“The 2020 election will be the country’s biggest cybersecurity test ever”
Election issues lead the WaPo’s “Cybersecurity 202” daily roundup today.
Category Archives: voting technology
“2020 Election Security-Perspectives From Voting System Vendors And Experts”
This Thursday, Congress will hear from three top experts, and three of the primary manufacturers (ES&S, Hart InterCivic, and Dominion Voting Systems), of voting systems. This is apparently the first time the top executives of all three companies have testified… Continue reading
“Georgia’s new voting system set to roll out”
The Savannah Morning News previews what it calls the “largest purchase of new machines in history.”
“America Won’t Give Up Its Hackable Wireless Voting Machines”
This
Bloomberg piece on Web-connected election machines scapegoats the public
craving for instant results.
“The pressure to promptly transmit results to news organizations –- and ultimately voters — is so great that election officials have no choice but to briefly… Continue reading
“Cyber attacks and electronic voting errors threaten 2020 outcome, experts warn”
The Guardian reports.
Cybersecurity is exceedingly important. And now your reminder that at least in the
past, we have been more prone
to hacking than the voting systems.
“Election Security at the Chip Level”
Semiconductor
Engineering reports on some of the challenges confronting manufacturers of
secure accessible voting systems, and some of the industry efforts to meet
those challenges.
That’s right, Semiconductor Engineering. You’re welcome.
“Feds: No Evidence Hackers Disrupted North Carolina Voting”
With lots of election security concerns in the air, a
problem in 2016 with electronic pollbooks in Durham County generated a fair
amount of attention. At the time, it
didn’t look like a malicious incursion, but that didn’t stop speculation,… Continue reading
“Final Pennsylvania county OKs new paper-trail voting system”
Dauphin County is the last over the line to purchase a new voting system with a paper trail, right at the deadline.
“As Georgia rolls out new voting machines for 2020, worries about election security persist”
WaPo:
Last month, voters in six Georgia counties cast ballots for local elections using new touch-screen voting machines that officials have said will resolve long-standing questions about the security of the state’s election system.Richard DeMillo, a professor of computing at… Continue reading
“Voting systems maker leaving NC, seeks probe of competitor’s practices”
Carolina Public Press reports.
“Brennan Center Releases Guide for Election Officials to Prepare for Cyberattacks and Malfunctions”
“$425M allocated for election security in government funding deal”
The Hill:
The spending deal agreed upon by House and Senate negotiators includes $425 million for states to improve their election security, two congressional source confirmed to The Hill on Monday.According to the sources, the appropriations deal, set to be… Continue reading
New Lawsuit Against Voting Machines in Pennsylvania
Free Speech for People:
Free Speech For People has filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court challenging the use of the insecure, unreliable ExpressVote XL voting machines. The lawsuit, filed against Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar with the pro… Continue reading
“Two experts quit election accountability group over claims it has been endorsing untrustworthy machines”
Fast Company:
Amid heightened concerns about the integrity of the voting process in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, two election security experts recently quit Verified Voting, a respected election accountability group, in protest. They claim that… Continue reading