Category Archives: voting technology

Federal Court Denies Request to Enjoin Electronic Voting in Georgia for 2018 Midterm Elections

September 17, 2018, 8:10 pmelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

BREAKING: Federal judge in Atlanta denies motion for preliminary injunction to force the state of Georgia to switch to paper ballots for the 2018 midterms. But Judge Totenberg warned the state "further delay is not tolerable" in confronting election… Continue reading

“Election Equipment Vendors Play a Key, and Underexamined, Role in U.S. Democracy”

September 17, 2018, 3:57 pmvoting technologyRick Hasen

Jamila Benkato blogs.

“In Georgia, a legal battle over electronic vs. paper voting”

September 16, 2018, 8:30 pmelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

WaPo: Logan Lamb, a cybersecurity sleuth, thought he was conducting an innocuous Google search to pull up information on Georgia’s centralized system for conducting elections. He was taken aback when the query turned up a file with a list of… Continue reading

“Serious design flaw in ESS ExpressVote touchscreen: ‘permission to cheat'”

September 15, 2018, 6:20 amvoting technologyRick Hasen

Andrew Appel blogs.

“Petition for paper ballots in Georgia denied by state board”

September 11, 2018, 11:14 amelection administration, voting technologyJustin Levitt

The State Board’s unanimous decision pertains to the subject of an ongoing lawsuit as well. Independent of the merits, it’s awfully close to the election to be making a statewide change of this magnitude.

“Can hackers tamper with your vote? Researchers show it’s possible in nearly 30 states”

August 16, 2018, 7:49 amelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

McClatchy reports.

“Hacking the US mid-terms? It’s child’s play”

August 11, 2018, 2:41 pmelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

BBC News reports.

“Was Georgia’s Election System Hacked in 2016? Robert Mueller’s latest indictments raise new questions about the integrity of Georgia’s voting infrastructure. Why is the state stonewalling?”

July 18, 2018, 9:10 amchicanery, election administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Kim Zetter for Politico.

“Common Cause, the National Election Defense Coalition and Protect Democracy Support Legal Challenge to Georgia’s Insecure Voting System”

July 17, 2018, 5:29 pmelection administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Release: Common Cause, the National Election Defense Coalition and Protect Democracy today filed an Amicus Curiae brief in support of all plaintiffs in the Curling v. Kemp lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The… Continue reading

“Let’s Not Paper Over Election Security”

July 15, 2018, 7:38 amvoting technologyDan Tokaji

At RCP, Phil Stupak writes: As our nation focuses on election security, an errant notion has emerged that paper-only balloting is some kind of panacea against potential threats. While it is vital to election security that we mandate the… Continue reading

Today’s Indictment of Russian Agents Accused of Conspiring to Interfere with 2016 Election

July 13, 2018, 8:52 pmchicanery, voting technologyDan Tokaji

Available here. The indictment alleges a conspiracy to hack the systems of not only the DNC and Clinton campaign, but also election authorities. PBS: The indictment said two named defendants knowingly conspired to hack computers of U.S. “persons,”… Continue reading

Congressional Hearings on Election Cybersecurity

July 12, 2018, 8:11 amelection administration, voting technologyDan Tokaji

WaPo on yesterday’s hearings on both sides of Capitol Hill: “Momentum may finally be building in Congress to take new action to secure the elections from cyberthreats as the midterms approach.” Politico reports that: “The top Democrat on the Senate… Continue reading

“SC’s 13,000 voting machines unreliable, vulnerable to hackers, lawsuit alleges”

July 11, 2018, 6:20 amvoting technologyDan Tokaji

The State. The complaint filed in federal district court alleges: In South Carolina, the capacity of the state’s election system to record and count votes reliably is deeply compromised by the state’s unnecessarily vulnerable voting system. Throughout the state,… Continue reading

“With Russian meddling in mind, California invests $134 million to safeguard election systems”

July 10, 2018, 9:04 amvoting technologyDan Tokaji

Sacramento Bee: With increased attention to cybersecurity lately, California is making a sizable investment in its election infrastructure. This year’s state budget provides $134 million for counties to modernize voting systems. It also provides $3 million for the creation… Continue reading