not cause widespread voting problems.”

November 12, 2020, 9:04 amfraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyRick Hasen

NYT ran this the other day, and worth linking now in light of the President raising these debunked claims on twitter.

“One big flaw in how Americans run elections”

November 2, 2020, 1:23 pmvoting technologyRick Hasen

Kim Zetter for Politico: Stein’s experience is far from unique: Time and again, people seeking answers about perplexing results or election anomalies encounter obstacles. Often the only examination occurs if parties or candidates request a recount — which means voters… Continue reading

11th Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Stops District Court Order Which Would Have Required Georgia to Have Paper Backups of Electronic Pollbooks and Other Emergency Procedures in Place

October 24, 2020, 3:38 pmelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

You can find the order (without any stated reasons) at this link. Here is my October 11 coverage of the district court’s order.

Should We Be Worried About Russian Interference in the 2020 Elections? Reasons for Comfort, Reasons for Concern, and BIG Reasons for More Early Voting

October 22, 2020, 3:57 pmchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

By Richard L. Hasen The latest murky revelations from U.S. intelligence officials that Russian government operatives are probing state voter registration databases as they did in 2016 raises the question: is this all they’ve got? Why aren’t the Russians doing… Continue reading

“Microsoft Takes Down a Risk to the Election, and Finds the U.S. Doing the Same”

October 12, 2020, 9:35 amchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

NYT: Microsoft and a team of companies and law enforcement groups have disabled — at least temporarily — one of the world’s largest hacking operations, an effort run by Russian-speaking cybercriminals that officials feared could disrupt the presidential election in… Continue reading

“The Cybersecurity 202: A fight over how Georgia votes comes to a head just weeks before Election Day”

October 4, 2020, 4:13 pmvoting technologyRick Hasen

WaPo: A federal judge could rule as early as today in a legal fight that might upend how Georgia runs November’s election. The dispute centers on a last-minute software update that Georgia officials ordered on voting machines across the state.… Continue reading

“Memory sticks used to program Philly’s voting machines were stolen from elections warehouse”

September 30, 2020, 5:29 pmelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Philly Inquirer: A laptop and several memory sticks used to program Philadelphia’s voting machines were stolen from a city warehouse in East Falls, officials confirmed Wednesday, setting off a scramble to investigate and to ensure the machines had not been… Continue reading

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