Building the People’s Voting System

Category: Commentary

More on CyberScoop Coverage of Voting Machine Vulnerabilities

CyberScoop‘s Chris Bing wrote a good summary of the response to Cylance’s poorly timed announcement of old news on voting machine vulnerabilities: Security Firm Stokes Election Hacking Fears. I have a couple of details to add, but first let me re-iterate that the system in question does have vulnerabilities which have been well known for years, … Continued

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Clarifications to PBS Newshour “Here’s How Hackers Could Mess With Electronic Voting”

PBS Newshour reporting on election cyber risks offers a good roundup of a handful of notable cyber-risks, but also contains some basic misunderstanding of how election operations actually work. While appreciating the reporting as a whole, here is my list of some mistakes. Tied for first in misleading points is the claim that “Some experts believe this … Continued

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NBC News, Voting Machines, and a Grandmother’s PC

  I’d like to explain more precisely what I meant by “your grandmother’s PC” in the NBC TV Bay Area’s report on election technology. Several people thought I was referring to voting machines as easily hacked by anyone with physical access, because despite appearances: Voting machines are like regular old PCs inside, and like any … Continued

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Combatting the Reality Distortion Field

An important conversation took place this morning between the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and several key stakeholder groups and federal agencies. The call was convened to discuss the security of election processes ahead of this year’s presidential election. The conversation comes at a critical time for our nation as we take stock of the growing … Continued

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The Quest for a Boring Election

This week has been a sort of public reintroduction to the awesome challenges faced by our Local Election Officials. For many Americans the terms “hanging chad” and “butterfly ballot” have long slipped from daily use, but the threats to our democratic institutions remain.  In fact, these threats have only grown in complexity since our last … Continued

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Let’s Talk Solutions

Throughout the past week we’ve seen widespread coverage of the frightening state of our voting infrastructure. News outlets have rightfully been quick to highlight the dangers and magnitude of the situation, but we’ve heard little about practical solutions that can be implemented on a national scale — until now. Multiple sources are reporting on the … Continued

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