Category Archives: voting technology
Truly Bizarre Story in Mediaite About Texas Voting Technology Making It Possible to Figure Out How People Voted, and FEC Commissioner Trey Trainor Taunting Republican Leader for Voting for DeSantis Rather than Trump
Mediaite:
The eyes of Texas were upon the ballots cast by several high-profile Texas politicians on Wednesday, after documents were leaked related to a stunning lawsuit accusing state election officials of failing to properly protect ballot secrecy. The leak included… Continue reading
“Georgia bill to strip QR codes from ballots would cost tens of millions of dollars”
Votebeat:
Tucked inside a massive elections bill passed last month by Georgia’s legislature is a provision that requires the state to spend millions of dollars to overhaul the state’s existing voting system, or to purchase a new one before… Continue reading
“Barcodes on paper ballots: the good, the bad, and the stealth”
“Suggested Principles for State Statutes Regarding Ballot Marking and Vote Tabulation”
New:
This letter, signed by 20 election cybersecurity experts, was addressed to the Pennsylvania State Senate Committee on Government in response to a request for policy advice, but it applies in any state — especially those that use Ballot … Continue reading
“Costs for Replacing Voting Equipment in 2024”
“Ban on counting votes from computer codes passes Georgia Senate”
AJC:
The Georgia Senate voted along party lines Tuesdayto abandon the use of bar codes on ballots. Instead, ballots would be counted from the printed text or filled-in ovals next to candidate names.
Republicans supporting the bill said it would… Continue reading
“‘Serious consequences’: Company warns Johnson County sheriff over election investigation”
KC Star:
The election software company at the center of Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden’s long-running elections investigation hit back on Monday, warning the sheriff that a baseless investigation results in “serious consequences.”
“I fully recognize that Sheriff Hayden… Continue reading
“Trump allies seek to co-opt coming election-security case to bolster 2020 lie”
WaPo must-read:
Mike Lindell, the flamboyant pillow magnate, has spent millions promoting the falsehood that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump — a claim that has been roundly rejected by cybersecurity experts, government officials and numerous courts. But… Continue reading
“Voting experts warn of ‘serious threats’ for 2024 from election equipment software breaches”
AP:
An effort to access voting system software in several states and provide it to allies of former President Donald Trump as they sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election has raised “serious threats” ahead of next year’s… Continue reading
“Voting machine trouble in Pennsylvania county triggers alarm ahead of 2024”
Politico:
Voters in the swing county of Northampton, Pennsylvania, mostly moved on after their new touchscreen voting machines glitched during a down-ballot judge’s race in 2019.
But when a similar issue cropped up earlier this month, it triggered a backlash… Continue reading
“You Can Now Read the GBI’s Coffee Co. Report in Full” and Not Everyone is Happy
Over at Lawfare.
Response from the Coalition for Good Governance:
CGG and its legal and voting system security advisors are extremely disappointed in the quality of the report, because of its lack of depth, delayed timing, accuracy and limited scope.… Continue reading
“Show Me the Ballots! To combat rampant disinformation and public distrust in elections, a bipartisan group of politicians is advocating for a radical form of transparency: post all cast ballots online.”
Steven Rosenfeld for Washington Monthly.
“Prosecutors are focused on a rural Georgia county in Trump’s 2020 election case. Here’s why”
LA Times:
They were running out of time and needed a Hail Mary.
Joe Biden had won the electoral college vote in the 2020 presidential election. And with less than three weeks before Congress was set to certify the results… Continue reading