2019 European parliament elections vulnerable to hacking due to Russian disinformation campaigns that disrupted the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Election Security articles on Democracy Chronicles
This election security section highlights the importance of protecting the integrity of the vote count. An onslaught of new technologies offer both opportunity and peril for democracy. Be sure to also check out our Election Technology section and our articles on Technology Dissidents, the Internet and Voting or Voting Machines.
Rhode Island Tests Vote Audits as Way to Verify Election Results
Rhode Island good on its promise to road-test risk-limiting election audits, following 2017 passage of legislation by the Rhode Island General Assembly.
South Carolina’s Voting Machines Make Serious Vote Count Errors
In the last election, South Carolina voting machines made serious vote count errors by counting some votes twice crediting the wrong candidate.
Russians Mined Bitcoin To Fund Attacks Against U.S Vote
The United States Department of Justice indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers for conspiring to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.
It’s Machine-Marked Ballots Versus Hand-Marked Ballots in Georgia
After Georgia’s 2018 elections focused stinging criticism, study commission voted Thursday to recommend use of machines that record votes and print record.
Israel Says it Can Foil Foreign Election Meddling Amid Scare
Israel’s internal security service says it was prepared to thwart any foreign intervention in the upcoming elections, as suspicions were made on Russia.
NJ Voting Machines Not on Track to Ever Have a Paper Trail
Review of midterm election offers assurance electronic vote counts are reliable, but lawmakers show limited interest in deploying the technology statewide.
German Politicians’ Data Hacked and Posted on Twitter
The private data of hundreds of German politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, has been hacked and posted on Twitter, the government said.
MIT Researchers Propose Innovative Auditing Systems for Elections
Risk-limiting audits seek to examine a relatively small number of randomly drawn ballots to offer a 95 percent assurance that the tabulation is correct.
It’s Time to Scrap Antiquated South Carolina Voting Machines
Representative Terry Alexander is introducing a bill in the upcoming legislative session that will address this state’s voting system inadequacies.