Category Archives: voting technology

“Dominion Sues Newsmax, One America News Network, Others Over Election Claims”

August 10, 2021, 12:37 pmelection administration, voting technologyDerek Muller

Wall Street Journal on the latest Dominion lawsuit: One of the largest voting-machine companies in the U.S. on Tuesday sued two conservative media networks and a businessman it said had defamed it by spreading accusations that it rigged the 2020… Continue reading

“Audit finds folds behind New Hampshire election miscount”

July 14, 2021, 12:56 pmabsentee ballots, voting technologyDan Tokaji

AP: “Auditors concluded that miscounts in a New Hampshire election were primarily caused by the way ballots were folded, according to a report released Tuesday.” You can find the report here.

“U.S. Election Assistance Commission Sued for Improperly Loosening Voting System Standards After Private Meetings With Voting Machine Manufacturers”

July 13, 2021, 12:57 pmvoting technologyDan Tokaji

Free Speech for People press release. Update – AP reports: “Key elements of the first federal technology standards for voting equipment in 15 years should be scrapped because language that would have banned the devices from connecting to the… Continue reading

“The stampede away from Trump’s voting-machine claims continues apace, as legal liability looms for allies”

July 13, 2021, 3:58 amfraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyDan Tokaji

WaPo: Among the many wild conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, few rank as high when it comes to both baselessness and reach as those involving voting machines. The theory that voting machines were programmed to steal the election… Continue reading

“Voting’s Hash Problem: When the System for Verifying the Integrity of Voting Software Lacks Integrity Itself”

July 12, 2021, 5:49 pmvoting technologyDan Tokaji

Kim Zetter reports on alleged problems with the hash-verification process for ES&S’s voting system.

“Arizona’s Maricopa County will replace voting equipment, fearful that GOP-backed election review has compromised security”

June 28, 2021, 8:32 pmchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

June 22 Event: “Today’s Electronic Voting Machines: An Examination of the Use and Security of Ballot Marking Devices”

June 18, 2021, 11:27 amvoting technologyRick Hasen

This looks important, from Free Speech for People and the Coalition for Good Governance.

“New Hampshire Election Audit, part 2”

June 7, 2021, 7:20 amvoting technologyRick Hasen

Andrew Appel: In my previous post I explained the preliminary conclusions from the three experts engaged by New Hampshire to examine an election anomaly in the town of Windham, November 2020. Improperly folded ballots (which shouldn’t have happened) had… Continue reading

“Republicans Say They Care About Election Fraud. Here’s How They Could Actually Prevent It.”

April 21, 2021, 4:34 pmvoting technologyRick Hasen

538 says it’s paper ballots.

“Analysis of the Antrim County, Michigan November 2020 Election Incident”

April 1, 2021, 12:11 pmchicanery, election administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

New report from Alex Halderman for the Michigan SOS. Detroit News: Michigan expert debunks infamous report on Antrim County election as ‘meaningless’

“Last-Minute Tweaks to Voting Machine Standards Raise Cyber Fears”

February 10, 2021, 6:58 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, voting technologyRick Hasen

USLW: Last-minute changes to proposed federal standards for new voting machines could expose the equipment to cyberattacks, according to some members of Congress and security professionals.The Election Assistance Commission, slated to authorize new voting system guidelines on Feb. 10, amended… Continue reading

“USTPC HotTopics Webinar on Technology & Trust: Voting in the Electronic Age, February 11, 2021”

February 5, 2021, 4:32 pmvoting technologyRick Hasen

This looks like a valuable meeting.

“Georgia’s election certification avoided an even worse nightmare that’s just waiting to happen next time”

February 1, 2021, 6:39 amvoting technologyRick Hasen

Andrew Appel at Freedom to Tinker.

“Chinese parts, hidden ownership, growing scrutiny: Inside America’s biggest maker of voting machines”

January 25, 2021, 7:49 amvoting technologyRick Hasen

NBC News: Just off a bustling interstate near the border between Nebraska and Iowa, a 2,800-square-foot American flag flies over the squat office park that is home to Election Systems & Software LLC.The nondescript name and building match the… Continue reading

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