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

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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

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

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

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

Miles Parks for NPR.

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

WaPo reports.

This is a good introduction to the issue, which has divided some voting rights and voting integrity folks.

WaPo reports.

CNN reports.

Carolina Public Press: North Carolina’s recent decision to certify new voting systems for use next year did not follow state law, according to a letter that a group of experts on election security and administration sent to the N.C. Board… Continue reading

WaPo: It’s not just a question of paper ballots. The offices charged with administering elections across the country are falling short on a slew of basic cybersecurity measures that could make the 2020 contest far more vulnerable to hacking, according… Continue reading