Category Archives: voting technology

“Voting vulnerability: Study points to potential fraud in online voting registration systems”

September 7, 2017, 7:12 amelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Phys.org: Online attackers may be able to purchase – for as little as a few thousand dollars – enough personal information to potentially alter voter registration information in as many as 35 states and the District of Columbia, according to… Continue reading

“Congress Can Help Prevent Election Hacking”

September 6, 2017, 7:20 amchicanery, election administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Michael Chertoff oped in the WSJ: American voters received yet another rude awakening last month. Chicago’s Board of Elections reported that names, addresses, birth dates and other sensitive information about the city’s 1.8 million registered voters had been exposed on… Continue reading

“My Conversation with a Leading Election Technology Researcher Should Terrify You”

August 27, 2017, 3:47 pmelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Interview with Harri Hursti.

“Voting machine maker sues to block rival companies’ paper-using devices”

August 7, 2017, 3:42 pmvoting technologyRick Hasen

Austin American-Statesman: The manufacturer of the digital voting machines used across the state has filed suit in Travis County state District Court, seeking to block the Texas secretary of state from certifying rival machine makers whose devices produce a paper… Continue reading

“To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software”

August 3, 2017, 7:00 amelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

R. James Woolsey and Brian Fox NYT oped.

“Worried about election hacking, L.A. County officials are turning to hackers for help”

July 26, 2017, 3:23 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voting technologyRick Hasen

LAT: Local election officials are looking for some good hackers. As part of an effort to create a new voting system, Los Angeles County computer specialists are headed this week to Defcon, one of the world’s largest hacking conventions, where… Continue reading

“Former Clinton and Romney campaign chiefs join forces to fight election hacking”

July 18, 2017, 9:54 amchicanery, The Voting Wars, voting technologyRick Hasen

WaPo: The former managers of Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney’s presidential campaigns are leading a new initiative called “Defending Digital Democracy” in the hopes of preventing a repeat of Russia’s 2016 election interference. Robby Mook, Clinton’s 2016 campaign chief, and… Continue reading

“The 2016 U.S. Voting Wars: From Bad to Worse”

July 17, 2017, 8:39 amchicanery, election administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights Act, voting technologyRick Hasen

I have posted this new draft on SSRN (for the pre-APSA event, Protecting Electoral Security and Voting Rights: The 2016 U.S. Elections in Comparative Perspective). Here is the abstract: If the “voting wars” which have broken out across the… Continue reading

“Russia may sabotage the next election, too. What will Trump and Republicans do about it?”

July 13, 2017, 12:13 pmchicanery, The Voting Wars, voting technologyRick Hasen

Greg Sargent: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which oversees House races, has issued a formal request to its Republican counterpart, asking it to join in showing a “united front” and creating a “joint plan” against any Russian efforts to undermine… Continue reading

“Exit Interview: Verified Voting’s Pam Smith Smith weighing future options, but plans to stay involved”

July 6, 2017, 11:37 amelection law biz, voting technologyRick Hasen

Pam’s work has been so important, and with new threats the work of Verified Voting is more important than every.

“Making U.S. Elections More Secure Wouldn’t Cost Much But No One Wants To Pay”

June 27, 2017, 2:51 pmelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Important Pam Fessler.

“Transparency is Solution to Shameful Lack of Security For U.S. Voting Systems Revealed by NSA Leak”

June 27, 2017, 7:24 amchicanery, election administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Lisa Rosenbloom for the ACLU.

“If Voting Machines Were Hacked, Would Anyone Know?”

June 14, 2017, 4:02 pmelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Pam Fessler for NPR.

Today’s Must Read from Kim Zetter for Politico: “Will the Georgia Special Election Get Hacked?”

June 14, 2017, 7:34 amelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Stunning reporting by Kim Zetter for Politico Magazine: As Georgia prepares for a special runoff election this month in one of the country’s most closely watched congressional races, and as new reports emerge about Russian attempts to breach American election… Continue reading

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