Category Archives: voting technology
Breaking: Federal District Court Allows Suit Against Georgia’s Use of Unsecure DRE Machines without a Paper Trail to Go Forward, Partially Denying Motion to Dismiss
Important opinion and order in an important case:
In sum, the Plaintiffs have alleged that Defendants were aware of serious security breaches in the DRE voting system and failed to take adequate steps to address those breaches. Notably, even after… Continue reading
“Georgia high court hears appeal in election challenge”
AP:
Georgia’s highest court is mulling whether to reverse a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the outcome of November’s race for lieutenant governor in a case that focuses attention on the state’s outdated voting machines.The lawsuit says… Continue reading
“Ahead Of 2020, Microsoft Unveils Tool To Allow Voters To Track Their Ballots”
NPR: “In an effort to improve confidence in elections, Microsoft announced Monday that it is releasing an open-source software development kit called ElectionGuard that will use encryption techniques to let voters know when their vote is counted. It will… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Listen from Pam Fessler: “Trips To Vegas And Chocolate-Covered Pretzels: Election Vendors Come Under Scrutiny”
“Blockchain ballots? Pilot project in Denver will permit independent audit”
Steven Rosenfeld reports.
DHS Looking at the Security of Ballot Marking Devices (BMDs)
Politico:
DHS ON BMDs: DHS is scrutinizing the reliability of ballot-marking devices following a study from experts concluding that they cannot be reliably audited, Krebs also said Tuesday, but the department hasn’t come to a firm conclusion. “It’s part of… Continue reading
“In Push for 2020 Election Security, Top Official Was Warned: Don’t Tell Trump”
NYT:
In the months before Kirstjen Nielsen was forced to resign, she tried to focus the White House on one of her highest priorities as homeland security secretary: preparing for new and different Russian forms of interference in the… Continue reading
“‘They think they are above the law’: the firms that own America’s voting system”
The Guardian:
Maryland congressman Jamie Raskin is a newcomer to the cause of reforming America’s vote-counting machines, welcomed through baptism by fire. In 2015, Maryland’s main election system vendor was bought by a parent company with ties to a Russian… Continue reading
“Ballot-Marking devices (BMDs) cannot assure the will of the voters”
Important new paper from Andrew Appel, Richard DeMillo, and Philip Stark on the controversy over the new type of ballot printing machinery which uses barcodes:
Computers, including all modern voting systems, can be hacked and misprogrammed. The scale and complexity… Continue reading
“Blockchain Voting: Unwelcome Disruption or Senseless Distraction?”
U.S. Vote Foundation:
It really gets old being a guinea pig. Not because of the cagey confines, but for the insistence of those who try their ideas out on you. Overseas and military voters continue to be the guinea pigs… Continue reading
Is It Possible to Do Reliable Post-Election Audits on Ballots which Print a Scannable Bar Code Rather than Human-Readable Voter Choices?
This is one of the hottest issues right now among election integrity advocates.
Important piece from Steven Rosenfeld:
The critics believe there are too many hidden or hackable parts that can be targeted by malevolent actors to steal votes… Continue reading
“Georgia likely to plow ahead with buying insecure voting machines”
Eric Geller for Politico:
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is poised to sign a bill to overhaul the state’s voting system with machines that are widely considered vulnerable to hacking.The new equipment would replace the state’s paperless, electronic machines — technology… Continue reading
Buell: “Blockchains for Voting: An idea whose time will never come”
Here is a guest post from Duncan Buell, NCR Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina: If you were to ask computing and election security experts for the two things they would most strongly oppose when it… Continue reading