“Can Our Ballots Be Both Secret and Secure?”
Sue Halpern in the New Yorker.
Category Archives: voting technology
“Ballot-Marking Devices Cannot Ensure the Will of the Voters”
Andrew W. Appel, Richard A. DeMillo, and Philip B. Stark with a new article in ELJ. Here is the abstract:
The complexity of U.S. elections usually requires computers to count ballots—but computers can be hacked, so election integrity… Continue reading
“The Cybersecurity 202: New Jersey lawsuit tries to block Internet voting in the state”
“Feds Warn States That Online Voting Experiments Are ‘High-Risk'”
NPR:
The federal government is letting states know it considers online voting to be a “high-risk” way of running elections even if all recommended security protocols are followed.It’s the latest development in the debate over Internet voting as a … Continue reading
“The Cybersecurity 202: Internet-based voting is the new front in the election security wars”
The Washington Post reports.
Lawsuit Filed Against Use of New Voting Machines in North Carolina
Release:
Today, voting rights advocates filed a lawsuit in Wake County Superior Court challenging the new electronic voting system that Mecklenburg County and several other North Carolina counties rushed to implement for the 2020 elections. The suit alleges the… Continue reading
“The Cybersecurity 202: States plan to expand mobile voting amid coronavirus pandemic, despite security concerns”
“The Cybersecurity 202: It’s probably game over for more election security before November elections”
“The Cybersecurity 202: Americans should not be confident about security of 2020 election, experts say”
WaPo:
Americans should not be confident about the security of the 2020 election, according to a slim majority of experts surveyed by The Cybersecurity 202.The assessment from 57 percent of The Network, a panel of more than 100… Continue reading
“Reliability of Voting Machines Doubted”
AP on the controversy over BMDs.
“This could be Microsoft’s most important product in 2020. If it works; ElectionGuard isn’t designed to make voting machines safe from hackers. It’s meant to make hacking them pointless.”
“The Cybersecurity 202: Iowa’s app fiasco worries mobile voting advocates”
Georgetown Conference Friday: “Election Integrity in the Networked Information Era”
Well-timed conference at Georgetown Friday that I unfortunately was unable to attend. It looks very important.
“Behind The Iowa Caucus Crash, A Simple Technology Glitch”
Steven Rosenfeld explains.