Category Archives: voting technology
Latest Issue of NCSL’s “The Canvass” Focuses on Voting Technology
Read it here.
“South Dakota Secretary of State Jason M. Gant pleased with new cloud based election night reporting solution”
The following press release just arrived via email:
After overseeing the June Primary election this past Tuesday evening, Secretary of State Jason Gant made the following statement regarding the operation of election systems across South Dakota:
“For this election, we… Continue reading
LA County Still Using Lousy InkaVote System for Voting
I just voted. I thought LA officials were smart not to rush into buying new voting machines after they had to ditch the punch card machines. (After all, there have been controversies surrounding electronic voting machines and some jurisdictions, like… Continue reading
“NIST: Internet voting not yet feasible”
This is consistent with the best research I’ve seen, which I describe in Chapter 6 of The Voting Wars.
Moritz-ELJ Conference: HAVA at 10
I’m pleased to announce that The Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law will host a conference on Friday, May 18, 2012 to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, with papers to be published… Continue reading
Yes, This Stuff Still Happens in Florida
The paper-only Election Administration Reports contains an article entitled “Routine Post-Election Audit in Palm Beach County, Florida, Identifies Errors that Reversed Results in Two Election Contests.”
“Dominion Voting Systems acknowledged that a software ‘shortcoming’ caused votes to be assigned to… Continue reading
Something Internet Voting Supporters Should Keep in Mind
WaPo: “At least half a dozen countries with offensive cyber-capabilities are probing U.S. corporate and military computer systems, looking for data and a toehold should they one day want to disrupt or destroy the networks, according to the FBI’s… Continue reading
What Happens When a Post-Election Audit Shows the Wrong Candidate Won?
Doug Chapin explains the Wellington, Florida drama.
“Online Voting ‘Premature’ Warns Government Cybersecurity Expert”
Pam Fessler blogs for NPR.
” “Nobody Goes There Anymore, It’s Too Crowded”: Election Officials’ Responsibility for Handling Denial of Service Attacks”
A ChapinBlog.
“Broken Ballots: Will Your Vote Count?”
This should be very good: a new book on voting technology by Doug Jones and Barbara Simons to be published April 15 by the University of Chicago Press.
“Internet voting systems too insecure, researcher warns; Says election officials should ditch ‘Net voting for this year’s general elections”
“Internet Voting: Will Democracy or Hackers Win?”
The News Hour reports.