“Exclusive: Critical U.S. Election Systems Have Been Left Exposed Online Despite Official Denials”
Kim Zetter for Motherboard.
Category Archives: voting technology
“Georgia Awards New Voting Machine Contract To Dominion Voting Systems”
GPB:
Georgia has awarded a massive contract to replace its outdated touchscreen direct-recording electronic voting machines to a new company offering ballot-marking devices with a paper component.Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Monday that Dominion Voting Systems will be… Continue reading
“Lawyers in Paper Ballot Case Accuse Georgia Officials of Destroying Evidence”
Law.com:
A group of Georgia voters and a nonprofit election integrity organization seeking to force the state to use paper rather than electronic ballots in future elections have accused the secretary of state and governor of destroying evidence in… Continue reading
Senate Intelligence Committee Report: “Russia Targeted Elections Systems in All 50 States, Report Finds”
NYT:
The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, an effort more far-reaching than previously acknowledged and one largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time.But… Continue reading
“Intelligence Chief Names New Election Security Oversight Official”
“Iowa will keep voter registration system for 2020 elections”
The AP on the nuts and bolts of trying to figure
out the right amount of space to upgrade election technology in an unending
election environment.
Director of National Intelligence Creates “Election Threats Executive”
Shelby Pierson gets the nod for a new federal position to serve as the intelligence community’s principal advisor on election security.
This
bio fits the very general description in the DNI’s press
statement, but I’ll confess I’m not sure… Continue reading
“Senate passes bill making hacking voting systems a federal crime”
The legislation passed
the Senate yesterday, and now heads
over to the House.
“States don’t have enough money to secure the 2020 election, new report warns”
A WaPo
article on a new
Brennan Center report diving into how six states (Alabama, Arizona,
Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania) used 2018 federal election
security grants … and the need each has for much more.
“Voting by Phone Is Easy. But Is It Secure?”
Stateline
focuses on a lot of questions about the plans for Iowa and Nevada caucuses.
Microsoft and election security
NBC
reports on two Microsoft announcements, summarized in this
blog post.
The headline is that Microsoft is giving away free, open
source ElectionGuard software to election machine suppliers. According to the site, it apparently “enables”
voting using a touchscreen… Continue reading
Voters file petition to get Pennsylvania to reconsider voting technology
The fight in Pennsylvania continues.
State v. county election systems management
An
important story in Washington State about the integration of county
registration systems into a newer statewide system. It’s not important because it’s particularly
new or surprising (it’s neither), but just as a reminder of the details to be
ironed… Continue reading
“Top Democrat demands answers on election equipment vulnerabilities.”
The
Hill reports on Sen. Ron Wyden’s questions of the EAC. Senator Wyden took
to the floor yesterday to speak about the issue as well.