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Plain Talk Series on Understanding Voting System Updates Part 2: The Physical Purchase

Eddie Perez

August 8, 2019

This is the 2nd of a 6-part series of slightly longer vignettes on the challenge of updating voting systems. It’s a slice-and-dice of a recent Briefing on the topic. It’s intended to acquaint relatively newcomers to understanding how voting system are purchased and maintained.

Plain Talk Series on Understanding Voting System Updates Part 1: Background

Eddie Perez

August 7, 2019

This is the 1st of a 6-part series of slightly longer vignettes on the challenge of updating voting systems. It’s a slice-and-dice of a recent Briefing on the topic. It’s intended to acquaint relatively newcomers to understanding how voting system are purchased and maintained.

A Tale of Two Paper Trails: More News from Georgia

Eddie Perez

January 18, 2019

Georgia is still a fascinating laboratory for concerning US election administration practices. To recent stories about conflicts of interest, voter suppression, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and aged voting technology, we add: questionable recommendations for new voting tech.

Will foes attack the U.S. midterm elections in 2018?

Neil Johnson

September 21, 2018

There are many reasons to be concerned that some adversaries of the United States will attempt, again, to sow chaos in the upcoming U.S. elections. What are the threats that US election systems face right now?

Voter registration problems in Maryland signal larger vulnerabilities for upcoming elections

Neil Johnson

June 28, 2018

This Monday, state officials in Maryland acknowledged that problems with their “motor voter” systems are more significant than originally described: [A]s many as 80,000 voters — nearly quadruple the original estimate — will have to file provisional ballots Tuesday because the state Motor Vehicle Administration failed to transmit updated voter information to the state Board … Continued

Election Technology Enigmas Considered Harmful

John Sebes

August 23, 2017

I have one last comment of CAP’s recent report “9 Solutions to Secure America’s Elections” in addition to my previous comments and those of my colleagues here at the OSET Institute. I don’t agree that any 9 steps can “Secure America’s Elections” and especially not CAP’s 9 steps. Their recommendations are fundamentally about gradualism: the … Continued

Election Infrastructure Recommendations: We Need to Respect Our Election Officials

John Sebes

August 22, 2017

My thanks to the Center for American Progress (“CAP”) for their recent report “9 Solutions to Secure America’s Elections”. As my colleagues here at OSET Institute have already written, we agree with many of the report’s recommendations at a short term tactical level, but in addition have a longer term strategic view based on principles of … Continued

Kudos to EAC for Exploring Critical Nature of Election Infrastructure

John Sebes

April 6, 2017

Kudos to EAC for this week’s public Hearing on election infrastructure as critical infrastructure! After the 2016 election cycle, I think that there is very little disagreement that election infrastructure (EI) is critical, in the sense of: vital, super-important, a matter of national security, etc. But this hearing is a bit of a turning point. I’ll explain … Continued

The Freeze Factor – Dismantling Federal Assistance to U.S. Elections

John Sebes

April 4, 2017

“Frozen” is my key word for what happens to the voting system certification process after EAC is dismantled. And in this case, frozen can be really harmful. Indeed, as I will explain, we’ve already seen how harmful. Last time I wrote in this series on the EAC being dismantled (see the first and second posts), … Continued

Cancellation of Federal Assistance to US Elections — The Good, The Bad, and The Geeky

John Sebes

March 10, 2017

Recently I wrote about Congress dismantling the only Federal agency that helps states and their local election officials ensure that the elections that they conduct are verifiable, accurate, and secure — and transparently so, to strengthen public trust in election results. Put that way, it may sound like dismantling the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) … Continued

Building the People’s Voting System

Category: Election Technology Reform

Plain Talk Series on Understanding Voting System Updates Part 2: The Physical Purchase

Eddie Perez

Plain Talk Series on Understanding Voting System Updates Part 1: Background

Eddie Perez

A Tale of Two Paper Trails: More News from Georgia

Eddie Perez

Will foes attack the U.S. midterm elections in 2018?

Neil Johnson

Voter registration problems in Maryland signal larger vulnerabilities for upcoming elections

Neil Johnson

Election Technology Enigmas Considered Harmful

John Sebes

Election Infrastructure Recommendations: We Need to Respect Our Election Officials

John Sebes

Kudos to EAC for Exploring Critical Nature of Election Infrastructure

John Sebes

The Freeze Factor – Dismantling Federal Assistance to U.S. Elections

John Sebes

Cancellation of Federal Assistance to US Elections — The Good, The Bad, and The Geeky

John Sebes

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