Category Archives: voting technology
“Some thoughts about the reports of supposed evidence of election irregularities in MI, PA, and WI”
I trust Charles Stewart a lot and this is a must-read.
“Election integrity: Missing components to remedy”
Candice Hoke for The Hill.
“Some Machines Are Flipping Votes But That Doesn’t Mean They’re Rigged”
If Today’s Internet Outage/Hacking Was a Dry Run for Election Day, Things Could Get Very Bad
Earlier I suggested that today’s Internet hack which disrupted things could be a dry-run for election day. The NY Times now reports the pernicious and widespread nature of this attack:
And in a troubling development, the attack appears to have… Continue reading
“Fears Of Soros-Owned Voting Machines Rigging The Election Are Unfounded”
Sheera Frenkel for BuzzFeed.
“Feds believe Russians hacked Florida election-systems vendor”
CNN:
Federal investigators believe Russian hackers were behind cyberattacks on a contractor for Florida’s election system that may have exposed the personal data of Florida voters, according to US officials briefed on the probe.
The hack of the Florida contractor… Continue reading
“R/GA and Ad Council built a voting bot to drive Millennials to the polls”
The latest:
Simply called “GoVoteBot,” it interacts with users in real time on Facebook Messenger. The bot was designed to be non-partisan, simply supplying information to users without attempting to sway their vote. R/GA and the Ad Council worked with… Continue reading
“Election Systems Class Action Says Voting Machines Can Be Manipulated”
Top Class Actions:
A company that sells vote counting machines is facing a class action lawsuit that alleges its voting systems are subject to unnecessary monitoring and vulnerable to manipulation.
Plaintiff Anthony I. Provitola filed the election class action lawsuit… Continue reading
“Voting security and hacking American elections”
To the Point talks to Ion Sanhcho.
Vote Totals Wrong in Primary Because Someone Forgot to Clear Hard Drive
It’s the incompetence, not the malice people:
Election Systems & Software (ES&S) has released a report on its findings related to errors in the Hill County Republican Primary. The report comes amidst an ongoing investigation by Attorney General Ken … Continue reading
“Internet Voting Leaves Out a Cornerstone of Democracy: The Secret Ballot”
MIT Technology Review:
If the risk of hackers meddling with election results is not enough, here’s another reason voting shouldn’t happen on the Internet: the ballots can’t be kept secret.
That’s according to a new report from Verified Voting, a… Continue reading
Google Partners with Perkins Coie to Offer Voting Information
This looks to be super useful to voters, and a fantastic project, but I suspect we will hear some Republican complaints on the partnership with one of the top Democratic law firms:
We’re less than three months away from… Continue reading
“Security against Election Hacking – Part 1: Software Independence”
Andrew Appel:
So the good news is: our election system has many checks and balances so we don’t have to trust the hackable computers to tell us who won. The biggest weaknesses are DRE paperless touchscreen voting machines used in… Continue reading