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

John Sebes

October 12, 2016

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

Old School, New Tech: What’s Really Behind Today’s Elections

John Sebes

October 7, 2016

Many thanks to coverage by Bloomberg’s Michaela Ross, on election tech and cyber-security. Given so much at stake for this election with its credibility rocked by claims of rigging, and so much more at stake as we move ahead to replace and improve our election infrastructure, I’m rarely enthused about reading more about how some … Continued

Future of Voting Systems: Future Requirements (Part 2)

John Sebes

March 10, 2015

At the recent NIST/EACG Future of Voting Systems Workshop II, EAC folks asked participants for input on possible future requirements for future voting systems. I subsequently blogged here some suggestions based on the experience of the TrustTheVote Project. Today, I’ll continue that theme, but first briefly revisit my prior remarks.

Future of Voting Systems: Future Requirements (Part 1)

John Sebes

February 20, 2015

For this first of several reports from the NIST/EAC Future of Voting Systems Symposium II, some readers of my recent report on standard work, may heave a sigh of relief that I’m not doing a long post that’s a laundry list of topics. However, I will be doing a series of posts on one part … Continued

“Digital Voting”—Don’t believe everything you think

Gregory Miller

August 8, 2014

In our most recent blog post we examined David Plouffe’s recent Wall Street Journal forward-looking op-ed [paywall] and rebalanced his vision with some practical reality. Now, let’s turn to Plouffe’s notion of “digital voting.” Honestly, that phrase is confusing and vague. We should know: it catalyzed our name change last year from Open Source Digital … Continued

Money Shot: What Does a $40M Bet on Scytl Mean?

Gregory Miller

April 9, 2014

…not much we think. Yesterday’s news of Microsoft co-founder billionaire Paul Allen’s investing $40M in the Spanish election technology company Scytl is validation that elections remain a backwater of innovation in the digital age. But it is not validation that there is a viable commercial market for voting systems of the size typically attracting venture capitalists; the … Continued

A Northern Exposed iVoting Adventure

Gregory Miller

March 1, 2014

Alaska’s extension to its iVoting venture may have raised the interests of at least one journalist for one highly visible publication. When we were asked for our “take” on this form of iVoting, we thought that we should also comment here on this “northern exposed adventure.” (apologies to those fans of the mid-90s wacky TV … Continued

“Definitive” Word on Internet Voting? Look to NIST

John Sebes

March 4, 2013

As frequent readers will note, Internet voting as a discussion topic is one we increasingly tire of — there is so much else to do! that unlike Internet Voting, can actually be done today! Let’s talk instead about what tech innovations can do speed up the long lines at polling places, for example. But nevertheless, … Continued

Exactly Who is Delivering Postal Ballots? and Do We Care?

John Sebes

February 7, 2013

An esteemed colleague noted the news of the USPS stopping weekend delivery, as part of a trend of slow demise of the USPS, and asked: will we get to the point where vote-by-mail is vote-by-Fedex? And would that be bad, having a for-profit entity acting as the custodian for a large chunk of the ballots … Continued

NYT: Smartphone Voting? TrustTheVote: No, But How About This … DIY Voter Lookup

John Sebes

November 13, 2012

Much as I admire everybody at the New York Times, I have to disagree with Nick Bilton on his piece Disruptions: Casting a Ballot by Smartphone. I have to say I don’t blame him though, especially given the broad range of coverage of the many many kinds election dysfunction that occured and are still occuring … Continued

Building the People’s Voting System

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

John Sebes

Old School, New Tech: What’s Really Behind Today’s Elections

John Sebes

Future of Voting Systems: Future Requirements (Part 2)

John Sebes

Future of Voting Systems: Future Requirements (Part 1)

John Sebes

“Digital Voting”—Don’t believe everything you think

Gregory Miller

Money Shot: What Does a $40M Bet on Scytl Mean?

Gregory Miller

A Northern Exposed iVoting Adventure

Gregory Miller

“Definitive” Word on Internet Voting? Look to NIST

John Sebes

Exactly Who is Delivering Postal Ballots? and Do We Care?

John Sebes

NYT: Smartphone Voting? TrustTheVote: No, But How About This … DIY Voter Lookup

John Sebes

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